Edom

Deuteronomy

Forty Years of Walking Past What Isn't Yours

Edom is listed as a nation God protected and established — a precedent Moses uses to argue that the same divine power behind Edom's security is now being directed toward Israel's conquest.

Genesis

The Reunion Nobody Expected

Edom (Seir) is where Esau heads after the reunion — the territory south of Canaan that would become the homeland of his descendants, separate from Jacob's path westward.

2 Kings

When Winning Goes to Your Head

Edom is the site of Amaziah's most significant military victory, where he kills ten thousand and captures the fortress Sela — a win that ironically sets him on the path to catastrophic defeat.

1 Chronicles

The Whole Story in One Family Tree

Edom is the territory where Esau's descendants settled and built their identity — the Chronicler traces how his family wove into the existing Horite population and became the nation that would border and trouble Israel.

2 Chronicles

The King Who Couldn't Stop While He Was Ahead

Edom is the target of Amaziah's military campaign — the hostile neighboring nation to the southeast whose defeat will become the pivot point of Amaziah's downfall.

Isaiah

Three Warnings in the Dark

Edom appears here as the second of three nations receiving a dark oracle — its inclusion alongside Babylon signals that no regional power, large or small, escapes God's reckoning.

Ezekiel

When Your Neighbors Celebrate Your Downfall

Edom is the nation receiving the heaviest oracle in the chapter — not merely for celebrating or dismissing, but for actively participating in Judah's destruction and cutting off escape routes.

Amos

When the Sermon Turns on You

Edom is listed here as one of Israel's neighbors already called out by God, whose condemnation the Israelite audience welcomed — unaware the same standard was about to be applied to them.

Malachi

Would You Bring This to Your Boss?

Edom is referenced as the nation descended from Esau, whose land has been turned to wasteland and whose attempts to rebuild will be torn down — the foil that makes God's favor toward Israel visible.

Genesis

The Rescue and the Two Kings

The hill country of Edom (Seir) is one of the territories swept through by Chedorlaomer's forces, marking how far the coalition's campaign extended before turning back toward the Jordan Valley.

Genesis

Two Brothers and the Trade That Changed Everything

Edom is introduced here as the nickname Esau earns from this very moment — the red stew he demanded becomes the name of his entire people, branding a nation by its ancestor's most shortsighted decision.

Genesis

The Night Everything Changed

Edom is the territory where Esau has settled, and it's where Jacob's messengers are sent — the foreign land that has become home to the brother Jacob wronged, now just a journey's distance away.

Numbers

The Chapter That Cost Everything

Edom is the territory that refuses Israel passage, backing its refusal with a large armed force — the ancestral homeland of Esau's descendants becomes a physical and relational barrier that forces Israel to take the long way around.

1 Samuel

The Raid That Changed Everything

Edom is listed among Saul's conquered enemies, rounding out a picture of regional dominance that looks impressive on paper despite the character failures just witnessed.

2 Samuel

The Season Where Everything Worked

Edom is the territory David has just swept with garrisons after defeating 18,000 soldiers in the Valley of Salt — the land of Jacob's twin brother now fully under Israelite control.

1 Kings

The Warning Behind the Blessing

God appears to Solomon a second time — not with congratulations, but with a condition that reframes everything. The Temple, the dynasty, the whole kingdom hinged on faithfulness, and the rest of the chapter reveals a king whose power was peaking while the cracks were already forming.

2 Kings

When Three Kings Ran Out of Water

Edom is the territory through which the alliance chooses to march — the southern desert route that picks up a third king as an ally but adds grueling days of travel through waterless terrain.

2 Kings

Perfect Timing and Dark Turns

Edom is the territory that revolted against Judah during Jehoram's reign, successfully breaking free from Judah's control in a rebellion Jehoram's army could not suppress — a visible sign of his kingdom's decline.

1 Chronicles

The Day the Celebration Stopped

Edom appears here as part of Obed-edom's name, noting his Gittite (Philistine city of Gath) background — an outsider whose household becomes the unlikely temporary home of Israel's holiest object.

1 Chronicles

Every Door Had a Name on It

Edom appears here as part of Obed-edom's name — not the nation, but the man whose family produced sixty-two qualified gatekeepers, making his household one of the chapter's standout contributors.

2 Chronicles

The Battle That Was Never Yours

Edom is the region contributing forces to the coalition army threatening Judah — the text notes the bitter irony that Israel once extended mercy to these nations during the Exodus.

2 Chronicles

The King Who Burned It All Down

Edom is actively invading Judah from the south at this moment, defeating Ahaz's forces and taking captives — one of the multiple simultaneous military disasters proving his reign has lost divine protection.

Isaiah

When the Desert Starts Singing

Edom was just obliterated in the immediately preceding chapter 34, serving as the final image of desolation that makes chapter 35's sudden burst of life and bloom feel all the more breathtaking.

Jeremiah

The Warning That Went Ignored

Edom is among the nations that sheltered displaced Judeans after Jerusalem's fall — refugees who now hear about Gedaliah's governorship and begin the journey back to their ruined homeland.

Lamentations

When Gold Turns to Dust

Edom is the gloating neighbor nation called out at the chapter's end — its celebration of Zion's ruin is met with a warning that its own exposure and punishment are coming.

Ezekiel

The Comeback Nobody Earned

Edom is singled out here as the chief offender among the surrounding nations — it actively celebrated Israel's downfall and helped itself to the land with contempt, making it a specific target of God's jealous anger.

Amos

The Shepherd Who Spoke Thunder

Edom appears here as the buyer in the slave trade — the nation to whom Gaza delivered an entire uprooted community, making it complicit in the crime even before its own indictment arrives.