John Gill Commentary 2 Chronicles 26:7

"And God helped him against the Philistines, and against the Arabians that dwelt in Gur-baal, and the Meunim." — 2 Chronicles 26:7 (ASV)

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^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.

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FOOTNOTES:

• F14: Nat. Hist. l. 6. c. 28.