Exodus 14:28

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28 The water flowed back and covered the chariots and horsemen—the entire army of Pharaoh that had followed the Israelites into the sea. Not one of them survived.

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Exodus 14:28 in Other Translations

KJV

28 And the waters returned, and covered the chariots, and the horsemen, and all the host of Pharaoh that came into the sea after them; there remained not so much as one of them.

ESV

28 The waters returned and covered the chariots and the horsemen; of all the host of Pharaoh that had followed them into the sea, not one of them remained.

NLT

28 Then the waters returned and covered all the chariots and charioteers—the entire army of Pharaoh. Of all the Egyptians who had chased the Israelites into the sea, not a single one survived.

MSG

28 The waters returned, drowning the chariots and riders of Pharaoh's army that had chased after Israel into the sea. Not one of them survived.

CSB

28 The waters came back and covered the chariots and horsemen, the entire army of Pharaoh, that had gone after them into the sea. None of them survived.

Exodus 14:28 Meaning and Commentary

Exodus 14:28

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.

FOOTNOTES:

F24 Antiqu. l. 5. fol. 88. 2. & 90. 2.
F25 Annal. Vet. Test. p. 19.
F26 "-------whose waves o'erthrew Busiris, and his Memphian chivalry." Milton's Paradise Lost, B. 1. v. 306, 307.
F1 Geograph. l. 17. p. 552.
F2 Bibliothec. l. 1. p. 42.
F3 Bibliothec. l. 1. p. 79.
F4 Dibre Hayamim, fol. 13. 2.
F5 Ut supra. (Apud Euseb. Praepar. Evangel. l. 9. c. 27. p. 436.)
F6 Midrash in Exod. xv. 10. & Arab. MS. apud Gregory's Notes & Observ. p. 6.
F7 Shalshalet, fol. 7. 1.

Taken from John Gill's Exposition of the Bible

Exodus 14:28 In-Context

26 Then the LORD said to Moses, “Stretch out your hand over the sea so that the waters may flow back over the Egyptians and their chariots and horsemen.”

27 Moses stretched out his hand over the sea, and at daybreak the sea went back to its place. The Egyptians were fleeing toward it, and the LORD swept them into the sea.

28 The water flowed back and covered the chariots and horsemen—the entire army of Pharaoh that had followed the Israelites into the sea. Not one of them survived.

29 But the Israelites went through the sea on dry ground, with a wall of water on their right and on their left.

30 That day the LORD saved Israel from the hands of the Egyptians, and Israel saw the Egyptians lying dead on the shore.