Edom

Biblical

Chronological Nations and Tribes

Horites: Inhabitants of Edom before the Edomites, contemporary with the early patriarchs.

Mines in the Bible

Location: Edom (modern-day southern Jordan)

Significance: The Bible mentions the region of Edom as a source of copper.

Lilith

In this guise—as a wilderness demoness—she appears in Isaiah 34:14 among a list of nocturnal creatures who will haunt the destroyed Kingdom of Edom.

Horites

They are traditionally considered to be inhabitants of Edom, a region located in what is now southern Jordan.

These are the chiefs descended from the Horites, the sons of Seir in the land of Edom.

Anakim

Genesis 14:5–6 indicates that they also lived in the region later known as Edom and Moab during Abraham's time.

A year later King Chedorlaomer and his allies attacked and defeated the Rephaites in Ashteroth-Karnaim, the Zuzites in Ham, and the Emites in Shaveh-Kiriathaim. They also defeated the Horites in the hill country of Edom, as far as El-Paran, near the desert.

Elohim

Yahweh YHWH – The Lord God

Though no consensus exists regarding the deity's origins, scholars generally contend that Yahweh emerged as a "divine warrior" associated first with Seir, Edom, Paran and Teman, and later with Canaan.

Abraham 1

Egypt first discovered by a woman

The revolt took place at the same time as Edom revolted against Judean rule (2 Kings 8:20–22).