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Selected Verse: Ezekiel 38:5 - Strong Concordance
| Verse |
Translation |
Text |
| Eze 38:5 |
Strong Concordance |
Persia [06539], Ethiopia [03568], and Libya [06316] with them; all of them with shield [04043] and helmet [03553]: |
| |
King James |
Persia, Ethiopia, and Libya with them; all of them with shield and helmet: |
Summary Of Commentaries Associated With The Selected Verse
| A Commentary, Critical, Practical, and Explanatory on the Old and New Testaments, by Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset and David Brown [1882] |
| Persia . . . Libya--expressly specified by APPIAN as supplying the ranks of Antiochus' army. |
| Notes on the Bible, by Albert Barnes, [1834] |
| Libya and Ethiopia, mixed with the northern invaders, are tribes from the extreme south, to show that this is a general combination of the foes of God's people. |
| Adam Clarke Commentary on the Whole Bible - Published 1810-1826 |
Persia - That a part of this country was tributary to Antiochus, see 1 Maccabees 3:31.
Ethiopia, and Libya - That these were auxiliaries of Antiochus is evident from Dan 11:43 : "The Libyans and Ethiopians shall be at his steps." |
43 But he shall have power [04910] over the treasures [04362] of gold [02091] and of silver [03701], and over all the precious [02532] things of Egypt [04714]: and the Libyans [03864] and the Ethiopians [03569] shall be at his steps [04703].