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Jeremiah 25:24

Jeremiah 25:24
And all the kings of Arabia, and all the kings of the mingled people that dwell in the desert,

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Baptist theologian, 1697–1771

Gill's Exposition

And all the kings of Zimri,.... Of Arabia Felix, so called from Zimran, a son of Abraham by Keturah, Gen 25:2; the same whom Pliny (n) calls Zamerenes;

and all the kings of Elam; or Persia; who are…

Presbyterian pastor, 1798–1870

Barnes' Notes

Arabia - That part which bordered on Palestine, and was inhabited mainly by Ishmaelites. The mingled people - Compare the Jer 25:20 note. In Arabia there seem to have been many tribes of Cushite…

Nonconformist minister, 1662–1714

Matthew Henry

Jeremiah 25:15-29

Under the similitude of a cup going round, which all the company must drink of, is here represented the universal desolation that was now coming upon that part of the world which Nebuchadrezzar, who…

Academic commentary, 1882–1921

Cambridge Bible

and all the kings of Arabia LXX omit.

Arabia lit. dwellers in the steppes(ăr âbâh), "a tribe (or group of tribes) somewhere in N. Arabia; cf. Isa 21:13 … after Old Testament times it was gradually…