But he sent ambassadors to him, saying, “What have I to do with you, you king of Judah? I come not against you today, but against the house with which I have war. God has commanded me to make haste. Beware that it is God who is with me, that he not destroy you.”
ExplanationCommentary
Verse 21. With me. Grotius thinks that Jeremias had given the order; and the author of Hebrew Traditions, supposes that he forbade Josias to oppose Pharao, who, it seems, was assured of victory. Calmet.—But this is uncertain; and Josias might justly suspect that the king of Egypt spoke without authority. Bible.—The augurs of the latter might declare the truth, ( Menochius.) though they could not dive into futurity. Bible.—Herodotus (i.) informs us, that Nechos fought against the Syrians, (or Israelites) in Magdelum, and took Cadythis, a city as large as Sardis, of Lydia; probably Jerusalem, ( D.) or Cades. Calmet.