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Ramban on Genesis 36:35/רמב"ן על בראשית ל״ו:ל״ה
אוְטַעַם הַמַּכֶּה אֶת מִדְיָן בִּשְׂדֵה מוֹאָב לְהַגִּיד גְּבוּרָתוֹ, שֶׁבָּאוּ הַמִּדְיָנִים בִּשְׂדֵה מוֹאָב לְהִשָּׂגֵב עִמָּם וְנִצַּח אֶת כֻּלָּם. וּבַעַל חָנָן בֶּן עַכְבּוֹר הָיָה מִמְּקוֹם שָׁאוּל, עַל כֵּן לֹא הִזְכִּיר לוֹ עִיר אַחֶרֶת. וְיִתָּכֵן שֶׁהָיָה חָנָן – מָקוֹם, וְהוּא בַּעַל עָלָיו, וְאַחֲרֵי כֵן מָלַךְ:
1WHO SMOTE MIDIAN IN THE FIELD OF MOAB. The intent thereof is to tell of Hadad’s prowess, for the Midianites had come into the field of Moab to overpower them, but he was victorious over them all.Baal-hanan the son of Achbor310 was of the same place as Shaul of Rehoboth by the River,311 in whose stead he reigned, and therefore Scripture does not ascribe another city to him. It is possible that “Hanan” is the name of a place, and he was the master thereof, which accounts for his name Baal-hanan, and afterwards he became king.