Numbers 24:18

“And Edom shall be a possession, etc.] Of the children of Israel, which was fulfilled in part when the Edomites became the servants of David, (<100814>2 Samuel 8:14) and when they were smitten and spoiled by Judas Maccabeus, them a great overthrow, and abated their courage, and took their spoils.” (1 Maccabees 5:3) and still more so when all the Edomites or the Idumaeans were subdued by Hyrcanus, and they became one people with the Jews, and conformed to their religious rites; which is not only related by Josephus f393, but by Strabo f394 , an Heathen historian, who says, that they joined themselves to the Jews, and embraced their laws: but in a spiritual sense this has had a greater…”

“Edom shall be a possession--This prophecy was accomplished by David (Sa2 8:14). Seir--seen in the south, and poetically used for Edom. The double conquest of Moab and Edom is alluded to (Psa 60:8; Psa 108:9).”

“Seir - The older name of the mountain-land, south of Moab, and east of the Arabah, which the Edomites inhabited Genesis 32:3; Genesis 36:8-9. return to 'Top of Page'”

“A possession - Which was also foretold, Gen 25:23, and in part fulfilled, Sa2 8:14; Ch1 18:13, but more fully by Christ, Amo 9:12; Oba 1:18, who shall subdue and possess all his enemies; here signified by the name of Edom, as Jacob or Israel, his brother, signifies all his church and people. Seir - A part and, mountain of Edom. Numbers 24:19”

“Gen 27:29, Gen 27:40; Sa2 8:14; Psa 60:1 \*title Psa 60:8-12; Isa 34:5, Isa 63:1; Amo 9:12 Numbers 24:19”

“"And Edom becomes a possession, and Seir becomes a possession, its enemies; but Israel acquires power." Whose possession Edom and Seir are to become, is not expressly stated; but it is evident from the context, and from איביו (its enemies), which is not a genitive dependent upon Seir, but is in apposition to Edom and Seir, just as צריו in Num 24:8 is in apposition to גּוים. Edom and Seir were his, i.e., Israel's enemies; therefore they were to be taken by the ruler who was to arise out of Israel. Edom is the name of the people, Seir of the country, just as in Gen 32:4; so that Seir is not to be understood as relating to the prae-Edomitish population of the land, which had been subjugated by…”