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Gen_36:20 These [are] the sons of Seir the Horite, who inhabited the land; Lotan, and Shobal, and Zibeon, and Anah,
Ver. 20. These are the sons of Seir.] Esau was by marriage allied to this Seir: for he married his niece Aholibamah: {Gen_36:2} yet the children of Esau chased away the Horims of Seir, and dwelt in their stead in mount Seir. {Deu_2:12} Wicked men are void of natural affection, in their pursuit of profit or preferment; Abimelech, Absalom, Athaliah, for instance; and that Amida, son of Muleasses, king of Tunis, who rose up against his father, and possessing himself of his kingdom, slew his captains, polluted his wives, took the castle of Tunis; and, after all, put out his father’s and brethren’s eyes, like as Muleasses himself, before, had dealt with his own brethren. {a}
{a} Turk. Hist., fol. 745, 747, 642.