2 Chronicles 20:1 - Exposition

The children of Moab . In 2 Kings 3:5-27 we read of a rebellion on the part of Moab, and of the victory of Israel's king Joram, together with Jehoshaphat and the King of Edom, over Moab, now probably in quest of revenge. Beside the Ammonites . The reading of our Authorized Version here cannot stand. The Septuagint gives us some guidance in the name "the Minoei." By the mere transposing of one Hebrew character in the name Ammonites, we obtain the name Maonites (read מֲעוֹנִים for עַמּוֹנִים ), i.e. the people of Maon, a town near Petra, no doubt Edomitish (see 2 Kings 3:10 , 2 Kings 3:22 , 2 Kings 3:23 ), and possibly the same with the Septuagint Minoei ( see also 2 Chronicles 26:7 ).