A race of early dwellers in mount Seir, whence they were expelled by the Edomites, Ge 14:6; De 2:12,22. They are supposed to have lived in caves, like the men referred to in Job 30:6, and to have been divided into several tribes, Ge 36:20-30.
These are sons of Seir the Horite, the inhabitants of the land: Lotan, and Shobal, and Zibeon, and Anah, and Dishon, and Ezer, and Dishan; these are chiefs of the Horites, sons of Seir, in the land of Edom. read more. And the sons of Lotan are Hori and Heman; and a sister of Lotan is Timna. And these are sons of Shobal: Alvan and Manahath, and Ebal, Shepho and Onam. And these are sons of Zibeon, both Ajah and Anah: it is Anah that hath found the Imim in the wilderness, in his feeding the asses of Zibeon his father. And these are sons of Anah: Dishon, and Aholibamah daughter of Anah. And these are sons of Dishon: Hemdan, and Eshban, and Ithran, and Cheran. These are sons of Ezer: Bilhan, and Zaavan, and Akan. These are sons of Dishan: Uz and Aran. These are chiefs of the Horite: chief Lotan, chief Shobal, chief Zibeon, chief Anah, chief Dishon, chief Ezer, chief Dishan: these are chiefs of the Horite in reference to their chiefs in the land of Seir.
And in Seir have the Horim dwelt formerly; and the sons of Esau dispossess them, and destroy them from before them, and dwell in their stead, as Israel hath done to the land of his possession, which Jehovah hath given to them;
as He hath done for the sons of Esau, who are dwelling in Seir, when He destroyed the Horim from before them, and they dispossess them, and dwell in their stead, unto this day.
In a frightful place of valleys to dwell, Holes of earth and clefts.