SEGUE (s'gub), (Heb. seg-oob', elevated; Gr. EE-yol43, segub).
1. Youngest son of the Hiel, who rebuilt Jeri cho (1 Kings xvi :34), B. C. 91o. According to Joshua's prediction he died for his father's sin.
2. The son of Hezron (grandson of Judah) by the daughter of Machir, the "father" of Gilead. He was himself the father of Jair (1 Chron. 21, 22), B. C. perhaps about 185o.
SEIR (se'ir), (Heb. say-ear', hairy; Sept.
seir).
1. A phylarch or chief of the Horim, who were the former inhabitants of the country afterwards possessed by the Edomites (B. C. before 196o).
2. Mount Seir. The mountainous country of the Edomites, extending from the Dead Sea to the Elanitic Gulf. The name is usually derived from the Seir above mentioned. and as he was a great chief of the original inhabitants, it is difficult to reject such a conclusion. These mountains were first inhabited by the Horitn (Gen. xiv :6; Dent. ii :12) ; then by Esau (Gen. xxxii :3 ; xxxiii:t4, 16) and his posterity (Dcut. ii :4. 29; 2 Chron. xx : to). The northern part of them now hears the designation of Jcbal, and the southern flat of esh-Shcrah. which seems no other than a modifi cation of the ancient name. The whole breadth of the mountainous tract between the Arabah and the eastern desert above does not exceed fifteen or twenty geographical miles. These mountains are
quite different in character from those which front them on the other (west) side of the Arabah. The latter seem fo be not more than two-thirds as high as the former, and are wholly desert and sterile; while those on the cast appear to enjoy a sufficiency of rain, and are covered with tufts of herbs and occasional trees. The valleys are also full of trees and shrubs and flowers. the eastern and higher parts being extensively cultivated, and yielding good crops. The general appearance of the soil is not unlike that around Hebron ; though the face of the country is very different. It is indeed the region of which Isaac said to his son Esau: 'Behold, thy dwelling shall be of the fatness of the earth, and of the dew of heaven from above' ( Gen. xxvii :39).
3. Another Mount Seir formed one of the landmarks on the north boundary of Judah (Josh. xv :10 only). It lay to the west of Kirjath-jearim and between it and Beth-shemesh. It is a ridge of rock to the southwest of Knreyet el Enab, a lofty ridge composed of rugged peaks, with a wild and desolate appearance, upon which Saris and Msshir are situated (Robinson, Bib. Res., p. 155.)