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Jer_44:30 Thus saith the LORD; Behold, I will give Pharaohhophra king of Egypt into the hand of his enemies, and into the hand of them that seek his life; as I gave Zedekiah king of Judah into the hand of Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon, his enemy, and that sought his life.
Ver. 30. Behold, I will give Pharaohhophra.] Called also Vaphres, and by Herodotus, Apries, being nephew to Necho, who slew Josiah. A very proud prince he saith Apries was, slain by Amasis, who succeeded him. But others gather from this text, and from Eze_29:19; Eze_31:11; Eze_31:15; Eze_31:18, that he was slain by Nebuchadnezzar. Josephus {a} also and Jerome say as much. {b}
{a} Antiq., lib. x. cap. 11.
{b} Jerome in Thren., cap. 4.