Jeremiah 44:15

and all the women It has been suggested that it is hardly likely that women would have come so far, and that "even … Pathros" is a gloss. Pathros was the S. part of what is now called Egypt, but was once politically separated from it, Ethiopia claiming its possession. It is identical with the Thebais of the Greeks, commencing a few miles S. of Memphis, and extending to Syene on the first cataract.

a great assembly Du. followed by Co. reads (by a slight alteration in MT.) with a loud voice.