Ezekiel 23:23

On these peoples cf. Del. Parad., pp. 182, 236, 240. According to this writer the names appear in the inscriptions as Pukûdu, Sutu or Su and Kutu or Ku, and are names of peoples lying east of the Tigris and on the confines of Elam or Persia.

"Captains and rulers," governors and satraps, Ezekiel 23:6; Ezekiel 23:12. "Great lords," heroes, Ezekiel 23:15.

and renowned Perhaps: chiefs. The word is parallel to "princes" Numbers 1:16, lit. "called men," cf. Amos 6:1.