Maon

How Nave’s arranged it

• A city allotted to the tribe of JudahJoshua 15:55
• The place where Nabal lived1 Samuel 25:2
• David (with his insurgents) encamps near1 Samuel 23:241 Samuel 23:25
• Uzziah engages in war against the people of (called Mehunims)2 Chronicles 26:7

The passages, in Bible order (5)

The same references, sorted Genesis to Revelation. The first 5 are quoted in full; the rest are one click beneath them, book by book.

1. Joshua 15:55

   Maon, Carmel, Ziph, Juttah,

   ›Commentary on Joshua 15:552 voices

   “Maon, Carmel,.... Maon was the dwelling place of Nabal the Carmelite, whose possessions were in Carmel, and were not far from one another, 1Sa 25:

   “Maon - In a desert to which this town gave name, David took refuge for a considerable time from the persecution of Saul; and in this place Nabal the Carmelite had great possessions. See 1Sa 23:24, 1Sa 23:25; 1Sa 25:2. Carmel - Not the celebrated mount of that name, but a village, the residence of Nabal. See 1Sa 25:2. It was near Maon, mentioned above, and was about ten miles eastward of Hebron. It is the place where Saul erected a trophy to himself after the defeat of the Amalekites; see 1Sa 15:12. Ziph - See on Jos 15:24 (note).

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2. 1 Samuel 23:24

   So they set out and went to Ziph ahead of Saul. Now David and his men were in the Wilderness of Maon in the Arabah south of Jeshimon,

   ›Commentary on 1 Samuel 23:242 voices

   “But David and his men were in the wilderness of Maon, etc. Maon is interpreted as dwelling. Jeshimon means bringing death. Generally, however, the faithful, having obtained Christ as their leader, rejoice to thirst for the eternal homeland, which the waterless places of the desert …

   “And they arose, and went to Ziph, before Saul,....

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3. 1 Samuel 23:25

   and Saul and his men went to seek him. When David was told about it, he went down to the rock and stayed in the Wilderness of Maon. And when Saul heard of this, he pursued David there.

   ›Commentary on 1 Samuel 23:252 voices

   “The wilderness of Maon - Maon was a mountainous district in the most southern parts of Judah. Calmet supposes it to be the city of Menois, which Eusebius places in the vicinity of Gaza; and the Maenaemi Castrum, which the Theodosian code places near to Beersheba.

   “A rock - That is, into a cave which was in the rock; where at first he might think to hide himself, but upon farther consideration he removed from thence upon Saul's approach.

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4. 1 Samuel 25:2

   Now there was a man in Maon whose business was in Carmel. He was a very wealthy man with a thousand goats and three thousand sheep, which he was shearing in Carmel.

   ›Commentary on 1 Samuel 25:22 voices

   “The district takes its name from this town, now a mass of ruins; and about a mile from it is Tell Main, the hillock on which stood ancient Maon. the man was very great--His property consisted in cattle, and he was considered wealthy, according to the ideas of that age.

   “And there was a man in Maon,....

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5. 2 Chronicles 26:7

   God helped him against the Philistines, against the Arabs living in Gur-baal, and against the Meunites.

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   “And God helped him against the Philistines,....

   “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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