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Psalms 83:6

The Pulpit Commentary on Psalms 83:6

The Pulpit Commentary · Joseph S. Exell and contributors · Public domain

The tabernacles of Edom. Edom was always among the bitterest of Israel's enemies, and naturally took a part in almost every combination that was made against them. Though sometimes subjugated (; , ), it continued hostile during the whole period of Israelite and Jewish history.

Hence the constant denunciations of the prophets (; ; ; ; ; ; ; ). And the Ishmaelites. The Ishmaelites were the chief inhabitants of Northern Arabia ().

They do not often appear among Israel's enemies. Of Moab. Moab, on the contrary, is a persistent adversary (see ; 3:12-30; ; ; ; ; 26:2; ).

And the Hagarenes. The "Hagarenes," or "Hagarites," are only mentioned here and in , . They were probably a branch of the Ishmaelites, named after Hagar, Ishmael's mother ().

Their name occurs among those of Aramman tribes in the Assyrian inscriptions.

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