Jeremiah 25:24

all the kings of Arabia who ¹  live in the desert;

Ge 25:2-4,12-16; Ge 37:25-28; 1Ki 10:15; 2Ch 9:14; Isa 21:13; Jer 25:20; Jer 49:28-33; Jer 50:37; Eze 27:21; Eze 30:5

¹ tc Or “and all the kings of people of mixed origin who.” The Greek version gives evidence of having read the term only once; it refers to the “people of mixed origin” without reference to the kings of Arabia. While the term translated “people of mixed origin” seems appropriate in the context of a group of foreigners within a larger entity (e.g. Israel in Exod 12:38; Neh 13:3; Egypt in Jer 50:37), it seems odd to speak of them as a separate entity under their own kings. The presence of the phrase in the Hebrew text and the other versions dependent upon it can be explained as a case of dittography.

sn See further Jer 49:28-33 for judgment against some of these Arabian peoples.