7<\/strong>. Gur-baal<\/em> ] An unidentified place; a “Gur” is mentioned in 2Ki 9:27<\/span>. A slight correction of the Heb. would give, “in Gerar (cp. Gen 20:1<\/span>) and against the Meunim.”<\/p>\n Mehunims<\/em> ] R.V. Meunim<\/strong>; cp. 2Ch 20:1<\/span> (note).<\/p>\n On the Mehunims or Maonites, see Jdg 10:12<\/span> note.<\/P> <\/p>\n Verse 7<\/span>. And God helped him<\/B><\/I>] “And the WORD of the Lord helped him against the Philistines, and against the Arabians who lived in Gerar, and the plains of Meun.” – Targum<\/I>. These are supposed to be the Arabs which are called the Meuneons<\/I>, or Munites<\/I>, or Meonites<\/I>.<\/P> <\/p>\n 7. Gur-baal<\/B>thought by some tobe Gerar, and by others Gebal.<\/P><\/p>\n And God helped him against the Philistines<\/strong>,…. He did not do all before related of himself, and by his own strength, but by the help of God; the Targum is<\/p>\n “the Word of the Lord helped him:”<\/p>\n and against the Arabians that dwelt in Gurbaal<\/strong>; the same with Gerar, according to the Targum; which also belonged to the Philistines, and had a king in Abraham’s time, Ge 20:1<\/span>, the same with Askelon, another of the five principalities of the Philistines:<\/p>\n and the Mehunims<\/strong>; or the Minaeans, as the Septuagint, and whom Pliny n makes mention of among the Arabians; they seem to be the Scenite Arabs; see 2Ch 20:1<\/span>, or rather, as the Targum, those that dwelt in the plain of Maon, which was in Arabia Petraea.<\/p>\n n Nat. Hist. l. 6. c. 28.<\/p>\n (7) The Philistines, and . . . the Arabians.<\/strong>They are named together in 2Ch. 17:11<\/span> also. Their seat, Gur-Baal, only mentioned here, is unknown. The Targum makes it Gerar;<\/em> the LXX. apparently Petra<\/em> (in Edom). The reading Gedor-Baal has been proposed.<\/p>\n The Mehunims<\/strong> (Heb., Menm<\/em>) are<\/em> the Maonites, or people of Maon (Man<\/em>),<\/em> near Mount Seir. (See Note on 2Ch. 20:1<\/span>.)<\/p>\n (The Syriac and Arabic omit from wall of Ashdod 2Ch. 26:6<\/span>, to gifts to Uzziah, 2Ch. 26:8<\/span>.)<\/p>\n 7<\/strong>. <\/strong> And against the Arabians <\/strong> These also injured Israel in the days of Jehoram. 2Ch 21:16<\/span>. The position of Gur-baal <\/strong> is unknown; but from its association here with the Mehunims<\/strong>, we infer that it was somewhere in the vicinity of Mount Seir. On the Mehunims, <\/em> or Maonites, <\/em> see notes on 2Ch 20:1<\/span>; 1Ch 4:41<\/span>; and Jdg 10:12<\/span>.<\/p>\n 2Ch 26:7<\/span><\/em><\/strong>. <\/strong>And the Mehunims<\/em><\/strong><\/strong> Houbigant, with the Vulgate, reads the Ammonites; <\/em>and the next verse, as well as the fifth of the next chapter, gives us reason to believe that this reading is just. <\/p>\n 2Ch 26:7 And God helped him against the Philistines, and against the Arabians that dwelt in Gurbaal, and the Mehunims.<\/p>\n Ver. 7. That dwelt in Gurbaal.<\/strong> ] Which is the same with Gerar, saith the Gloss: where Abimelech once reigned, and Abraham sojourned. <\/p>\n <\/p>\n And the Mehunims.<\/strong> ] Called by profane authors Scenites.<\/p>\n Mehuniins. See note on 2Ch 20:1 and 1Ch 4:41. <\/p>\n God helped: 2Ch 14:11, 1Ch 5:20, 1Ch 12:18, Psa 18:29, Psa 18:34, Psa 18:35, Isa 14:29, Act 26:22 <\/p>\n the Arabians: 2Ch 17:11, 2Ch 21:16 <\/p>\n Reciprocal: Jdg 10:12 – the Maonites 2Ch 18:31 – the Lord Ezr 4:20 – toll Act 2:11 – Arabians<\/p>\n And God helped him against the Philistines, and against the Arabians that dwelt in Gur-baal, and the Mehunims. 7. Gur-baal ] An unidentified place; a “Gur” is mentioned in 2Ki 9:27. A slight correction of the Heb. would give, “in Gerar (cp. Gen 20:1) and against the Meunim.” Mehunims ] R.V. 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Fuente: Adam Clarke’s Commentary and Critical Notes on the Bible<\/b><\/i><\/h4>\n
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