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Baptist theologian, 1697–1771
Gill's Exposition
And Bela died,.... How long he reigned is not known with any certainty, nor whether he left any sons behind him; if he did, they did not succeed him in the throne; for
Jobab the son of Zerah of…
In the midst of this genealogy of the Edomites here is inserted the genealogy of the Horites, those Canaanites, or Hittites (compare Gen 26:34), that were the natives of Mount Seir. Mention is made of…
Academic commentary, 1882–1921
Cambridge Bible
Uz See Gen 10:23; Gen 22:21. Possibly a branch of the Aramaean race (cf. Job 1:1) had settled among the Horites, S.E. of Palestine.