Bible Location
Meaning: in tribulation or distress · 7 cross references · Modern-day map available
Bozrah was a leading city of Edom in the rugged territory south-east of the Dead Sea. It is important because it appears first in Edomite royal traditions and later becomes a prominent target in prophetic oracles against Edom. First appears in Gen 36:33.1
AI summary: Bozrah is one of the clearest city-level expressions of Edom in Scripture. It appears in Genesis as part of Edom's early political world, but its strongest biblical profile comes in the prophets, where Bozrah becomes a named focus of judgment. Because Edom is often portrayed as a proud and hostile neighbour, Bozrah carries the weight of that wider national symbolism while still remaining a real mountain city. The cross references present Bozrah as an Edomite capital whose name gathers together kingship, national identity, and prophetic reckoning.1
The city of Jobab, one of the early Edomite kings (Gen. 36:33). This place is mentioned by the prophets in later times (Isa. 34:6; Jer. 49:13; Amos 1:12; Micah 2:12). Its modern representative is el-Busseireh. It lies in the mountain district of Petra, 20 miles to the south-east of the Dead Sea. 3
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Figure1: A table of cross references between the selected passage and other passages (Data from Robert Rouse, “Theographic Bible Information,” Theographic-Bible-Metadata, 2020, https://github.com/robertrouse/theographic-bible-metadata.)
AI-assisted summary prepared for ai-BIBLE and stored as page content, based on dictionary material, place metadata, and linked Bible cross references.
Alistair de Blacquiere-Clarkson, “ai-BIBLE Bible Names JSON Factsheet Aggregating Material from Smith’s Bible Dictionary & Hitcocks’s New and Complete Analysis of the Bible.” ai-BIBLE electronic edition, version 1.0.
M.G.Easton, Illustrated Bible Dictionary, ai-BIBLE electronic edition, version 1.0.
Robert Rouse, “Theographic Bible Information,” Theographic-Bible-Metadata, 2020, https://github.com/robertrouse/theographic-bible-metadata.