Exodus 2:23-3:22 NIV

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Exodus 2:23

Exodus 2:23. The king of Egypt died And, after him, one or two more of his sons or successors. And the children of Israel sighed by reason of the bondage Probably the murdering of their infants did not continue; that part of their affliction only attended the birth of Moses, to signalize that. And now they were content with their increase, finding that Egypt was enriched by their labour; so they might have them for their slaves, they cared not how many they were. On this therefore they... read more

Donald C. Fleming

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Exodus 2:1-25

Preparation of Moses (2:1-25)Moses was the person God chose to save his people and lead them out of Egypt. He was born of godly Hebrew parents, who no doubt taught him that the true and living God was the only legitimate object of human worship, and this God had chosen Israel to be his people. At the same time Moses grew up in the Egyptian palace, where he was trained in the best learning and culture available at that time (2:1-10; see Acts 7:22; Hebrews 11:23).By the time he was forty years of... read more

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Exodus 2:23

the king of Egypt . See App-37 . children = sons. sighed. Hebrew. 'a nach, under pressure of evil. cried. Hebrew. zeak: with a loud voice, from sorrow or fear. cry. Hebrew. shav`a, for help in distress. Note the Figure of speech Synonymia ( App-6 ), to emphasise the greatness of the distress; see also Exodus 2:24 and Exodus 2:25 . Can it be that (according to Lightfoot II, 22, Pitman) Psalms 88:0 and Psalms 89:0 come in here? If so, the latter is a wondrous prophecy, containing... read more

James Burton Coffman

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Exodus 2:23-25

"And it came to pass in the course of many days, that the king of Egypt died: and the children of Israel sighed by reason of the bondage, and they cried, and their cry came up unto God by reason of the bondage. And God heard their groaning, and remembered his covenant with Abraham, with Isaac, and with Jacob. And God saw the children of Israel, and God took knowledge of them."As many have pointed out, these verses are actually the introduction to the following chapter. Doubtless the children of... read more

Thomas Coke

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Exodus 2:23

Exodus 2:23. Came to pass in process of time— That is, about forty years afterwards; see ch. Exo 7:7 compared with Acts 7:23. This king of Egypt who died was Rameses, according to Bishop Usher, who places his death in the year of the world 2494. His successor was Amenophis, who was drowned in the Red-sea about nineteen years afterwards. How Moses spent his time in these forty years retirement, say the Authors of the Universal History, save that he kept Jethro's flocks, is what he has not... read more

Robert Jamieson; A. R. Fausset; David Brown

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Exodus 2:23

23. the king of Egypt died: and the children of Israel sighed by reason of the bondage—The language seems to imply that the Israelites had experienced a partial relaxation, probably through the influence of Moses' royal patroness; but in the reign of her father's successor the persecution was renewed with increased severity. read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Exodus 2:16-25

5. Moses’ life in Midian 2:16-25This section introduces some of the secondary characters in Exodus and sets the stage for Moses’ call. Its purpose is primarily transitional.Moses provided water for Jethro’s daughters and their sheep in the wilderness (Exodus 2:16-17). Later he provided water for God’s people and their flocks in the wilderness (cf. Exodus 17:6; Numbers 20:7-11). This was the third time Moses sought to deliver others from harm (Exodus 2:17; cf. Exodus 2:12-13).As "the priest of... read more

John Dummelow

John Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible - Exodus 2:1-25

Birth and Early Life of Moses1. The names of the father and mother of Moses were Amram and Jochebed respectively (see Exodus 6:20). Two children were born to them before Moses. The oldest was a daughter called Miriam (i.e. Mary), who was a young woman at the time when Moses was born (see Exodus 2:8); and the second was a son, Aaron, who was born three years before Moses (see Exodus 7:7) and presumably before Pharaoh’s exterminating edict: cp. Numbers 26:59.2. Hid him three months] This defiance... read more

Charles John Ellicott

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - Exodus 2:23

(23) in process of time.—Heb., in those many days. As Moses was now eighty years old (Exodus 7:7), and only forty when he quitted Egypt, the Pharaoh from whom he fled must have reigned above forty years. Between the commencement of the eighteenth and the close of the nineteenth dynasty, two kings only seem to have reigned so long as this—Thothmes III. and Rameses II. Our choice of the Pharaoh from whom Moses fled thus lies between these two.The children of Israel sighed.—Or, “groaned.” They had... read more

William Nicoll

Expositor's Dictionary of Texts - Exodus 2:1-25

Exodus 2:4 Moses never had a stronger prediction about him, no not when all his Israelites were pitched about his tent in the wilderness, than now when he lay sprawling alone upon the waves; no water, no Egyptian can hurt him. Neither friend nor brother dare own him, and now God challenges his custody. When we seem most neglected and forlorn in ourselves, then is God most present, most vigilant. Bishop Hall. Exodus 2:6 See here the merciful daughter of a cruel father. It is an uncharitable and... read more