2Ch 20:2 | Clarke | e4.org | Verse 2. On this side Syria ] Instead of mearam, from Syria , I would read with one of Kennicott's MSS. (89) meedom, from Edom , which alteration brings it to truth and does not require the change of half a letter , as it consists in the almost imperceptible difference between resh and daleth . We do not read of any Syrians in this invasion, but we know there were Edomites , or inhabitants of Mount Seir . Hazazon-tamar ] "In the wood of palm trees, that is, in Engedi."- Targum . This is the meaning of the word, and it is probable that they lay hid here.

‏ 2 Chronicles 20:2

Verse 2. On this side Syria] Instead of mearam, from Syria, I would read with one of Kennicott's MSS. (89) meedom, from Edom, which alteration brings it to truth and does not require the change of half a letter, as it consists in the almost imperceptible difference between resh and daleth. We do not read of any Syrians in this invasion, but we know there were Edomites, or inhabitants of Mount Seir.

Hazazon-tamar] "In the wood of palm trees, that is, in Engedi."-Targum. This is the meaning of the word, and it is probable that they lay hid here.