Judges 10:12

“The Zidonians also, etc.] Who were left in the land to distress them, though there is no particular mention of them, and of the distress they gave them, and of their deliverance from it, which yet is not at all to be questioned: and the Amalekites; both quickly after they came out of Egypt, (<021713>Exodus 17:13) and when they were come into the land of Canaan, joining the Moabites and the Midianites against them, (<070313>Judges 3:13 6:3) and the Maonites did oppress you; meaning either the old inhabitants of Maon, a city in the mountains of Judah, near to which was a wilderness of this name, (<061555>Joshua 15:55 <092324>1 Samuel 23:24) or rather a people of Arabia, called by Strabo f221,…”

“Maonites--that is, "Midianites."”

“The Zidonians - An allusion to the time of Barak, when the Zidonians doubtless formed part of the great confederacy of Canaanites under Jabin king of Hazor. See Joshua 11:8. The Amalekites - In the time of Gideon (marginal reference). The Maonites - Probably one of the tribes of the “children of the East,” who came with the Midianites and Amalekites in the time of Gideon, and may have been conspicuous for their hostility to Israel, and for the greatness of their discomfiture, though the record has not been preserved. The name is “Mehununs” in 2 Chronicles 26:7. return to 'Top of Page'”

“The Zidonians - We do not read of any oppression of Israel, particularly, by the Zidonians. But many things were done, which are not recorded. The Maonites - Either first, those who lived in, or near the wilderness of Maon, in the south of Judah, Sa1 23:25, Sa1 25:2, whether Edomites or others. Or, secondly, the Mehunims, a people living near the Arabians, of whom, Ch2 26:7. For in the Hebrew, the letters of both names are the same, only the one is the singular, the other the plural number. Judges 10:13”

“Zidonians: Jdg 5:19-31 Amalekites: Jdg 6:3 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 ( Jos 15:55. Sa1 23:24, Sa1 23:25; Sa1 25:2), which assisted Moab. Ch2 26:6, Ch2 26:7; Psa 106:42, Psa 106:43 Judges 10:13”