Exodus 14:24

In the morning watch.

Before the captivity the night (between sunset and sunrise) was divided by the Israelites into three watches, the first watch, the middle watch, and the morning watch. It appears that the Israelites had the space of two watches at least, or eight hours, for effecting their passage.-- Murphy.

The Lord looked.

The original word for "looked," as applied to God, denotes not. simple and bare act of ocular inspection, but also. positive putting forth of some demonstration of wrath or mercy corresponding with the occasion.-- Bush. An unwonted darting of the lightning flash and rumbling of the awful thunder was the probable accompaniment of this look.-- Murphy. It was, then, after two o'clock in the morning, when the cloud that had hung like. black curtain over and before the Egyptians opened, and Jehovah "looked upon them" through his lightnings. Thus the Psalmist describes the scene (Psalms 77:17-18). To appreciate its awfulness to the Egyptians we must remember that thunder and lightning are extremely rare in Egypt, and that the fearful grandeur of our thunder-storms is there wholly unknown.-- F. H. Newhall.

Troubled the host.

Threw them into confusion, or. panic.