And Gaal spake again and said, See there come people down by the middle of the land, and another company come along by the plain of Meonenim.
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Gill's Exposition
Then said Zebul unto him,.... Not being able to put him off any longer, and willing to take the opportunity to upbraid him with what he had said:
where is now thy mouth, wherewith thou saidst, who…
Barnes' Notes
The plain of Meonenim - Translate “the oak of the soothsayers” (see the margin). Some well-known oak, so called, but which is not mentioned elsewhere.
Three years Abimelech reigned, after a sort, without any disturbance; it is not said, He judged Israel, or did any service at all to his country, but so long he enjoyed the title and dignity of a…
Cambridge Bible
the middle of the land the Navel of the land; this is the traditional meaning of the word, Talm., LXX ὀμφαλός, Vulgate umbilicus. The word only occurs again in Eze 38:12 of the mountains of Israel,…