Exodus 14:28

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.

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.

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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.

Exodus 14:28 In-Context

26 And the LORD said unto Moses, Stretch out thine hand over the sea, that the waters may come again upon the Egyptians, upon their chariots, and upon their horsemen.

27 And Moses stretched forth his hand over the sea, and the sea returned to his strength when the morning appeared; and the Egyptians fled against it; and the LORD overthrew the Egyptians in the midst of the sea.

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.

29 But the children of Israel walked upon dry land in the midst of the sea; and the waters were a wall unto them on their right hand, and on their left.

30 Thus the LORD saved Israel that day out of the hand of the Egyptians; and Israel saw the Egyptians dead upon the sea shore.