4. his--Judah's (compare
Isa 9:21).
at Zoan--are already arrived there on their errand to Pharaoh (see
Isa 19:11).
came to Hanes--are come there. West of the Nile, in central Egypt:
Egyptian Hnes; the Greek Heracleopolis: perhaps the Anysis of
HERODOTUS (2.137); according to
GROTIUS, Tahpanhes contracted
(Jer 43:7-9);
the seat of a reigning prince at the time, as was Zoan, hence the
Jewish ambassadors go to both.
JFB.
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