Mount Seir

Seir of Hebrew שֵׂעִ֑יר, reproduced in some modern translations of the Bible more closely with the notation Seir, refers to a mountain range in the south of Palestine. A first in the temple of Amenhotep III Soleb below. testified locations list that is dated around 1380 BC, under the name of " Shasu land of Seir " in conjunction with other local names of the Edomite highlands.

The biblical tradition

The Seir was according to the Old Testament is the location of the Hurrians and later the descendants of Esau. (1st book of Genesis 36, 20 21; 1 Chronicles 1, 38) Seir the name of a Horite is in the Bible and also the name of a mountain range on the north border of Judah Jos 15:10 EU probably the ridge to the place Saris ( Neuhebr. Shoresh ), 4 km west-southwest of Kirjathjearim.