John Gill's Exposition on Ezekiel 29:13

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Exposition of the Old and New Testament
John Gill (1697–1771) · 18th-century historical commentary
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Yet thus saith the Lord God, at the end of forty years, &c.] Reckoning from its devastation by Nebuchadnezzar to the taking of Babylon by Cyrus: will I gather the Egyptians from the people whither they were scattered; from Babylon, and other places; Cyrus very probably being stirred up by the Lord to proclaim liberty to the Egyptians, as he did to the Jews, to return to their own land; and at the same time restored Amasis to the quiet possession of his kingdom, who must be still alive; since, according to Diodorus Siculusf520, he reigned fifty five years; though, according to Herodotusf521, he reigned but forty four years.

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