Verse 26
26. Both small and great All classes and all ages.
Captains of the armies Commanders of the military forces that had been subject to Gedaliah. At the head of them was Johanan, who had just taken command, and had led them successfully against Ishmael.
Came to Egypt Against the word of the Lord and the warnings of the prophet Jeremiah. Chap. 42. They thought it best for them now to seek the protection of that power that had interposed to help them during the late siege of Jerusalem, and had obliged the Chaldees for a time to retire from the city. Jeremiah 37:5-11.
They were afraid of the Chaldees So fearful an impression had the horrors of the late siege and the Chaldean power made upon them, that they could not feel safe anywhere in the dominions of Nebuchadnezzar. They had been made to feel the tremendous power of that “bitter and hasty nation… terrible and dreadful,” of whom Habakkuk had prophesied. Habakkuk 1:5-11.
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