Genesis 36:29
These are the dukes that came of the Horites; duke Lotan, duke Shobal, duke Zibeon, duke Anah,
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Gill's Exposition
And Jobab died,.... According to Mr. Bedford, A. M. 2177:
and Husham of the land of Temani reigned in his stead; or of the land of the south, as the Targum of Jonathan, of the southern part of the…
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…
The Horites the aboriginal inhabitants of the country "the sons of Seir, the Horite," were possibly so called from the word ḥor, "a hole"; cf. 1Sa 13:6; 1Sa 14:11. This derivation has long been…
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