The Philistines, and... the Arabians. — They are named together in 2 Chronicles 17:11 also. Their seat, Gur-Baal, only mentioned here, is unknown. The Targum makes it Gerar; the LXX. apparently Petra (in Edom). The reading Gedor-Baal has been proposed.

The Mehunims (Heb., Me’ûnîm) are the Maonites, or people of Maon (Ma’ân), near Mount Seir. (See Note on 2 Chronicles 20:1.)

(The Syriac and Arabic omit from “wall of Ashdod” 2 Chronicles 26:6, to “gifts to Uzziah,” 2 Chronicles 26:8.)

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