Ezekiel 23:23

23:23 the Babylonians and all the Chaldeans, Pekod, ¹  Shoa, ²  and Koa, ³  and all the Assyrians with them, desirable young men, all of them governors and officials, officers and nobles, all of them riding on horses.

Ezekiel 26:7

26:7 “For this is what the sovereign Lord says: Take note that ⁴  I am about to bring King Nebuchadrezzar ⁵  of Babylon, king of kings, against Tyre from the north, with horses, chariots, and horsemen, an army and hordes of people.

Ezekiel 38:4

38:4 I will turn you around, put hooks into your jaws, and bring you out with all your army, horses and horsemen, all of them fully armed, a great company with shields of different types, ⁶  all of them armed with swords.

[23:23]  ¹ sn Pekod was the name of an Aramean tribe (known as Puqudu in Mesopotamian texts) that lived in the region of the Tigris River.

[23:23]  ² sn Shoa was the name of a nomadic people (the Sutu) that lived in Mesopotamia.

[23:23]  ³ sn Koa was the name of another Mesopotamian people group (the Qutu).

[26:7]  ⁴ tn The word הִנֵּה (hinneh, traditionally “behold”) draws attention to something.

[26:7]  ⁵ tn Heb “Nebuchadrezzar” is a variant and more correct spelling of Nebuchadnezzar, as the Babylonian name Nabu-kudurri-usur has an an “r” rather than an “n.”

[38:4]  ⁷ sn The Hebrew text mentions two different types of shields here.