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Edom

In the Old Testament, a mountainous area of southern Palestine, which stretched from the Dead Sea to the Gulf of Aqaba. Its people were enemies of the Israelites.



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Each book contains a historical and cultural overview, descriptions of neighboring peoples (Phoenicians, Philistines, Moabites, Edomites, etc.
Archaeology of the Land of the Bible. Volume II: The Assyrian, ... by Currents in Theology and Mission
He doesn't elaborate, but it seems clear that this "remembering" is equivalent to vengeance and destruction: for God to "remember" the Edomites is for him to cast their actions back on their own heads.
Psalm culture in the English renaissance: Readings of Psalm 137 by ... by Hamlin, Hannibal / Renaissance Quarterly
23:3-8 draws some rather sharp distinctions between Moabites and Ammonites as opposed to Edomites and Egyptians.
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