Exodus 15:4 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Pharaoh's chariots and his host hath he cast into the sea: his chosen captains also are drowned in the Red sea. Pharaoh's chariots - his host - his chosen captains - On such an expedition it is likely that the principal Egyptian nobility accompanied their king, and that the overthrow they met with here had reduced Egypt to the lowest extremity. Had the Israelites been intent on plunder, or had Moses been influenced by a spirit of ambition, how easily might both have gratified themselves, as, had they returned, they might have soon overrun and subjugated the whole land.