Ezekiel 29:10 - Exposition

From the tower of Syene , etc. The Authorized Version is misleading, as Syene was itself on the border of Ethiopia . Better, with the Revised Version margin, from Migdol to Syene, even to the border of Ethiopia . The Migdol (equivalent to "tower") so named is mentioned in the 'Itinerarium' of Antoninus, and was about twelve miles from Pelusium, and thus represented the northern extremity of Egypt; as Syene, identified with the modern Assouan, represented the southern, being the last fortified town in Egypt proper. The expedition of Psammis against Ethiopia, as above, had probably given prominence to the latter fortress. So taken, the phrase corresponded to the familiar "from Dan to Beersheba" of 20:1 , etc.