2 Chronicles 26:7

7 God helped him against the Philistines and against the Arabs who lived in Gur Baal and against the Meunites.

2 Chronicles 26:7 in Other Translations

7 And God helped him against the Philistines, and against the Arabians that dwelt in Gurbaal, and the Mehunims.

7 God helped him against the Philistines and against the Arabians who lived in Gurbaal and against the Meunites.

7 God helped him in his wars against the Philistines, his battles with the Arabs of Gur, and his wars with the Meunites.

7 God helped him in his wars with the Philistines, the Arabs in Gur Baal, and the Meunites.

7 And God helped him against the Philistines, and against the Arabians that dwelt in Gur-baal, and the Meunim.

7 God helped him when he attacked the Philistines, the Arabs who lived in Gur Baal, and the Meunites.

7 God helped him against the Philistines, the Arabs that live in Gur-baal, and the Meunites.

7 God helped him fight against the Philistines. He also helped him fight against the Meunites and against the Arabs who lived in Gur Baal.

2 Chronicles 26:7 Meaning and Commentary

2 Chronicles 26:7

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

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FOOTNOTES:

F14 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.

F14 Nat. Hist. l. 6. c. 28.

2 Chronicles 26:7 In-Context

5 He sought God during the days of Zechariah, who instructed him in the fear of God. As long as he sought the LORD, God gave him success.

6 He went to war against the Philistines and broke down the walls of Gath, Jabneh and Ashdod. He then rebuilt towns near Ashdod and elsewhere among the Philistines.

7 God helped him against the Philistines and against the Arabs who lived in Gur Baal and against the Meunites.

8 The Ammonites brought tribute to Uzziah, and his fame spread as far as the border of Egypt, because he had become very powerful.

9 Uzziah built towers in Jerusalem at the Corner Gate, at the Valley Gate and at the angle of the wall, and he fortified them.

Cross References

• 1. S 2 Chronicles 21:16
• 2. 2 Chronicles 20:1