Land of Edom
에돔 땅
The land where Genesis 36:16–17 places the chiefs descended from Eliphaz and Reuel, and whose kings, Genesis 36:31 says, reigned before any king reigned over the children of Israel. In Numbers 20:14–21 the king of Edom will not let Israel, whose messengers come from Kadesh, pass through his border, and at 21:4 the people travel from Mount Hor to go around the land of Edom. In Numbers 24:18 Balaam’s parable says that Edom and Seir shall be a possession. Numbers 33:37 places Mount Hor at the edge of the land of Edom, and 34:3 makes the wilderness of Zin, along Edom, the south quarter of Canaan.
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Collection & rightsSource evidence (57)
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With 57 passages the text is not repeated here: each link opens its passage in the WEB text.
- Genesis36:11–19, 36:31–43
- Numbers20:14–21, 20:22–29, 21:4–9, 24:15–24, 33:37–40, 34:1–5
- Joshua15:1–4
- Judges5:1–5, 11:14–22
- 1 Samuel14:47–48
- 2 Samuel8:13–14
- 1 Kings9:26–28, 11:14–22, 22:41–50
- 2 Kings3:4–8, 3:9–12, 3:16–20, 3:26–27, 8:20–22, 14:8–14
- 1 Chronicles1:43–50, 1:51–54, 18:9–11, 18:12–13
- 2 Chronicles8:17–18, 21:8–11, 25:17–19, 28:16–19
- Psalms60:1–12, 108:1–13
- Isaiah11:10–16, 34:1–8, 34:9–17, 63:1–6
- Jeremiah9:25–26, 25:15–29, 27:1–11, 40:7–12, 49:7–13, 49:14–22
- Lamentations4:21–22
- Ezekiel25:12–14, 32:17–32, 35:1–15, 36:1–15
- Daniel11:40–45
- Joel3:18–21
- Amos1:6–8, 1:9–10, 1:11–12, 2:1–3, 9:11–15
- Obadiah1:1–4, 1:5–9
- Malachi1:1–5
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Unresolved interpretation: The Korean Revised Version’s 에돔 사람 (Edomites) and the WEB’s “the Syrians” at 2 Samuel 8:13
- At 2 Samuel 8:13 the Korean Revised Version reads 다윗이 염곡에서 에돔 사람 일만 팔천을 쳐죽이고 돌아와서 명예를 얻으니라, where the eighteen thousand whom David struck down in the Valley of Salt are 에돔 사람, Edomites.
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- 2SA 8:13–14, engwebp
13David earned a reputation when he returned from striking down eighteen thousand men of the Syrians in the Valley of Salt.
14He put garrisons in Edom. Throughout all Edom, he put garrisons, and all the Edomites became servants to David. The LORD gave victory to David wherever he went.
- 2SA 8:13–14, engwebp
- WEB reads at 2 Samuel 8:13, “David earned a reputation when he returned from striking down eighteen thousand men of the Syrians in the Valley of Salt.”
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- 2SA 8:13–14, engwebp
13David earned a reputation when he returned from striking down eighteen thousand men of the Syrians in the Valley of Salt.
14He put garrisons in Edom. Throughout all Edom, he put garrisons, and all the Edomites became servants to David. The LORD gave victory to David wherever he went.
- 2SA 8:13–14, engwebp
- 1 Chronicles 18:12 says in both editions that Abishai the son of Zeruiah struck eighteen thousand Edomites in the Valley of Salt: “Moreover Abishai the son of Zeruiah struck eighteen thousand of the Edomites in the Valley of Salt” (the Korean Revised Version 스루야의 아들 아비새가 염곡에서 에돔 사람 일만 팔천을 쳐 죽인지라). At 18:13 WEB says, “He put garrisons in Edom”, where the Korean Revised Version names David (다윗이 에돔에 수비대를 두매).
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- 1CH 18:12–13, engwebp
12Moreover Abishai the son of Zeruiah struck eighteen thousand of the Edomites in the Valley of Salt.
13He put garrisons in Edom; and all the Edomites became servants to David. The LORD gave victory to David wherever he went.
- 1CH 18:12–13, engwebp
At 2 Samuel 8:13 the Korean Revised Version calls the eighteen thousand whom David struck down in the Valley of Salt 에돔 사람, Edomites, and WEB calls them “men of the Syrians”; the number is the same in both. At 8:14 both editions tell of garrisons put in Edom and say that all the Edomites became servants to David. The land of Edom cites the passage 8:13–14 for 8:14. This collection does not decide which reading of 8:13 is right.
Geographic sources & candidates
Matched to OpenBible.info’s “Edom” by name and 96 shared verses. The leading identification is Edom (confidence 1000 of 1000). The dataset gives no point for it, only the region, river or route it lies in or along, so no point is drawn for it.
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- Edom
OpenBible.info confidence 1000 of 1000 (current scholarship)
30.74584, 35.60392
OpenBible.info Bible Geocoding Data, “Edom” (CC BY 4.0)
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Narrated location (5) — The descendants of Eliphaz, Reuel and Oholibamah, and the chiefs in the land of Edom, The kings who reigned in Edom before any king reigned over Israel, The kings who reigned in the land of Edom, The eighteen thousand Edomites whom Abishai strikes in the Valley of Salt, and the garrisons in Edom, Edom and Libnah revolt against Jehoram
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chief Korah, chief Gatam, chief Amalek. These are the chiefs who came of Eliphaz in the land of Edom. These are the sons of Adah.
These are the sons of Reuel, Esau’s son: chief Nahath, chief Zerah, chief Shammah, chief Mizzah. These are the chiefs who came of Reuel in the land of Edom. These are the sons of Basemath, Esau’s wife.
These are the kings who reigned in the land of Edom, before any king reigned over the children of Israel.
Moses sent messengers from Kadesh to the king of Edom, saying: “Your brother Israel says: You know all the travail that has happened to us;
Edom said to him, “You shall not pass through me, lest I come out with the sword against you.”
He said, “You shall not pass through.” Edom came out against him with many people, and with a strong hand.
Thus Edom refused to give Israel passage through his border, so Israel turned away from him.
The LORD spoke to Moses and Aaron in Mount Hor, by the border of the land of Edom, saying,
They traveled from Mount Hor by the way to the Red Sea, to go around the land of Edom. The soul of the people was very discouraged because of the journey.
Edom shall be a possession. Seir, his enemy, also shall be a possession, while Israel does valiantly.
They traveled from Kadesh, and encamped in Mount Hor, in the edge of the land of Edom.
then your south quarter shall be from the wilderness of Zin along by the side of Edom, and your south border shall be from the end of the Salt Sea eastward.
The lot for the tribe of the children of Judah according to their families was to the border of Edom, even to the wilderness of Zin southward, at the uttermost part of the south.
The farthest cities of the tribe of the children of Judah toward the border of Edom in the South were Kabzeel, Eder, Jagur,
“LORD, when you went out of Seir, when you marched out of the field of Edom, the earth trembled, the sky also dropped. Yes, the clouds dropped water.
then Israel sent messengers to the king of Edom, saying, ‘Please let me pass through your land;’ but the king of Edom didn’t listen. In the same way, he sent to the king of Moab, but he refused; so Israel stayed in Kadesh.
Then they went through the wilderness, and went around the land of Edom, and the land of Moab, and came by the east side of the land of Moab, and they encamped on the other side of the Arnon; but they didn’t come within the border of Moab, for the Arnon was the border of Moab.
Now when Saul had taken the kingdom over Israel, he fought against all his enemies on every side: against Moab, and against the children of Ammon, and against Edom, and against the kings of Zobah, and against the Philistines. Wherever he turned himself, he defeated them.
He put garrisons in Edom. Throughout all Edom, he put garrisons, and all the Edomites became servants to David. The LORD gave victory to David wherever he went.
King Solomon made a fleet of ships in Ezion Geber, which is beside Eloth, on the shore of the Red Sea, in the land of Edom.
The LORD raised up an adversary to Solomon: Hadad the Edomite. He was one of the king’s offspring in Edom.
For when David was in Edom, and Joab the captain of the army had gone up to bury the slain, and had struck every male in Edom
(for Joab and all Israel remained there six months, until he had cut off every male in Edom),
There was no king in Edom. A deputy ruled.
Then he said, “Which way shall we go up?” Jehoram answered, “The way of the wilderness of Edom.”
So the king of Israel went with the king of Judah and the king of Edom, and they marched for seven days along a circuitous route. There was no water for the army or for the animals that followed them.
Jehoshaphat said, “The LORD’s word is with him.” So the king of Israel and Jehoshaphat and the king of Edom went down to him.
In the morning, about the time of offering the sacrifice, behold, water came by the way of Edom, and the country was filled with water.
When the king of Moab saw that the battle was too severe for him, he took with him seven hundred men who drew a sword, to break through to the king of Edom; but they could not.
In his days Edom revolted from under the hand of Judah, and made a king over themselves.
So Edom revolted from under the hand of Judah to this day. Then Libnah revolted at the same time.
You have indeed struck Edom, and your heart has lifted you up. Enjoy the glory of it, and stay at home; for why should you meddle to your harm, that you fall, even you, and Judah with you?”
Now these are the kings who reigned in the land of Edom, before any king reigned over the children of Israel: Bela the son of Beor; and the name of his city was Dinhabah.
King David also dedicated these to the LORD, with the silver and the gold that he carried away from all the nations: from Edom, from Moab, from the children of Ammon, from the Philistines, and from Amalek.
He put garrisons in Edom; and all the Edomites became servants to David. The LORD gave victory to David wherever he went.
Then Solomon went to Ezion Geber and to Eloth, on the seashore in the land of Edom.
In his days Edom revolted from under the hand of Judah, and made a king over themselves.
So Edom has been in revolt from under the hand of Judah to this day. Then Libnah revolted at the same time from under his hand, because he had forsaken the LORD, the God of his fathers.
But Amaziah would not listen; for it was of God, that he might deliver them into the hand of their enemies, because they had sought after the gods of Edom.
Moab is my wash basin. I will throw my sandal on Edom. I shout in triumph over Philistia.”
Who will bring me into the strong city? Who has led me to Edom?
Moab is my wash pot. I will toss my sandal on Edom. I will shout over Philistia.”
Who will bring me into the fortified city? Who will lead me to Edom?
They will fly down on the shoulders of the Philistines on the west. Together they will plunder the children of the east. They will extend their power over Edom and Moab, and the children of Ammon will obey them.
For my sword has drunk its fill in the sky. Behold, it will come down on Edom, and on the people of my curse, for judgment.
The LORD’s sword is filled with blood. It is covered with fat, with the blood of lambs and goats, with the fat of the kidneys of rams; for the LORD has a sacrifice in Bozrah, and a great slaughter in the land of Edom.
Who is this who comes from Edom, with dyed garments from Bozrah? Who is this who is glorious in his clothing, marching in the greatness of his strength? “It is I who speak in righteousness, mighty to save.”
Egypt, Judah, Edom, the children of Ammon, Moab, and all who have the corners of their hair cut off, who dwell in the wilderness, for all the nations are uncircumcised, and all the house of Israel are uncircumcised in heart.”
Edom, Moab, and the children of Ammon;
Then send them to the king of Edom, to the king of Moab, to the king of the children of Ammon, to the king of Tyre, and to the king of Sidon, by the hand of the messengers who come to Jerusalem to Zedekiah king of Judah.
Likewise when all the Jews who were in Moab, and among the children of Ammon, and in Edom, and who were in all the countries, heard that the king of Babylon had left a remnant of Judah, and that he had set over them Gedaliah the son of Ahikam, the son of Shaphan,
Of Edom, the LORD of Armies says: “Is wisdom no more in Teman? Has counsel perished from the prudent? Has their wisdom vanished?
“Edom will become an astonishment. Everyone who passes by it will be astonished, and will hiss at all its plagues.
Therefore hear the counsel of the LORD, that he has taken against Edom, and his purposes that he has purposed against the inhabitants of Teman: Surely they will drag them away, the little ones of the flock. Surely he will make their habitation desolate over them.
Behold, he will come up and fly as the eagle, and spread out his wings against Bozrah. The heart of the mighty men of Edom at that day will be as the heart of a woman in her pangs.
Rejoice and be glad, daughter of Edom, who dwells in the land of Uz. The cup will pass through to you also. You will be drunken, and will make yourself naked.
The punishment of your iniquity is accomplished, daughter of Zion. He will no more carry you away into captivity. He will visit your iniquity, daughter of Edom. He will uncover your sins.
“‘The Lord GOD says: “Because Edom has dealt against the house of Judah by taking vengeance, and has greatly offended, and taken revenge on them,”
therefore the Lord GOD says, “I will stretch out my hand on Edom, and will cut off man and animal from it; and I will make it desolate from Teman. They will fall by the sword even to Dedan.
I will lay my vengeance on Edom by the hand of my people Israel. They will do in Edom according to my anger and according to my wrath. Then they will know my vengeance,” says the Lord GOD.
“There is Edom, her kings, and all her princes, who in their might are laid with those who are slain by the sword. They will lie with the uncircumcised, and with those who go down to the pit.
As you rejoiced over the inheritance of the house of Israel because it was desolate, so I will do to you. You will be desolate, Mount Seir, and all Edom, even all of it. Then they will know that I am the LORD.’”
therefore the Lord GOD says: “Surely in the fire of my jealousy I have spoken against the residue of the nations, and against all Edom, that have appointed my land to themselves for a possession with the joy of all their heart, with despite of soul, to cast it out for a prey.”’
He will enter also into the glorious land, and many countries will be overthrown; but these will be delivered out of his hand: Edom, Moab, and the chief of the children of Ammon.
Egypt will be a desolation and Edom will be a desolate wilderness, for the violence done to the children of Judah, because they have shed innocent blood in their land.
The LORD says: “For three transgressions of Gaza, yes, for four, I will not turn away its punishment, because they carried away captive the whole community, to deliver them up to Edom;
The LORD says: “For three transgressions of Tyre, yes, for four, I will not turn away its punishment; because they delivered up the whole community to Edom, and didn’t remember the brotherly covenant;
The LORD says: “For three transgressions of Edom, yes, for four, I will not turn away its punishment, because he pursued his brother with the sword and cast off all pity, and his anger raged continually, and he kept his wrath forever;
The LORD says: “For three transgressions of Moab, yes, for four, I will not turn away its punishment, because he burned the bones of the king of Edom into lime;
that they may possess the remnant of Edom and all the nations who are called by my name,” says the LORD who does this.
The vision of Obadiah. This is what the Lord GOD says about Edom. We have heard news from the LORD, and an ambassador is sent among the nations, saying, “Arise, and let’s rise up against her in battle.
“Won’t I in that day”, says the LORD, “destroy the wise men out of Edom, and understanding out of the mountain of Esau?
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[Bibliadatum entry report] Entry: Land of Edom (place-edom) Address: https://bibliadatum.org/en/wiki/place/edom Current wording: The land where Genesis 36:16–17 places the chiefs descended from Eliphaz and Reuel, and whose kings, Genesis 36:31 says, reigned before any king reigned over the children of Israel. In Numbers 20:14–21 the king of Edom will not let Israel, whose messengers come from Kadesh, pass through his border, and at 21:4 the people travel from Mount Hor to go around the land of Edom. In Numbers 24:18 Balaam’s parable says that Edom and Seir shall be a possession. Numbers 33:37 places Mount Hor at the edge of the land of Edom, and 34:3 makes the wilderness of Zin, along Edom, the south quarter of Canaan. Cited evidence: 1CH 1:43–50, engwebp / 1CH 1:51–54, engwebp / 1CH 18:9–11, engwebp / 1CH 18:12–13, engwebp / 1KI 9:26–28, engwebp / 1KI 11:14–22, engwebp / 1KI 22:41–50, engwebp / 1SA 14:47–48, engwebp (and 49 more of 57) Review state: ai-assisted / human-review-pending What looks wrong: (not written yet) --- This collection records what the text says and does not settle interpretation. A report about a reading that divides opinion may be registered as an unresolved issue rather than corrected.