15. thy valiant men--manuscripts, the Septuagint, and
Vulgate read, "thy valiant one," Apis, the bull-shaped Egyptian
idol worshipped at Noph or Memphis. The contrast thus is between the
palpable impotence of the idol and the might attributed to it by
the worshippers. The Hebrew term, "strong," or "valiant," is
applied to bulls
(Ps 22:12).
Cambyses in his invasion of Egypt destroyed the sacred bull.
drive them--(Compare
Jer 46:5).
The Hebrew word is used of a sweeping rain
(Pr 28:3).
JFB.
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