Judges 10:12

The Zidonians … Amalekites … Maonites The generalizing list of oppressors is continued. The Zidonians, i.e. Phoenicians (Judges 3:3 n.), do not appear elsewhere in this character; perhaps the name was suggested by Judges 10:6. The Amalekites are mentioned as allies of Moab in Judges 3:13, and of Midian in Judges 6:3 (see note); cf. Exodus 17:8-16 E. The Maonites (Maonis the form here) probably = the Meunim, 1 Chronicles 4:41; 2 Chronicles 20:1 (RVm.), 2 Chronicles 26:7 all late passages; the Meunim, who are referred to as hostile to Israel, were an Arab race inhabiting the Edomite country; their name survives in Ma-ân, 6 hours S.E. of Petra. Perhaps the post-exilic editor included Maon in this list as being an enemy familiar to later times. On the supposed connexion between the Maonites (Meunim) and the Minaeans see HDB. s.v. The LXX reads Midianhere, and many scholars adopt the correction; but it is suspiciously obvious.