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John Gill's Exposition on Jeremiah 44:1
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Exposition of the Old and New Testament
John Gill (1697–1771) · 18th-century historical commentary
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The word which came to Jeremiah concerning all the Jews which dwell in the land of Egypt, etc.] Or, “unto all the Jews”f788; the word came to him, that it might be delivered to them; or, “against all the Jews”f789; they having gone into Egypt contrary to the will of God, and committing idolatry; and the word or sermon is full of threatenings and judgments denounced upon them: which dwell at Migdol, and at Tahpanhes, and at Noph, and in the country of Pathros: this prophecy was delivered after the Jews were come to Tahpanhes, or Daphne; (see <244307>Jeremiah 43:7); and had divided themselves, and were settled in different parts of the kingdom: some continued at Tahpanhes, where were the king’s court and palace: others went to Migdol, a place near the Red sea, just at the entrance into Egypt, from the land of Canaan, (<021402>Exodus 14:2); called, by Herodotus, Magdolusf790; and by Adrichomiusf791 said to be distant about a mile and a quarter from Pelusium, or Sin, the strength of Egypt, (<263015>Ezekiel 30:15); others took up their residence at Noph, generally thought to be the city of Memphis. The Targum calls it Mappas; the same which is now called Grand Cairo; or, however, this city is near the place where Memphis stood: others dwelt in the country of Pathros, which perhaps had its name from Pathrusim, a son of Mizraim, (<011013>Genesis 10:13,14). It is thought by Bochart and others to be the country of Thebais in Egypt, the same with the Nomos Phanturites, or Phaturites, of Plinyf792; and in this country Jeremiah seems to have been when this word came to him, (<244415>Jeremiah 44:15); and from hence sent or carried it to the other places: saying; as follows:
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