Over the camels also was Obil the Ishmaelite. — Obil’s name means either “owner of camels” or “a good manager of camels,” answering exactly to the Arabic ‘âbil. (Comp. Genesis 37:25; Judges 7:12.) An “Ishmaelite,” i.e., an Arab, would be the fittest person for looking after camels.
The asses. — The she-asses. (Comp. Genesis 49:14; Judges 5:10; Zechariah 9:9.)
Jehdeiah the Meronothite. — Of Merônôth, a town perhaps near Mizpah (Nehemiah 3:7). The LXX. has Merathon, or Marathon.