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Gaal spoke again and said, Behold, there come people down by the middle of the land, and one company comes by the way of the oak of Meonenim.
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The Soothsayers' Oak
Commentators consistently note that the "plain of Meonenim" is better translated as the "oak of the soothsayers" or "enchanters' terebinth." This was a known site for pagan divination and magic. The fact that Abimelech's army uses this idolatrous landmark as a route highlights the spiritual corruption of the land and the futility of such practices.
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18th Century
Presbyterian
The plain of Meonenim - Translate “the oak of the soothsayers” (see the margin). Some well-known oak, so called, but which is not mentioned …
19th Century
Anglican
By the middle of the land. —Literally, by the navel of the land. Probably the expression means some gently-swelling hill,…
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
And Gaal spoke again, and said Looking towards the mountains, and taking another view of what he saw before, for further …
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