Verse 18
18. Edom… a possession As predicted in Genesis 25:23, and fulfilled in 2 Samuel 8:14. As a kindred nation Edom might have had permanent peace with Israel, who was forbidden to war with them (Deuteronomy 2:4-5;) but their bitter hostility to God’s people caused their overthrow, which David began and his greater Son will finish in the “end of the days.” Psalms 110:0. Edom, after various insurrections, (1 Kings 11:14-22; 2 Kings 8:20; 2Ki 14:7 ; 2 Kings 14:22, note; 2 Chronicles 28:17; Ezekiel 36:5; Obadiah 1:10; Obadiah 1:13; 1Ma 5:3 ; 1Ma 5:65 ; 2Ma 10:15 ; 2Ma 12:33 ,) was at last conquered by John Hyrcanus 129 B.C., and forced to submit to circumcision and to be merged in the Jewish state, there to rule in the persons of Antipater and the Herods till the overthrow of the Romans.
Seir The mountain home of Esau. Genesis 36:8-9.
Israel shall do valiantly Quoted by David after the conquest of Edom, Psalms 60:12.
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