And the Lord spoke to Moses and Aaron in Mount Hor, by the border of the land of Edom. He said:

Edom will be a possession, Seir, ¹  his enemies, will also be a possession; but Israel will act valiantly.

These cities were located at the southern extremity of Judah’s tribal land near the border of Edom: ¹  Kabzeel, Eder, Jagur,

The Lord brought ¹  against Solomon an enemy, Hadad the Edomite, a descendant of the Edomite king.

He then asked, “Which invasion route are we going to take?” ¹  Jehoram ²  answered, “By the road through the Desert of Edom.”

So Edom has remained free from Judah’s control to this very day. ¹  At that same time Libnah also rebelled.

Hadad died.The tribal chiefs of Edom were: Timna, Alvah, Jetheth,

Then Solomon went to Ezion Geber and to Elat on the coast in the land of Edom.

Moab is my wash basin. ¹  I will make Edom serve me. ²  I will shout in triumph over Philistia.”

“Edom will become an object of horror. All who pass by it will be filled with horror; they will hiss out their scorn because of all the disasters that have happened to it. ¹ 

All these were the descendants of Obed-Edom. They and their sons and relatives were respected men, capable of doing their responsibilities. There were sixty-two of them related to Obed-Edom.

Bela the son of Beor reigned in Edom; the name of his city was Dinhabah.

For six months Joab and the entire Israelite army ¹  stayed there until they had exterminated every male in Edom. ² 

During his reign Edom freed themselves from Judah’s control and set up their own king. ¹ 

Mattithiah, Eliphelehu, Mikneiah, Obed-Edom, Jeiel, and Azaziah were to play the lyres according to the sheminith style, ¹  as led by ²  the director;

Obed-Edom was assigned the south gate, and his sons were assigned the storehouses.

I will exact my vengeance upon Edom by the hand of my people Israel. They will carry out in Edom my anger and rage; they will experience ¹  my vengeance, declares the sovereign Lord.’”

Edom’s ¹  streams will be turned into pitch and her soil into brimstone; her land will become burning pitch.

The Lord who rules over all ¹  spoke about Edom. ²  “Is wisdom no longer to be found in Teman? ³  Can Edom’s counselors not give her any good advice? ⁴  Has all of their wisdom turned bad? ⁵ 

So Esau said to Jacob, “Feed ¹  me some of the red stuff – yes, this red stuff – because I’m starving!” (That is why he was also called ²  Edom.) ³