Nave’s Topical Bible
Seir
17 Bible references
Sub-topics and passages
- A range of hills southwest of the Dead Sea
- Along the route from Horeb to Kadesh-barnea
- The people of Israel travel by
- Originally inhabited by Horites
- Later inhabited by the descendants of Esau after they Destroyed the Horim people
Deuteronomy 2:12,22; Genesis 32:3; Genesis 33:14,16; Genesis 36:8-9; Numbers 24:18; Deuteronomy 2:4-5
- The southern boundary of the conquests of Joshua
- A Horite chief
Bible verses about “Seir”
The first verses cited, in the King James Version.
- Deuteronomy 1:2(There are eleven days’ journey from Horeb by the way of mount Seir unto Kadesh–barnea.)
- Deuteronomy 1:1These be the words which Moses spake unto all Israel on this side Jordan in the wilderness, in the plain over against the Red sea, between Paran, and Tophel, and Laban, and Hazeroth, and Dizahab.
- Deuteronomy 2:1Then we turned, and took our journey into the wilderness by the way of the Red sea, as the Lord spake unto me: and we compassed mount Seir many days.
- Deuteronomy 33:2And he said, The Lord came from Sinai, and rose up from Seir unto them; he shined forth from mount Paran, and he came with ten thousands of saints: from his right hand went a fiery law for them.
- Genesis 14:6And the Horites in their mount Seir, unto El–paran, which is by the wilderness.
- Genesis 36:20These are the sons of Seir the Horite, who inhabited the land; Lotan, and Shobal, and Zibeon, and Anah,
- Genesis 36:21And Dishon, and Ezer, and Dishan: these are the dukes of the Horites, the children of Seir in the land of Edom.
- Genesis 36:22And the children of Lotan were Hori and Hemam; and Lotan’s sister was Timna.
- Genesis 36:23And the children of Shobal were these; Alvan, and Manahath, and Ebal, Shepho, and Onam.
- Genesis 36:24And these are the children of Zibeon; both Ajah, and Anah: this was that Anah that found the mules in the wilderness, as he fed the asses of Zibeon his father.
- Genesis 36:25And the children of Anah were these; Dishon, and Aholibamah the daughter of Anah.
- Genesis 36:26And these are the children of Dishon; Hemdan, and Eshban, and Ithran, and Cheran.
- Genesis 36:27The children of Ezer are these; Bilhan, and Zaavan, and Akan.
- Genesis 36:28The children of Dishan are these; Uz, and Aran.
- Genesis 36:29These are the dukes that came of the Horites; duke Lotan, duke Shobal, duke Zibeon, duke Anah,
- Genesis 36:30Duke Dishon, duke Ezer, duke Dishan: these are the dukes that came of Hori, among their dukes in the land of Seir.
- Deuteronomy 2:12The Horims also dwelt in Seir beforetime; but the children of Esau succeeded them, when they had destroyed them from before them, and dwelt in their stead; as Israel did unto the land of his possession, which the Lord gave unto them.
- Deuteronomy 2:22As he did to the children of Esau, which dwelt in Seir, when he destroyed the Horims from before them; and they succeeded them, and dwelt in their stead even unto this day:
- Genesis 32:3And Jacob sent messengers before him to Esau his brother unto the land of Seir, the country of Edom.
- Genesis 33:14Let my lord, I pray thee, pass over before his servant: and I will lead on softly, according as the cattle that goeth before me and the children be able to endure, until I come unto my lord unto Seir.
- Genesis 33:16So Esau returned that day on his way unto Seir.
- Genesis 36:8Thus dwelt Esau in mount Seir: Esau is Edom.
- Genesis 36:9And these are the generations of Esau the father of the Edomites in mount Seir:
- Numbers 24:18And Edom shall be a possession, Seir also shall be a possession for his enemies; and Israel shall do valiantly.
- Deuteronomy 2:4And command thou the people, saying, Ye are to pass through the coast of your brethren the children of Esau, which dwell in Seir; and they shall be afraid of you: take ye good heed unto yourselves therefore:
- Deuteronomy 2:5Meddle not with them; for I will not give you of their land, no, not so much as a foot breadth; because I have given mount Seir unto Esau for a possession.
- Joshua 11:15As the Lord commanded Moses his servant, so did Moses command Joshua, and so did Joshua; he left nothing undone of all that the Lord commanded Moses.
- Joshua 11:16So Joshua took all that land, the hills, and all the south country, and all the land of Goshen, and the valley, and the plain, and the mountain of Israel, and the valley of the same;
- Joshua 11:17Even from the mount Halak, that goeth up to Seir, even unto Baal–gad in the valley of Lebanon under mount Hermon: and all their kings he took, and smote them, and slew them.
- Joshua 11:18Joshua made war a long time with all those kings.
- 1 Chronicles 1:38And the sons of Seir; Lotan, and Shobal, and Zibeon, and Anah, and Dishon, and Ezer, and Dishan.