The nations also heard of him; he was taken in their pit, and they brought him with chains unto the land of Egypt.

And the nations heard of him; he was taken in their pit, and they brought him with nose-rings into the land of Egypt.

And hear of it do nations, In their pit it hath been caught, And they bring it in with chains unto the land of Egypt.

And the nations had news of him; he was taken in the hole they had made: and, pulling him with hooks, they took him into the land of Egypt.

Then the nations assembled against him, He was taken in their pit; And they brought him with hooks Unto the land of Egypt.

And the Gentiles heard about him, and they seized him, but not without receiving wounds. And they led him away in chains to the land of Egypt.

Et audierunt de ipso Gentes, in fovea ipsarum captus est; et abduxerunt in cathenis in terram AEgypti.

Chains - See the marginal rendering to Ezekiel 19:9 and Isaiah 27:9, note.

The nations also heard of him - The king of Egypt, whose subjects were of divers nations, marched against Jerusalem, took Jehoahaz prisoner, and brought him to Egypt. Thus: -
He was taken in their pit - Here is an allusion to those trap-pits digged in forests, into which the wild beasts fall, when the huntsmen, surrounding a given portion of the forest, drive the beasts in; by degrees narrowing the inclosure, till the animals come to the place where the pits are, which, being lightly covered over with branches and turf, are not perceived, and the beasts tread on them and fall in. Jehoahaz reigned only three months before he was dethroned by the king of Egypt, against whom it is apparent some craft was used, here signified by the pit, into which he fell.

The (c) nations also heard of him; he was taken in their pit, and they brought him with chains to the land of Egypt.
(c) By Pharaoh Nebo king of Egypt, (2-Kings 23:33).

The nations also heard of him,.... The neighbouring nations, particularly the Egyptians; the fame of his behaviour reached them; they were informed how he used his own subjects, and what designs he had formed, and what preparations he was making against his neighbours; wherefore they thought it proper to oppose his measures in time, and to hinder him from proceeding and putting his projects into execution, by coming out against him, and fighting with him, as they did:
he was taken in their pit; alluding to the manner of hunting and taking lions, and such like beasts of prey; which was done by digging pits, and covering the mouths of them with straw, as Jarchi observes, into which in their flight they fell unawares: so Pharaohnecho king of Egypt came out against Jehoahaz, and took him, and put him in bonds at Riblah in the land of Hamath, that he might reign no more in Jerusalem, after he had been on the throne but three months, 2-Kings 23:31;
and they brought him with chains into the land of Egypt; or, "with hooks" (u); in his nose, as in Isaiah 37:29; or with a bridle, as the Septuagint; or with branches, as the Syriac version, in his jaws; the Targum renders it in chains, as we do: it is certain that Jehoahaz was put in bonds or fetters, and carried into Egypt, where he died, 2-Kings 23:33.
(u) "in, vel cum hamis", Montanus, Tigurine version, Cocceius, Starckius.

The nations--Egypt, in the case of Jehoahaz, who probably provoked Pharaoh by trying to avenge the death of his father by assailing the bordering cities of Egypt (2-Kings 23:29-30).
in their pit--image from the pitfalls used for catching wild beasts (Jeremiah 22:11-12).
chains--or hooks, which were fastened in the noses of wild beasts (see on Ezekiel 19:9).

The nations - The Egyptians heard what he did.