Mount Seir
Mount Seir (Hebrew: הַר-שֵׂעִיר, romanized: Har Sēʿir) is the ancient and biblical name for a mountainous region stretching between the Dead Sea and the Gulf of Aqaba in the northwestern region of Edom and southeast of the Kingdom of Judah. It may also have marked the older historical limit of Ancient Egypt in Canaan.[1] A place called "Seir, in the land of Shasu" (tꜣ-šꜣsw sʿr – ta-Shasu seʿer), thought to be near Petra, Jordan, is listed in the temple of Amenhotep III at Soleb (ca. 1380 BC).[1][2]
The
Hebrew Bible
The Hebrew Bible mentions two distinct geographical areas named Seir: a 'land of Seir' and 'Mount Seir' in the South, bordered by the Arabah to the west; and another 'Mount Seir' further north, on the north boundary of Judah, mentioned in the Book of Joshua (Joshua 15:10).[5]
Southern land of Seir, Mount Seir
Mount Seir was named for Seir the Horite, whose offspring, the
In the
In the antique
Mount Seir is also given as the location where the remnants "of the
Northern Mount Seir
There is also another Seir mountain near Hebron which, according to Joshua 15:10, was allotted to the tribe of Judah, near the modern town of Sa'ir in the West Bank of the Palestinian territories.
Egyptian sources
Before the emergence of the
See also
- Al-Sharat, region in Jordan and Saudi Arabia containing Jibāl ash-Sharāh
References
- ^ ISBN 9780748629350. Retrieved 19 December 2017.
- ^ Gibson, Daniel; Harremoës, Peter. "Names for the city of Petra" (PDF).
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- ^ Encampment in the desert, with Mount Seir in the distance. Coloured lithograph from The Holy Land, Syria, Idumea, Arabia, Egypt, and Nubia by Louis Haghe after David Roberts.
- ^ Sir William Smith (1901). "Seir". Smith's Bible Dictionary. www.biblestudytools.com. Retrieved 19 December 2017.
- ^ 2 Chronicles 22:22: King James Version