Psalms 83:6 - Exposition

The tabernacles of Edom . Edom was always among the bitterest of Israel's enemies, and naturally took a part in almost every combination that was made against them. Though sometimes subjugated ( 2 Samuel 8:14 ; 1 Kings 11:15 , 1 Kings 11:16 ), it continued hostile during the whole period of Israelite and Jewish history. Hence the constant denunciations of the prophets ( Isaiah 11:14 ; Jeremiah 27:3 ; Jeremiah 49:7-22 ; Ezekiel 25:12-14 ; Joel 3:19 ; Amos 9:12 ; Obadiah 1:6-18 ; Malachi 1:4 ). And the Ishmaelites. The Ishmaelites were the chief inhabitants of Northern Arabia ( Genesis 25:13-18 ). They do not often appear among Israel's enemies. Of Moab. Moab, on the contrary, is a persistent adversary (see Numbers 22:6 ; 3:12-30 ; 1 Samuel 14:47 ; 2 Samuel 8:2 ; 2 Kings 1:1 ; 2 Kings 3:4-27 ; 26:2; 2 Chronicles 20:1-10 ). And the Hagarenes. The "Hagarenes," or "Hagarites," are only mentioned here and in 1 Chronicles 5:10 , 1 Chronicles 5:19-22 . They were probably a branch of the Ishmaelites, named after Hagar, Ishmael's mother ( Genesis 25:12 ). Their name occurs among those of Aramman tribes in the Assyrian inscriptions.