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Contemporary English Version

2 Chronicles 26:7

God helped him defeat the Philistines, the Arabs living in Gur-Baal, and the Meunites.

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Ammonites;   Arabians;   Blessing;   Gur-Baal;   Maon;   Uzziah;   Thompson Chain Reference - Arabians;   Torrey's Topical Textbook - Ishmaelites, the;   Kings;   Philistines, the;  

Dictionaries:

- American Tract Society Bible Dictionary - Azariah;   Isaiah;   Maonites;   Philistines;   Bridgeway Bible Dictionary - Amos;   Hosea;   Uzziah;   Easton Bible Dictionary - Gur-Baal;   Mehunims;   Phenicia;   Tiglath-Pileser Iii.;   Fausset Bible Dictionary - Gur-Baal;   Maon;   Tiglath Pileser;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Arabia;   Chronicles, Books of;   Gur-Baal;   Maonites;   Mehunim;   Uzzia(h);   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Arabia, Arabs;   Chronicles, I;   Gur-Baal;   Maon, Maonites;   Minaeans;   Uzziah;   Morrish Bible Dictionary - Arabians ;   Gurbaal ;   Mehunims ;   Uzziah ;   People's Dictionary of the Bible - Uzziah;   Smith Bible Dictionary - Gur-Ba'al;   Mehu'nims, the,;   Watson's Biblical & Theological Dictionary - Moab;   Philistim;  

Encyclopedias:

- Condensed Biblical Cyclopedia - Kingdom of Judah;   International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Chronicles, Books of;   Gur-Baal;   Maon;   Nethinim;   Uzziah (Azariah);   Kitto Biblical Cyclopedia - Arabia;   Baal-gur;   The Jewish Encyclopedia - Arabia;  

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
God helped him against the Philistines, the Arabs that live in Gur-baal, and the Meunites.
Hebrew Names Version
God helped him against the Pelishtim, and against the `Aravi'im who lived in Gur-Ba`al, and the Me`unim.
King James Version
And God helped him against the Philistines, and against the Arabians that dwelt in Gurbaal, and the Mehunims.
English Standard Version
God helped him against the Philistines and against the Arabians who lived in Gurbaal and against the Meunites.
New Century Version
God helped Uzziah fight the Philistines, the Arabs living in Gur Baal, and the Meunites.
New English Translation
God helped him in his campaigns against the Philistines, the Arabs living in Gur Baal, and the Meunites.
Amplified Bible
God helped him against the Philistines, and against the Arabs who lived in Gur-baal, and the Meunites.
New American Standard Bible
God helped him against the Philistines, and against the Arabians who lived in Gur-baal, and the Meunites.
World English Bible
God helped him against the Philistines, and against the Arabians who lived in Gur-baal, and the Meunim.
Geneva Bible (1587)
And God helped him against ye Philistims, and against the Arabians that dwelt in Gur-baal and Hammeunim.
Legacy Standard Bible
And God helped him against the Philistines, and against the Arabians who lived in Gur-baal, and the Meunites.
Berean Standard Bible
God helped him against the Philistines, against the Arabs living in Gur-baal, and against the Meunites.
Complete Jewish Bible
God helped him against the P'lishtim, against the Arabs living in Gur-Ba‘al, and against the Me‘unim.
Darby Translation
And God helped him against the Philistines, and against the Arabians that dwelt in Gur-Baal, and the Maonites.
Easy-to-Read Version
God helped Uzziah fight the Philistines, the Arabs living in the town of Gur Baal, and the Meunites.
George Lamsa Translation
And God helped him against the Philistines and against the Arabians that dwelt in Gurbaal and the Mehunims.
Good News Translation
God helped him defeat the Philistines, the Arabs living at Gurbaal, and the Meunites.
Lexham English Bible
And God helped him against the Philistines and against the Arabs who were living in Gur-Baal and Meunim.
Literal Translation
And God helped him against the Philistines and against the Arabians who lived in Gurbaal, and the Meunim.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
For God helped him agaynst the Philistines, against the Arabians, agaynst them of GurBaal, & agaynst the Meunites.
American Standard Version
And God helped him against the Philistines, and against the Arabians that dwelt in Gur-baal, and the Meunim.
Bible in Basic English
And God gave him help against the Philistines, and against the Arabians living in Gur-baal, and against the Meunim.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
And God holpe him against the Philistines and against the Arabians that dwelt in Gur baal and Hamehunim.
JPS Old Testament (1917)
And God helped him against the Philistines, and against the Arabians that dwelt in Gur-baal, and the Meunim.
King James Version (1611)
And God helped him against the Philistines, and against the Arabians, that dwelt in Gur-baal, and the Mehunims.
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
And the Lord strengthened him against the Philistines, and against the Arabians that dwelt on the rock, and against the Minaeans.
English Revised Version
And God helped him against the Philistines, and against the Arabians that dwelt in Gur–baal, and the Meunim.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
And the Lord helpide hym bothe ayens Filisteis, and ayens Arabeis that dwelliden in Garbahal, and ayenus Amonytis.
Update Bible Version
And God helped him against the Philistines, and against the Arabians that dwelt in Gur-baal, and the Meunim.
Webster's Bible Translation
And God helped him against the Philistines, and against the Arabians that dwelt in Gur-baal, and the Mehunims.
New King James Version
God helped him against the Philistines, against the Arabians who lived in Gur Baal, and against the Meunites.
New Living Translation
God helped him in his wars against the Philistines, his battles with the Arabs of Gur, and his wars with the Meunites.
New Life Bible
God helped him against the Philistines, and against the Arabians who lived in Gur-baal, and against the Meunites.
New Revised Standard
God helped him against the Philistines, against the Arabs who lived in Gur-baal, and against the Meunites.
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
And God helped him against the Philistines and against the Arabians who dwelt in Gur-baal, and the Meunim.
Douay-Rheims Bible
And God helped him against the Philistines, and against the Arabians, that dwelt in Gurbaal, and against the Ammonites.
Revised Standard Version
God helped him against the Philistines, and against the Arabs that dwelt in Gurba'al, and against the Me-u'nites.
Young's Literal Translation
And God helpeth him against the Philistines, and against the Arabians who are dwelling in Gur-Baal and the Mehunim.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
God helped him against the Philistines, and against the Arabians who lived in Gur-baal, and the Meunites.

Contextual Overview

1After the death of King Amaziah, the people of Judah crowned his son Uzziah king, even though he was only sixteen at the time. Uzziah ruled fifty-two years from Jerusalem, the hometown of his mother Jecoliah. During his rule, he recaptured and rebuilt the town of Elath. 4 He obeyed the Lord by doing right, as his father Amaziah had done. 5 Zechariah was Uzziah's advisor and taught him to obey God. And so, as long as Zechariah was alive, Uzziah was faithful to God, and God made him successful. 6 While Uzziah was king, he started a war against the Philistines. He smashed the walls of the cities of Gath, Jabneh, and Ashdod, then rebuilt towns around Ashdod and in other parts of Philistia. 7 God helped him defeat the Philistines, the Arabs living in Gur-Baal, and the Meunites. 8 Even the Ammonites paid taxes to Uzziah. He became very powerful, and people who lived as far away as Egypt heard about him. 9 In Jerusalem, Uzziah built fortified towers at the Corner Gate, the Valley Gate, and the place where the city wall turned inward. 10 He also built defense towers out in the desert. He owned such a large herd of livestock in the western foothills and in the flatlands, that he had cisterns dug there to catch the rainwater. He loved farming, so he had crops and vineyards planted in the hill country wherever there was fertile soil, and he hired farmers to take care of them. 11 Uzziah's army was always ready for battle. Jeiel and Maaseiah were the officers who kept track of the number of soldiers, and these two men were under the command of Hananiah, one of Uzziah's officials. 12There were 307,500 trained soldiers, all under the command of 2,600 clan leaders. These powerful troops protected the king against any enemy.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

God helped: 2 Chronicles 14:11, 1 Chronicles 5:20, 1 Chronicles 12:18, Psalms 18:29, Psalms 18:34, Psalms 18:35, Isaiah 14:29, Acts 26:22

the Arabians: 2 Chronicles 17:11, 2 Chronicles 21:16

Reciprocal: Judges 10:12 - the Maonites 2 Chronicles 18:31 - the Lord Ezra 4:20 - toll Acts 2:11 - Arabians

Cross-References

Genesis 12:13
Please save my life by saying that you are my sister."
Genesis 20:2
he told everyone that his wife Sarah was his sister. So King Abimelech of Gerar had Sarah brought to him.
Genesis 26:12
Isaac planted grain and had a good harvest that same year. The Lord blessed him,
Genesis 26:13
and Isaac was so successful that he became very rich.
Proverbs 29:25
Don't fall into the trap of being a coward— trust the Lord , and you will be safe.
Matthew 10:28
Don't be afraid of people. They can kill you, but they cannot harm your soul. Instead, you should fear God who can destroy both your body and your soul in hell.
Ephesians 5:25
A husband should love his wife as much as Christ loved the church and gave his life for it.
Colossians 3:9
And stop lying to each other. You have given up your old way of life with its habits.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And God helped him against the Philistines,.... He did not do all before related of himself, and by his own strength, but by the help of God; the Targum is

"the Word of the Lord helped him:''

and against the Arabians that dwelt in Gurbaal; the same with Gerar, according to the Targum; which also belonged to the Philistines, and had a king in Abraham's time, Genesis 20:1, the same with Askelon, another of the five principalities of the Philistines:

and the Mehunims; or the Minaeans, as the Septuagint, and whom Pliny n makes mention of among the Arabians; they seem to be the Scenite Arabs; see 2 Chronicles 20:1, or rather, as the Targum, those that dwelt in the plain of Maon, which was in Arabia Petraea.

n Nat. Hist. l. 6. c. 28.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

On the Mehunims or Maonites, see Judges 10:12 note.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse 2 Chronicles 26:7. And God helped him — "And the WORD of the Lord helped him against the Philistines, and against the Arabians who lived in Gerar, and the plains of Meun." - Targum. These are supposed to be the Arabs which are called the Meuneons, or Munites, or Meonites.


 
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