⁵ When the king of Egypt was told that the people had fled, ^[a]Pharaoh and his servants had a change of heart toward the people, and they said, “What is this that we have done, that we have let Israel go from serving us?”

⁸ So ^(A)the Lord ^[a]hardened the heart of Pharaoh, king of Egypt, and he chased after the sons of Israel as the sons of Israel were going out ^[b](B)boldly. ⁹ Then ^(C)the Egyptians chased after them with all the horses and chariots of Pharaoh, his horsemen and his army, and they overtook them camping by the sea, ^(D)beside Pi-hahiroth, in front of Baal-zephon.