One other person, place or group in the registry answers to the name Edom. Every Edom in the Bible
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Edom
אֱדוֹם
- verses
- 100
- first named
- Genesis 32:3
- last named
- Malachi 1:4
- feature
- region

Description
Edom in the text
Edom was a nation located southeast of Israel, in the area that is now southern Jordan. The Edomites were descendants of Esau, the twin brother of Israel (or 'Jacob') (Israel). The name Edom means "red", referring to Esau being born red and selling his birthright for red stew.
Edom and Israel had a tumultuous relationship throughout their history. During the Exodus, Edom refused to let the Israelites pass through their territory. Edom was later defeated by King Saul and subjugated under King David. However, they rebelled in later years and were able to establish their independence from Judah.
The prophets Isaiah, Jeremiah, Ezekiel, Amos and Obadiah all prophesied against Edom for its arrogance and for standing by when Judah was invaded by Babylon. Edom helped the Babylonians loot Jerusalem and expressed joy over its destruction. As a result, the prophets declared that Edom would face God's wrath and be completely destroyed.
Relations
Direct connections
Every entity the graph places in a stated relation with this one, grouped by the kind of link. Each relation is authored once and its inverse derived, so both ends always agree. Rows marked “registry” come from the identity spine rather than from a verse, and a row marked “which bearer is the source’s decision” is one where the name could have meant more than one person. The last group is not a relation at all — it counts the events two entities stand in together.
Contains
Site of
Took part in
- David’s dedication2 Samuel 8:12
- Edom Rebellion2 Kings 8:202 Kings 8:22
- Edom’s confrontation of IsraelNumbers 20:18Numbers 20:20
- Edom’s rebellion2 Chronicles 21:82 Chronicles 21:10
- Esau ChiefsGenesis 36:43
- Hadad and Hadad Men’s flight1 Kings 11:17
- Joshua’s allotmentJoshua 15:1
- Judah Southernmost CitiesJoshua 15:21
- LORD’s speakingEzekiel 36:5
- Saul’s fighting1 Samuel 14:47
- Seir Making DesolateEzekiel 35:15
Stands in the same events as
- Israel8 events
- Moab8 events
- Judah6 events
- LORD6 events
- David6 events
- Ammon6 events
- Jehoram6 events
- Philistia4 events
- Chief4 events
- Joab3 events
- Amaziah3 events
- Salt Valley3 events
and 77 more, ordered by how many events they share.
Read it
Where to read it
Every verse of the text carried here that names this entity — 100, across 22 books. The name is written 108 times in them.
Genesis7 verses
Exodus1 verse
Numbers9 verses
Deuteronomy1 verse
Joshua2 verses
Judges3 verses
1 Samuel5 verses
2 Samuel3 verses
1 Kings7 verses
2 Kings11 verses
1 Chronicles4 verses
2 Chronicles9 verses
Psalms8 verses
Isaiah4 verses
Jeremiah8 verses
Lamentations2 verses
Ezekiel6 verses
Daniel1 verse
Joel1 verse
Amos5 verses
Obadiah2 verses
Malachi1 verse
Onward
Where this page goes
Not the direct relations above — these are one hop further out, ranked so that a rare shared connection outweighs a common one. Descriptions by STEPBible TIPNR.
Where they appear
What happened here
Atlas's reading of each chapter this place appears in, in canonical order. One line per chapter, and each leads to the whole of it.
- Genesis 32Edom was the country in which Esau’s land of Seir lay.
- Numbers 20Edom refused Israel passage and confronted the Israelites with a large army and a strong hand.
- Numbers 24Edom is declared a possession, along with Seir its enemy.
- Deuteronomy 23Edom was treated as a brother whose descendants might enter the assembly in the third generation.
- Psalms 108Edom received the sandal-toss in God’s announced triumph and became the destination of the singer’s unanswered question.
- Psalms 137Edom is named for the cry that Jerusalem be torn down to its foundations.
- Isaiah 34Edom is given over to slaughter, its streams and soil transformed, and its ruins occupied by a carefully accounted-for company of wild creatures.
- Isaiah 63Edom is the place from which the crimson-stained figure comes.
10 more chapters, from Jeremiah 9 to Malachi 1
- Jeremiah 9Edom is named among those who will be punished for being circumcised only in the flesh.
- Jeremiah 49Edom was summoned before the nations, driven from its land, and left as an object of horror.
- Lamentations 4Edom is told that the cup will pass to it, bringing drunkenness and exposure.
- Ezekiel 32Edom lies with its kings and princes among those slain by the sword.
- Ezekiel 35Edom is included in the desolation pronounced upon Mount Seir.
- Ezekiel 36Edom takes the LORD’s land as its own possession and rejoices while its pastureland becomes plunder.
- Daniel 11Edom was delivered from the northern king's hand when many other countries fell.
- Joel 3Edom becomes a desert wasteland because of bloodshed in Judah's land.
- Obadiah 1Edom is summoned to judgment, betrayed by its allies, and stripped of its hidden treasures.
- Malachi 1Edom announced that it would rebuild its ruins, while the LORD declared that the rebuilding would be demolished.
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