Deuteronomy 2:12
And in Seir, dwelt the Horim aforetime, but, the sons of Esau, dispossessed them, and destroyed them from before them, and dwelt in their stead,—as did Israel unto the land of his own possession, which Yahweh had given unto them.
The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham
In The King James Version
In Context
11Giants, used, they also, to be accounted like the Anakim,—but the Moabites, called them Emim.
13Now, arise, and pass ye over the ravine of Zered. So we passed over the ravine of Zered.
Cross References
Genesis 36:20These, are the sons of Seir, the Horite, who were dwelling in the land,—Lotan and Shobal and Zibeon and Anah;
Deuteronomy 2:22as he did for the sons of Esau, who are dwelling in Seir,—when he destroyed the Horim from before them, and they took their possessions and have dwelt in their stead, even unto this day.
1 Chronicles 1:38And, the sons of Seir, Lotan, and Shobal, and Zibeon, and Anah,—and Dishon, and Ezer, and Dishan.
Matthew Henry on Deuteronomy 2:9-24
8 And when we passed by from our brethren the children of Esau, which dwelt in Seir, through the way of the plain from Elath, and from Ezion-gaber, we turned and passed by the way of the wilderness of Moab. 9 And the Lord said unto me, Distress not the Moabites, neither contend with them in battle: for I will not give thee of their land for a possession; because I have given Ar unto the children of Lot for a possession. 10 The Emims dwelt therein in times past, a people great, and many, and tall, as the Anakims;… Read the whole commentary →