Geneva Study Bible Commentary
Jeremiah 37:5
Then Pharaoh's army had (e) come from Egypt: and when the Chaldeans that besieged Jerusalem heard tidings of them, they departed from Jerusalem.
(e) To help the Jews.
Then Pharaoh's army had (e) come from Egypt: and when the Chaldeans that besieged Jerusalem heard tidings of them, they departed from Jerusalem.
(e) To help the Jews.
Verse Jeremiah 37:5. _THEN PHARAOH'S ARMY_] This was _Pharao-hophra_ or _Apries_, who then reigned in Egypt in place of his father _Necho_. See Ezekiel 29:6, c. Nebuchadnezzar, hearing that the Egypt...
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Then Pharaoh's army was come forth out of Egypt: and when the Chaldeans that besieged Jerusalem heard tidings of them, they departed from Jerusalem. PHARAOH'S ARMY WAS COME FORTH OUT OF EGYPT, AND...
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וְ חֵ֥יל פַּרְעֹ֖ה יָצָ֣א מִ מִּצְרָ֑יִם וַ
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