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John Gill's Exposition on 2 Chronicles 12:3
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John Gill (1697–1771) · 18th-century historical commentary
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With twelve hundred chariots, and threescore thousand horsemen; and the people were without number, etc.] The foot soldiers; their number, according to Josephus f34 was 400,000: that came with him out of Egypt; the above numerous army came from thence with him, which was famous for horses and chariots of war, (see <021407> Exodus 14:7,28), what follow seem to have joined him after he came out of Egypt, or whom he subdued in his way; the Lubim or Lybians, inhabitants of Libya, a country near Egypt the same with the Lehabim; of whom (see <011013>Genesis 10:13), the Sukkiims; who were either the Scenite Arabs, who dwelt in tents, as this word signifies; or the Troglodytes, according to the Septuagint and Vulgate Latin versions, who dwelt in dens and caves, in which sense the word “Succah” is sometimes used, (<183840>Job 38:40 <191009>Psalm 10:9) and in their country was a town called Suchae, mentioned by Pliny f35; they inhabited near the Red sea; and if Shishak is the same with Sesostris, as is thought, these people were subdued by him, as Herodotus f36 and Strabo f37 testify: and the Ethiopians; some think these were the Cushite Arabs, and that Sesostris came into Arabia is testified by the above writers; though rather the proper Ethiopians are meant, since they are joined with the Lubim or Africans; and since, as Herodotus f38 says, he ruled over Ethiopia; and Diodorus Siculus f39 says he fought with them, and obliged them to pay him tribute.
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