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== Fausset's Bible Dictionary <ref name="term_37315" /> == | |||
<p> ("hairy, rugged".) </p> <p> '''1.''' Named so from a [[Horite]] chief ( Genesis 36:20). Or probably [[Seir]] was his title, not proper name, given from the rugged rocky nature of the country, or from its abounding in bushes, in contrast to [[Halak]] "the smooth mountain." [[Esau]] and the [[Edomite]] supplanted the previous occupants the Horites. (See [[Horites]] .) Mount Seir is the high range from the S. of the [[Dead]] Sea to [[Elath]] N. of the gulf of Akabah, on the E. of the Arabah, or "the plain from Elath and Ezion Geber." For as [[Israel]] moved from Mount [[Hor]] by way of that plain towards the Red Sea at Elath they "compassed Mount Seir" ( Numbers 21:4; Deuteronomy 2:1; Deuteronomy 2:8). When Israel was refused leave to go the direct route to [[Moab]] through Edom's valleys ( Numbers 20:20-21) they marched circuitously round the mountains down the [[Arabah]] between the limestone cliffs of the Tih on the W. and the granite range of Mount Seir on the E. until a few hours N. of Akabah the wady Ithm opened a gap in the mountains, so that turning to their left they could march N. toward Moab ( Deuteronomy 2:3). </p> <p> Mount Hor alone of the range retains the old name of the Horites; it overhangs Petra; now ''Jebel Haroon'' or ''Mount Aaron'' , where he died and was buried. The southern part, jebel es Sherah, between [[Petra]] and Akabah, perhaps bears trace of the name "Self." Jebal is now applied to the northern part of Mount Seir, answering to [[Gebal]] of Psalms 83:6-7; Geblah (i.e. "mountain") is the name for Mount Seir in the [[Samaritan]] [[Pentateuch]] and the [[Jerusalem]] targum. Jebal extends N. to the brook [[Zered]] (wady el Αhsi ). </p> <p> "Mount Halak ("naked") that goeth up to Seir" ( Joshua 11:17) was the northern border of Seir, probably the line of white "naked" hills running across the great valley eight miles S. of the Dead Sea, dividing between the Αrabah on the S. and the depressed Ghor on the N. Seir and [[Sinai]] are not in Deuteronomy 33:2 grouped together geographically, but in reference to their being both alike scenes of God's glory manifested in behalf of His people. The prophetic denunciation of Ezekiel 35, "Behold [[O]] Mount Seir, ... I will make thee most desolate ... I will lay thy cities waste ... perpetual desolations": [[Burckhardt]] counted 40 cities in Jebal all now desolate. </p> <p> '''2.''' A landmark N. of Judah ( Joshua 15:10), W. of [[Kirjath]] [[Jearim]] and E. of Bethshemesh; the ridge between wady Aly and wady Ghurab. Now ''Mihsir'' , N.W. of Kesla or Chesalon. The resemblance in ruggedness to the southern Mount Seir may have given the name. </p> | |||
== Morrish Bible Dictionary <ref name="term_68608" /> == | |||
<p> 1. The early name of the long range of mountains, extending from about eight miles, south of the Salt Sea, to near the [[Gulf]] of Akaba. It is also called 'the land of Seir.' It was occupied at first by the Horites, and afterwards by the descendants of Esau, and acquired the name of EDOM, <i> q.v. </i> The [[Israelites]] had to compass the whole of this mountainous range to reach their entrance to the promised land. [[Genesis]] 14:6; Genesis 36:8,9,30; Deuteronomy 2:1-12; etc. The word of [[Jehovah]] announced to the prophet the perpetual desolation of Mount Seir. Ezekiel 35:2-15 . </p> <p> 2. A northern boundary of Judah. Joshua 15:10 . Probably the ridge north of Kirjath-jearim, about 31 47' N. </p> | |||
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<ref name="term_37315"> [https://bibleportal.com/dictionary/fausset-s-bible-dictionary/seir,+mount Mount Seir from Fausset's Bible Dictionary]</ref> | |||
<ref name="term_68608"> [https://bibleportal.com/dictionary/morrish-bible-dictionary/seir,+mount Mount Seir from Morrish Bible Dictionary]</ref> | |||
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