the king of Egypt came not again any more The whole Asiatic possessions of Egypt had been conquered by the Babylonians, who now become the prominent heathen people in the Scripture story.

from the river[R.V. brook] of Egypt This is not the Nile, but the modern Wadi El Arish, a desert stream toward the border of Egypt. See note on 1 Kings 8:65 for its identification.

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