5Persia, Ethiopia, and Libya with them; all of them with shield and helmet:
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They of Persia and of Lud and of Phut were in thine army, thy men of war: they hanged the shield and helmet in thee; they set forth thy comeliness.
And the sons of Ham; Cush, and Mizraim, and Phut, and Canaan.
Ethiopia, and Libya, and Lydia, and all the mingled people, and Chub, and the men of the land that is in league, shall fall with them by the sword.
The sons of Ham; Cush, and Mizraim, Put, and Canaan.
Ethiopia and Egypt were her strength, and it was infinite; Put and Lubim were thy helpers.
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 1-13)The critical expositors have enough to do here to enquire out Gog and Magog. We cannot pretend either to add to their observations or to determine their controversies. Gog seems to be the king and Magog the kingdom; so that Gog and Magog are like Pharaoh and the Egyptians. Some think they find them afar off, in Scythia, Tartary, and Russia. Others think they find them nearer the land of Israel, in…
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