2 Chronicles 20:1

“It came to pass after this also, etc.] After Jehoshaphat’s return from Ramothgilead, and putting the civil and religious affairs of his people on a better footing, when he might have expected much peace and prosperity: that the children of Moab, and the children of Ammon; both the descendants of Lot, (see <198308>Psalm 83:8), and with them other besides the Ammonites; a great company of Arabians, according to Josephus f70; or “with the Meamonites”, which the Targum understands of the Idumaeans or Edomites; and so do other interpreters, and which they conclude from (<142010>2 Chronicles 20:10,22,23). Jarchi thinks the Amalekites are meant, who were of the race of Edom; but the notion of…”

“JEHOSHAPHAT, INVADED BY THE MOABITES, PROCLAIMS A FAST. (2Ch. 20:1-21) the children of Moab . . . Ammon, and with them other beside the Ammonites--supposed to be rather the name of a certain people called Mohammonim or Mehunim (Ch2 26:7), who dwelt in Mount Seir--either a branch of the old Edomite race or a separate tribe who were settled there.”

“The present Hebrew (and English) text mentions the Ammonites twice over. Hence, some adopt a different reading and translate “the children of Ammon, and with them certain of the Maonites,” etc. Compare 2 Chronicles 20:10, note; Judges 10:12, note; 1 Chronicles 4:41, note. return to 'Top of Page'”

“20:1 Meunites (see 1 Chr 4:41): The Meunites were a nomadic group living on the southern borders of Judah; their name probably survives as the Arab town of Ma’an, twelve miles southeast of Petra.”

“after this also: Ch2 19:5, Ch2 19:11, Ch2 32:1 the children of Moab: Psa 83:5-8; Isa 7:1, Isa 8:9, Isa 8:10, Isa 16:6 came against: Ch2 19:2; Jer 10:24; Rev 3:19 2 Chronicles 20:2”

“By אהרי־כן, postea, the war which follows is made to fall in the latter part of Jehoshaphat's reign, but certainly not in the last year in which he reigned alone, two years before his death, but only somewhat later than the events in 2 Chron 18 and Ch2 19:1-11, which occurred six or seven years before his death. Along with the Moabites and Ammonites there marched against Jehoshaphat also מהעמּונים. This statement is obscure. Since מן has unquestionably a partitive or local signification, we might take the word to signify, enemies who dwelt aside from the Ammonites (מן as in Sa1 20:22, Sa1 20:37), which might possibly be the designation of tribes in the Syro-Arabic desert bordering upon the…”