And the Horites in their mount Seir, unto El-paran, which [is] by the wilderness.
6. the Horites ] Mentioned also in Gen 36:20-21; Gen 36:30, and in Deu 2:12; Deu 2:22, where they are described as having been dispossessed of the country of Seir, the hill country between the Dead Sea and the Gulf of Elath, by the Edomites. They have been thought to represent primitive “cave-dwellers,” of whom traces have been discovered by Macalister at Gezer.
unto El-paran ] Generally identified with the town of Elath, the well-known port at the head of the Gulf of Akabah; which is sometimes called the “Aelanitic Gulf” from the name Ailana given to Elath in classical writings. The town may have derived its name from great palm trees in the neighbourhood ( El = “a great tree”).
the wilderness ] The Wilderness of Paran (cf. Gen 21:21) between the Gulf of Akabah and the borders of Egypt.
Fuente: The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges
Verse 6. The Horites] A people that dwelt in Mount Seir, till Esau and his sons drove them thence; De 2:22.
El-paran] The plain or oak of Paran, which was a city in the wilderness of Paran; Ge 21:21.
Fuente: Adam Clarke’s Commentary and Critical Notes on the Bible
The Horites, the ancient inhabitants of Seir, of whom see Gen 36:20; Deu 2:12. El signifies a plain, and Paran is the name of a known city and mountain. See Num 13:3; Deu 33:2; 1Sa 25:1, &c.
Fuente: English Annotations on the Holy Bible by Matthew Poole
And the Horites in their Mount Seir,…. Or the Horim who dwelt in Mount Seir, so called from Seir the Horite, who continued here till they were drove out by the sons of Esau or Edom, from whom their country was afterwards called Edom or Idumea, see Ge 36:20 De 2:12;
unto Elparan, which [is] by the wilderness; so far these Horites inhabited, and the four kings smote all they met with unto this place, which was either the plain or oak of Paran, near a wilderness of the same name; the wilderness of Arabia, through which the Israelites travelled forty years, in their way to Canaan.
Fuente: John Gill’s Exposition of the Entire Bible
6. The Horites in their mount Seir were the original settlers of the wild and mountainous country south of the Dead Sea, and were, as the name denotes, “cave dwellers . ” Mt . Hor perhaps derived its name from these ancient people, whose excavated dwellings in the rocks abound in all that region, especially in Petra . They were succeeded in later times by the descendants of Esau . Deu 2:12. El-paran, or the oak of Paran, was probably some notable landmark (an ancient oak) on the border of the great wilderness of Paran, the modern desert et-Tih . This wilderness embraced the great central region of the Sinaitic peninsula north of the Sinai mountains .
It appears from this account, that the whole country east of the Jordan from Damascus on the north to the Paran wilderness on the south was, in Abram’s time, occupied by a gigantic race all belonging to the same stock, and distributed in the order here indicated: The Rephaim on the north in the region afterward known as Bashan; the Zuzim next, centring at or near the modern Amman; the Emim next, south of these and directly east of the Dead Sea; and the Horites in the mountains of Seir.
Fuente: Whedon’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments
Gen 14:6 And the Horites in their mount Seir, unto Elparan, which [is] by the wilderness.
Ver. 6. And the Horites in their mount Seir. ] Their Seir could not secure them, when once they fell into the hands of these Ardeliones , Eze 21:31 burning or “brutish men,” skilful to destroy.
Fuente: John Trapp’s Complete Commentary (Old and New Testaments)
Horites. Deu 2:12.
Fuente: Companion Bible Notes, Appendices and Graphics
Horites: Gen 36:8, Gen 36:20-30, Deu 2:12, Deu 2:22, 1Ch 1:38-42
Elparan: or, the plain of Paran, Gen 16:7, Gen 21:21, Num 12:16, Num 13:3, Hab 3:3
Reciprocal: Gen 32:3 – Seir Deu 11:29 – General Jos 12:7 – Seir 1Sa 25:1 – the wilderness 1Ki 11:18 – Paran 2Ch 20:23 – mount Seir