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<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" /><meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width; initial-scale=1.0;"/><title>Topical Bible: Seirah</title><link rel="canonical" href="https://biblehub.com/topical/s/seirah.htm" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="/newtopical.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="/print.css" type="text/css" media="Print" /><script type="application/javascript" src="https://scripts.webcontentassessor.com/scripts/8a2459b64f9cac8122fc7f2eac4409c8555fac9383016db59c4c26e3d5b8b157"></script><script src='https://qd.admetricspro.com/js/biblehub/biblehub-layout-loader-revcatch.js'></script><script id='HyDgbd_1s' src='https://prebidads.revcatch.com/ads.js' type='text/javascript' async></script><script>(function(w,d,b,s,i){var cts=d.createElement(s);cts.async=true;cts.id='catchscript'; cts.dataset.appid=i;cts.src='https://app.protectsubrev.com/catch_rp.js?cb='+Math.random(); document.head.appendChild(cts); }) (window,document,'head','script','rc-anksrH');</script></head><body><div id="fx"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx2"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="30" scrolling="no" src="/topical/vmenus/judges/3-26.htm" align="left" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div><div id="blnk"></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable"><tr><td><div id="fx5"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx6"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="245" scrolling="no" src="//biblehu.com/bmcde/s/seirah.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable3"><tr><td><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center" id="announce"><tr><td><div id="l1"><div id="breadcrumbs"><a href="/">Bible</a> > <a href="/topical/">Topical</a> > Seirah</div><div id="anc"><iframe src="/anc.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></div><div id="anc2"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><iframe src="/anc2.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></div></td></tr></table><div id="movebox2"><table border="0" align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr><td><div id="topheading"><a href="/topical/naves/s/seir--later_inhabited_by_the_descendants_of_esau_after_they_destroyed_the_horim_people.htm" title="Seir: Later Inhabited by the Descendants of Esau After They Destroyed the Horim People">◄</a> Seirah <a href="/topical/s/se-i'rah.htm" title="Se-i'rah">►</a></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center" class="maintable2"><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><div id="topverse">Jump to: <a href="#isb" title="International Standard Bible Encyclopedia">ISBE</a> • <a href="#cnc" title="Multiversion Concordance">Concordance</a> • <a href="#thes" title="Bible Thesaurus">Thesaurus</a> • <a href="#heb" title="Strong's Hebrew Concordance">Hebrew</a> • <a href="#sub" title="Subtopics">Subtopics</a> • <a href="#rel" title="Related Terms">Terms</a></div><div id="leftbox"><div class="padleft"><a name="te" id="te"></a><div class="vheading2">Topical Encyclopedia</div>Seirah is a location mentioned in the Old Testament, specifically in the Book of Judges. It is associated with the judge Ehud, who was one of the deliverers of Israel during the period of the Judges. The reference to Seirah is brief but significant in the narrative of Ehud's mission to free the Israelites from Moabite oppression.<br><br><b>Biblical Reference:</b><br>The primary mention of Seirah is found in <a href="/judges/3-26.htm">Judges 3:26-27</a>. The passage describes Ehud's escape after assassinating Eglon, the king of Moab. The Berean Standard Bible states:<br><br>"Ehud, however, had escaped while the servants delayed. He passed by the idols and escaped to Seirah. On arriving in Seirah, he blew the ram’s horn in the hill country of Ephraim, and the Israelites went down with him from the hills, with Ehud leading them."<br><br><b>Geographical Context:</b><br>Seirah is described as a location in the hill country of Ephraim. The exact geographical location of Seirah is not definitively known today, but it is understood to be within the central highlands of ancient Israel. This region was significant for its strategic and military advantages, providing a natural stronghold for Ehud and the Israelites.<br><br><b>Historical and Theological Significance:</b><br>The mention of Seirah in the context of Ehud's account highlights several key themes in the Book of Judges. First, it underscores the cyclical nature of Israel's history during this period, characterized by sin, oppression, repentance, and deliverance. Ehud's actions at Seirah mark a turning point where the Israelites rally against their oppressors, demonstrating God's deliverance through chosen leaders.<br><br>Ehud's escape to Seirah and the subsequent rallying of the Israelites also illustrate the importance of faith and courage in the face of overwhelming odds. Ehud's leadership and the Israelites' response reflect a trust in God's provision and timing, as they rise to overthrow the Moabite rule.<br><br><b>Cultural and Religious Context:</b><br>In the broader cultural and religious context of ancient Israel, locations like Seirah served as significant sites for gathering and mobilizing the tribes. The blowing of the ram's horn, or shofar, by Ehud in Seirah is a traditional call to arms and a summons for the people to unite under God's guidance. This act symbolizes the call to return to covenant faithfulness and to seek divine intervention in times of distress.<br><br>Seirah, though mentioned only briefly, plays a crucial role in the narrative of Ehud's judgeship. It serves as a backdrop for God's deliverance and the reaffirmation of Israel's identity as a people chosen and protected by God.<a name="isb" id="isb"></a><div class="vheading2">International Standard Bible Encyclopedia</div><span class="encheading">SEIRAH</span><p>se-i'-ra, se'-i-ra (ha-se`irah; Codex Vaticanus Seteirotha; Codex Alexandrinus See irotha; the King James Version, Seirath): The place to which Ehud escaped after his assassination of Eglon, king of Moab (<a href="/judges/3-26.htm">Judges 3:26</a>). The name is from the same root as the foregoing, and probably applied to some shaggy forest. The quarries by which he passed are said to have been by Gilgal (<a href="/judges/3-19.htm">Judges 3:19</a>), but there is nothing to guide us to an identification. Eusebius, in Onomasticon, gives the name, but no indication of the site.<p><a name="heb" id="heb"></a><div class="vheading2">Strong's Hebrew</div><a href="/hebrew/8167.htm"><span class="l">8167. <b>Seirah</b> -- "goat," a city in Ephraim</span></a><br><b>...</b> 8166, 8167. <b>Seirah</b>. 8168 . "goat," a city in Ephraim. Transliteration: <b>Seirah</b><br> Phonetic Spelling: (seh-ee-raw') Short Definition: <b>Seirah</b>. <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/hebrew/8167.htm</font><font color="#ff6600" size="-1"> - 6k</font><p> <a href="/hebrew/8166.htm"><span class="l">8166. <b>seirah</b> -- female goat</span></a><br><b>...</b> 8165, 8166. <b>seirah</b>. 8167 . female goat. Transliteration: <b>seirah</b> Phonetic Spelling:<br> (seh-ee-raw') Short Definition: goat. <b>...</b> 8165, 8166. <b>seirah</b>. 8167 . <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/hebrew/8166.htm</font><font color="#ff6600" size="-1"> - 6k</font><a name="thes" id="thes"></a><div class="vheading2">Thesaurus</div><a href="/topical/s/seirah.htm"><span class="l"><b>Seirah</b> (1 Occurrence)</span></a><br><b>...</b> Standard Bible Encyclopedia <b>SEIRAH</b>. <b>...</b><b>Seirah</b> (1 Occurrence). Judges 3:26 Ehud escaped<br> while they waited, and passed beyond the quarries, and escaped to <b>Seirah</b>. <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/s/seirah.htm - 7k</font><p><a href="/topical/s/se'ir.htm"><span class="l">Se'ir (36 Occurrences)</span></a><br>Se'ir. Seir, Se'ir. <b>Seirah</b> . Multi-Version Concordance Se'ir (36 Occurrences). <b>...</b><br> (See RSV). Seir, Se'ir. <b>Seirah</b> . Reference Bible. <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/s/se'ir.htm - 16k</font><p><a href="/topical/q/quarries.htm"><span class="l">Quarries (4 Occurrences)</span></a><br><b>...</b> (WEB KJV JPS ASV WBS). Judges 3:26 Ehud escaped while they waited, and passed beyond<br> the quarries, and escaped to <b>Seirah</b>. (WEB KJV JPS ASV WBS). <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/q/quarries.htm - 11k</font><p><a href="/topical/l/lingered.htm"><span class="l">Lingered (5 Occurrences)</span></a><br><b>...</b> traveled. (See NAS). Judges 3:26 And Ehud escaped while they tarried, and passed<br> beyond the quarries, and escaped unto <b>Seirah</b>. (See JPS). <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/l/lingered.htm - 7k</font><p><a href="/topical/e/ehud.htm"><span class="l">Ehud (12 Occurrences)</span></a><br><b>...</b> (WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV). Judges 3:26 Ehud escaped while they<br> waited, and passed beyond the quarries, and escaped to <b>Seirah</b>. <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/e/ehud.htm - 11k</font><p><a href="/topical/d/delaying.htm"><span class="l">Delaying (6 Occurrences)</span></a><br><b>...</b> him.' (YLT). Judges 3:26 Ehud escaped while they waited, and passed beyond<br> the quarries, and escaped to <b>Seirah</b>. (See NAS). Judges <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/d/delaying.htm - 8k</font><p><a href="/topical/s/se-i'rah.htm"><span class="l">Se-i'rah (1 Occurrence)</span></a><br>Se-i'rah. <b>Seirah</b>, Se-i'rah. Seirath . Multi-Version Concordance Se-i'rah (1<br> Occurrence). <b>...</b> (DBY RSV). <b>Seirah</b>, Se-i'rah. Seirath . Reference Bible. <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/s/se-i'rah.htm - 6k</font><p><a href="/topical/w/waited.htm"><span class="l">Waited (72 Occurrences)</span></a><br><b>...</b> (WEB DBY NAS RSV NIV). Judges 3:26 Ehud escaped while they waited, and passed<br> beyond the quarries, and escaped to <b>Seirah</b>. (WEB NIV). <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/w/waited.htm - 26k</font><p><a href="/topical/e/escaped.htm"><span class="l">Escaped (94 Occurrences)</span></a><br><b>...</b> Judges 3:26 Ehud escaped while they waited, and passed beyond the quarries, and<br> escaped to <b>Seirah</b>. (WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV). <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/e/escaped.htm - 37k</font><p><a href="/topical/i/idols.htm"><span class="l">Idols (186 Occurrences)</span></a><br><b>...</b> him. (See NAS NIV). Judges 3:26 Ehud escaped while they waited, and passed<br> beyond the quarries, and escaped to <b>Seirah</b>. (See NAS NIV). <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/i/idols.htm - 37k</font><p><a name="res" id="res"></a><div class="vheading2">Resources</div><a href="/concordance/">Bible Concordance</a> • <a href="/dictionary/">Bible Dictionary</a> • <a href="/encyclopedia/">Bible Encyclopedia</a> • <a href="/topical/">Topical Bible</a> • <a href="/thesaurus/">Bible Thesuarus</a></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="cnc" id="cnc"></a><div class="vheading2">Concordance</div><span class="encheading">Seirah (1 Occurrence)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/judges/3-26.htm">Judges 3:26</a></span><br />Ehud escaped while they waited, and passed beyond the quarries, and escaped to <span class="boldtext">Seirah</span>.<br /><span class="source">(WEB JPS ASV BBE NAS NIV)</span><a name="sub" id="sub"></a><div class="vheading2">Subtopics</div><p class="pspc"><a href="/topical/s/seirah.htm">Seirah</a></p><a name="rel" id="rel"></a><div class="vheading2">Related Terms</div><p class="pspc2"><a href="/topical/s/seirah.htm">Seirah (1 Occurrence)</a></p><p class="pspc2"><a href="/topical/s/seirath.htm">Seirath (1 Occurrence)</a></p><p class="pspc2"><a href="/topical/d/delayed.htm">Delayed (18 Occurrences)</a></p><p class="pspc2"><a href="/topical/s/sculptured.htm">Sculptured (5 Occurrences)</a></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="/topical/naves/s/seir--later_inhabited_by_the_descendants_of_esau_after_they_destroyed_the_horim_people.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="Seir: Later Inhabited by the Descendants of Esau After They Destroyed the Horim People"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="Seir: Later Inhabited by the Descendants of Esau After They Destroyed the Horim People" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="/topical/s/se-i'rah.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="Se-i'rah"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="Se-i'rah" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div> <div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"><script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script> <script id="b817b7107f1d4a7997da1b3c33457e03"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=cb0edd8b-b416-47eb-8c6d-3cc96561f7e8&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-2'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-0' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-3'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-1' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div align="center" id='div-gpt-ad-1531425649696-0'> </div><br /><br /> <ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:inline-block;width:200px;height:200px" data-ad-client="ca-pub-3753401421161123" data-ad-slot="3592799687"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script></div></td></tr></table></div></div></div> <br /><br /> <div align="center"> <div id="bot"><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhnew2.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>