- the Maonites:
- The LXX have "the Midianites," which Dr. Wall thinks the true reading. But the Maonites might be a tribe of Arabs, inhabitants of Maon ("Maon,ª Carmel,ª and Ziph,ª and Juttah,ª" {Jsh 15:55} + "And they arose,ª° and went²°¹ to Ziphª beforeª Saul:ª but Davidª and his men²¹ [were] in the wildernessª of Maon,ª in the plainª on¹ the southª of Jeshimon.ª ... Saulª also and his men²¹ went²°¹ to seekª° [him]. And they toldª° David:ª wherefore he came downª° into a rock,ª and abodeª° in the wildernessª of Maon.ª And when Saulª heardª° [that], he pursuedª° afterª Davidª in the wildernessª of Maon.ª" {1Sm 23:24-25} + "And [there was] a manª in Maon,ª whose possessionsª [were] in Carmel;ª and the manª [was] veryª great,ª and he had threeª thousandª sheep,ª and a thousandª goats:ª and he was¹ shearingª°¹ his sheepª in Carmel.ª" {1Sm 25:2}), which assisted Moab. "And he went forthª° and warredª° against the Philistines,ª and brake downª°¹ the wallª of Gath,ª and the wallª of Jabneh,ª and the wallª of Ashdod,ª and builtª° citiesª about Ashdod,ª and among the Philistines.ª ... And Godª helpedª° him against¹ the Philistines,ª and against¹ the Arabiansª that dweltª° in Gurbaal,ª and the Mehunims.ª" {2Ch 26:6-7} + "Their enemiesª° also oppressedª° them, and they were brought into subjectionª° under¹ their hand.ª ... Manyª timesª did he deliverª° them; but they¹ provokedª° [him] with their counsel,ª and were brought lowª° for their iniquity.ª" {Psa 106:42-43}
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