and the Horites in the area of Mount Seir, as far as El-paran, which is near the desert.
We have here an account of the first war that ever we read of in scripture, which (though the wars of the nations make the greatest figure in history) we should not have had the history of if Abram and Lot had not been concerned in it. Now, concerning this war, we may observe, I. The parties engaged in it.
Commenting on Genesis 14:1-12
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 Gen 36:20 Deu 2:12, unto Elparan, which is by the wilderness; so far these Horites inhabited, and the...
The Horites - A people that dwelt in Mount Seir, till Esau and his sons drove them thence; Deu 2:22. El-paran - The plain or oak of Paran, which was a city in the wilderness of Paran; Gen 21:21.