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The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
R. A. Torrey and contributors · Cross-reference reference work
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Pharaoh's: This was Pharaoh Hophra, or Apries, as he is called by Herodotus, who succeeded his father Psammis on the throne of Egypt, am 3410, bc 594, and reigned twenty-five years. Having entered into a confederacy with Zedekiah ( Eze 17:15), he marched out of Egypt with a great army to his relief; which caused Nebuchadnezzar to raise the siege of Jerusalem to meet him; during which period the transactions detailed here took place. Jer 37:7; Kg2 24:7; Eze 17:15 they: Jer 37:11, Jer 34:21 Jeremiah 37:7
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