Egypt] Some of Judah's politicians desired an alliance with Egypt; others with Assyria, or rather with Babylonia, Assyria's successor in the command of the East. Sihor] here the Nile; so in Isaiah 23:3. Assyria] The Assyrian power had passed to Babylonia, but the name had been familiar for generations and was still in use for the great Eastern power. The river] Euphrates.

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