group is clear from vv. 2, 10, 22–23, which indicate the third group was from Mount Seir, that is, Edom. The LXX reads “the Meunites,” who are mentioned together with the Ammonites during the time of Hezekiah (26:7; cf. 1 Chr 4:41). The location of such a group has been linked with the Arab town Maʿan, twelve miles southeast of Petra. Their link with Mount Seir need not be a problem. Seir was located somewhere in the southern Negeb. Maʿan is situated in the Negeb in several places (Josh 15:55; 1
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