And the king of Egypt came not again any more out of his land: for the king of Babylon had taken from the river of Egypt unto the river Euphrates all that pertained to the king of Egypt.
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Gill's Exposition
Jehoiachin was eighteen years old when he began to reign,.... In Ch2 36:9 he is said to be but eight years old; which may be reconciled by observing, that he might be made and declared king by his…
Barnes' Notes
Neco, from the year of the battle of Carchemish, confined himself to his own country and made no efforts to recover Syria or Judaea.
Adam Clarke
The king of Egypt came not again - He was so crushed by the Babylonians that he was obliged to confine himself within the limits of his own states, and could no more attempt any conquests. The text…
We have here the first mention of a name which makes a great figure both in the histories and in the prophecies of the Old Testament; it is that of Nebuchadnezzar, king of Babylon (Kg2 24:1), that…
Cambridge Bible
the king of Egypt came not again any more The whole Asiatic possessions of Egypt had been conquered by the Babylonians, who now become the prominent heathen people in the Scripture story.
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