Meunites

The Meunites were a people group who lived near Israel and were enemies of God's people.
GroupCanaanOld Testament2 books3 verses

Summary

People from Meunit(?) of the Canaanites, first mentioned at 1 Chronicles 4:41; referred to as Meunites or Meunite (מְעוּנִים) or Meunite (עַמּוֹנִי).

Glossary entries

Meunim, Meunites

Alternative names

Mentions

  1. These who were noted by name came in the days of Hezekiah king of Judah. They attacked the Hamites in their dwellings as well as the Meunites who were there, devoting them to destruction even to this day. Then they settled in their place, because there was pasture for their flocks.
  2. After this, the Moabites and Ammonites, together with some of the Meunites, came to make war against Jehoshaphat.
  3. God helped him against the Philistines, against the Arabs living in Gur-baal, and against the Meunites.