John Gill Commentary Ezekiel 29:13

"For thus saith the Lord Jehovah: At the end of forty years will I gather the Egyptians from the peoples whither they were scattered;" — Ezekiel 29:13 (ASV)

Yet thus says the Lord God, at the end of forty years
Reckoning from its devastation by Nebuchadnezzar to the taking of Babylon by Cyrus: will I gather the Egyptians from the people from which they were
scattered ;

from Babylon, and other places; Cyrus very probably being stirred up by the Lord to proclaim liberty to the Egyptians, as he did to the Jews, to return to their own land; and at the same time restored Amasis to the quiet possession of his kingdom, who must be still alive; since, according to Diodorus Siculus ^F23 , he reigned fifty five years; though, according to Herodotus ^F24 , he reigned but forty four years.

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FOOTNOTES:

• F23: Bibliothec. l. 1. p. 62. Ed. Rhodoman.
• F24: Thalia, sive l. 3. c. 10.