and struck all the firstborn in Egypt, the chief of their strength in the tents of Ham.
KJV
And smote all the firstborn in Egypt; the chief of their strength in the tabernacles of Ham:
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And smote all the firstborn in Egypt,.... From the prince to the peasant; and not only the firstborn of men, but of beasts also,
Exo 12:29
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the chief of their strength; or first of it, as the firstborn is called,
Gen 49:3
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in the tabernacles of Ham; in the several cities, towns, villages, and houses of the Egyptians, the descendants of cursed Ham; for Mizraim, from whom the Egyptians have their name, and from whence they sprung, was a son of Ham's,
Gen 10:6
. Perhaps No Ammon may be particularly meant,
Nah 3:8
, the same with Memphis, and which signifies the mansion or palace of Ammon, that is, Ham; and so Chemmis, another city in Egypt, signifies the same (n); of which see
Psa 105:23
this was the tenth and last plague: according to Suidas (o), the plagues of Egypt continued forty days.
(n) Dickinson Delph. Phoeniciz. cap. 4. (o) In voce
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