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13. Images. That is, the pillars, or obelisks, of the place.

Beth-shemesh. Literally, “the house of the sun.” It was probably Heliopolis, or On. The LXX for this clause reads, “and he shall break to pieces the pillars of Heliopolis that are in On.” Heliopolis is a Greek name meaning “city of the sun.” The city was located near the site of modern Cairo. Its Egyptian name was Iunu, of which the Hebrew form is ’On (Gen. 41:45, 50; etc.).

1. In the land of Egypt. This message from God probably came a few years after the events of ch. 43 took place (see on ch. 44:15). The three cities named were undoubtedly places where the emigrants from Judea settled.

Migdol. Perhaps Tell el-Ḥeir, a town about 61/4 mi. (10 km.) south of Pelusium.

Tahpanhes, … Noph. See on ch. 2:16.

Pathros. A region or country, not a city. It was a general name for southern, or Upper, Egypt (see Vol. III, p. 81).