Verse 7
7. The king of Egypt came not again But a subsequent king named Hophra sent an army to raise the siege of Jerusalem. Jeremiah 37:5-11. “This remark is here inserted to show under what circumstances Jehoiakim succeeded his father, (2 Kings 24:6,) and how it came that he reigned for so short a time. 2 Kings 24:8. Necho had finally retired from Asia after such losses that he could not venture again to meet his victorious enemy, and, therefore, Judah could expect no more support from him. Much less could it attempt alone to resist the conqueror from whom it had revolted.” Bahr.
King of Babylon had taken Compare Jeremiah 46:2.
River of Egypt The Wady el-Arish which formed the south-western boundary of the land of Promise. See on 1 Kings 8:65, and Joshua 13:3.
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