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Come up, ye horses; and rage, ye chariots; and let the mighty men come forth; the Ethiopians and the Libyans, that handle the shield; and the Lydians, that handle [and] bend the bow.
Jeremiah 46:9 — KJV
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Jeremiah 46:9
King James Version (KJV)
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Jeremiah 46:9
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Commentary
Commentary on Jeremiah 46:9
Theological / DevotionalEthiopians. Heb. Kush (see on Gen. 10:6).
Libyans. Heb. Put. Inhabitants of Punt or of Libya on the north coast of Africa (see on Gen. 10:6).
Lydians. Heb. Ludim. It is not certain whether the Ludim mentioned here were Lydians from western Asia Minor or an African tribe neighboring Egypt. In favor of the former view is the LXX rendering, Ludoi, “Lydians,” and the fact that an inscription of Ashurbanipal, king of Assyria, states that Necho’s father, Psamtik I, had troops in his army furnished by Gyges, king of Lydia. In favor of their being an African tribe is the fact that the Ludim descended from Mizraim, the son of Ham, which would relate them to the Egyptians. This, of course, would not preclude their having migrated at an early date from Africa to Asia Minor (see on Gen. 10:13).
The Lydians are not to be confused with the descendants of Lud, the son of Shem, who seem to have been a north Mesopotamian people (Gen. 10:22; 1 Chron 1:17; see on Gen. 10:22).
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