And the waters returned
To their place, and so in the above tradition related by Diodorus
Siculus, it is said that the sea returning with a mighty force
was restored to its place again; (See Gill on Exodus
14:22).
and covered the chariots and the horsemen;
the wall they made being much higher than a man on horseback,
when they fell down, covered even those who had the advantage of
horses and chariots; and much more must the infantry be covered
by them, who may be meant in the next clause:
and all the host of Pharaoh that came into the sea after
them;
the foot, that went into the sea after the chariots and horsemen,
or the whole army, including the cavalry and infantry, which went
into the sea after the children of Israel. Who this Pharaoh was
is not agreed; according to Berosus F24 his name was Cenchres,
or Chenchres, whom Acherres succeeded; according to Bishop Usher
F25 it was Amenophis; but our English
poet F26 calls him Busiris; though Strabo
F1 says there was no king or governor
of that name. Diodorus Siculus F2 indeed speaks of two so
called; yet he elsewhere F3 says, not that there was any king of
the name, only the sepulchre of Osiris was so called:
there remained not so much as one of them;
wherefore it must be a falsehood which is related by some, that
Pharaoh himself was preserved, and afterwards reigned in Nineveh
F4, since not one was saved; see (
Psalms
106:11 ) and so Artapanus F5 the Heathen says, they all
perished, and among these are said F6 to be Jannes and
Jambres, the magicians of Egypt mentioned in ( 2 Timothy
3:8 ) but this is contradicted by those F7 who
ascribe the making of the golden calf to them.