Commentary for II Kings 24:7
וְלֹֽא־הֹסִ֥יף עוֹד֙ מֶ֣לֶךְ מִצְרַ֔יִם לָצֵ֖את מֵֽאַרְצ֑וֹ כִּֽי־לָקַ֞ח מֶ֣לֶךְ בָּבֶ֗ל מִנַּ֤חַל מִצְרַ֙יִם֙ עַד־נְהַר־פְּרָ֔ת כֹּ֛ל אֲשֶׁ֥ר הָיְתָ֖ה לְמֶ֥לֶךְ מִצְרָֽיִם׃ (פ)
And the king of Egypt came not again any more out of his land; for the king of Babylon had taken, from the Brook of Egypt unto the river Euphrates, all that pertained to the king of Egypt.
Rashi on II Kings
Left his land. To aid Yehoyakim.
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Metzudat David on II Kings
To anoint a king over Judah just like he anointed Yehoyakim
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Ralbag on II Kings
And the king of Egypt came not again any more out of his land: This is said to remark that God took vengeance against him for Josiah, whom he killed when he went up to fight near the river Euphrates.
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Rashi on II Kings
For the king of Bavel had taken, etc. For he defeated him in battle in the fourth year of Yehoyakim in Charchemish on the Euphrates River, as it is written in the Book of Yirmiyohu.546:2.
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