Mount Seir
Mount Seir refers to the mountainous region within Seir, often associated with the Edomites.
PlaceOld Testament4 books11 verses
Summary
A location first mentioned at Deuteronomy 1:2; only referred to as Seir Mount (שֵׂעִיר).
Alternative names
- שֵׂעִירMount Seir
Mentions
- It is an eleven-day journey from Horeb to Kadesh-barnea by way of Mount Seir.
- Then we turned back and headed for the wilderness by way of the Red Sea, as the LORD had instructed me, and for many days we wandered around Mount Seir.
- Do not provoke them, for I will not give you any of their land, not even a footprint, because I have given Mount Seir to Esau as his possession.
- And five hundred of these Simeonites led by Pelatiah, Neariah, Rephaiah, and Uzziel, the sons of Ishi, went to Mount Seir
- And now, here are the men of Ammon, Moab, and Mount Seir, whom You did not let Israel invade when they came out of the land of Egypt. So Israel turned away from them and did not destroy them.
- The moment they began their shouts and praises, the LORD set ambushes against the men of Ammon, Moab, and Mount Seir who had come against Judah, and they were defeated.
- The Ammonites and Moabites rose up against the inhabitants of Mount Seir, devoting them to destruction. And when they had finished off the inhabitants of Seir, they helped to destroy one another.
- “Son of man, set your face against Mount Seir and prophesy against it,
- …and declare that this is what the Lord GOD says: Behold, I am against you, O Mount Seir. I will stretch out My hand against you and make you a desolate waste.
- I will make Mount Seir a desolate waste and will cut off from it those who come and go.
- As you rejoiced when the inheritance of the house of Israel became desolate, so will I do to you. You will become a desolation, O Mount Seir, and so will all of Edom. Then they will know that I am the LORD.