1883 Haydock Douay Rheims Bible

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II Kings 24:2

And the Lord sent against him the rovers of the Chaldees, and the rovers of Syria, and the rovers of Moab, and the rovers of the children of Ammon: and he sent them against Juda, to destroy it;* according to the word of the Lord, which he had spoken by his servants, the prophets.

4 Kings 23:27.

The rovers. Latrunculos. Bands or parties of men, who pillaged and plundered wherever they came. (Challoner) See 4 Kings 5:2., and Judges 11:3. --- Nabuchodonosor could not come in person. --- Prophets. Holda, supra 4 Kings 22:16., and Isaias 20:17., and Jeremias xiv., xv., xvi., etc.