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Ezekiel 29:2

John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible · John Gill (1697–1771) · Public Domain

Son of man, set thy face against Pharaoh king of Egypt,.... Pharaoh was a name common to all the kings of Egypt; the name of this king was Pharaohhophra, Jer 44:30, and who, by Herodotus , is called Apries:and prophesy against him, and against all Egypt; prophesy of his destruction, and of the destruction of the whole land that is under his dominion.

Euterpe, sive l. 2. c.

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