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Mehunims, The

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1 Chronicles 4:41Smith
And these written by name came in the days of Hezekiah king of Judah, and smote their tents, and the habitations that were found there, and destroyed them utterly unto this day, and dwelt in their rooms: because there was pasture there for their flocks.
2 Chronicles 26:7Smith
And God helped him against the Philistines, and against the Arabians that dwelt in Gur-baal, and the Mehunims.
Ezra 2:50Smith
The children of Asnah, the children of Mehunim, the children of Nephusim,
Nehemiah 7:52Smith
The children of Besai, the children of Meunim, the children of Nephishesim,

In the reference works

Smith's Bible Dictionary (1884) · 4 references

a people against whom King Uzziah waged a successful war. (2 Chronicles 26:7) The name is the plural of Maon [MAON]. Another notice of the Mehunims in the reign of Hezekiah (cir. B.C. 726-697) is found in (1 Chronicles 4:41) Here they are spoken of as it pastoral people, either themselves Hamites or in alliance with Hamites quiet and peaceable, dwelling in tents. Here, however, the Authorized Version treats the word as an ordinary noun and renders it "habitations." The latest appearance of the name Mehunims in the Bible is in the lists of those who returned front the captivity with Zerubbabel. (Ezra 2:50) Authorized Version "Mehunim;" (Nehemiah 7:52) Authorized Version "Meunim."

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Mehunims, The

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