2:2 magicians . . . enchanters. See note 1:20.

sorcerers . . . Chaldeans. “Sorcerers” practiced divination or witchcraft (Ex. 22:18; Deut. 18:10; Is. 47:9, 12; Jer. 27:9). Here “Chaldeans” probably means a class of soothsayers and astrologers, rather than the name of an ethnic group (as in 1:4; 3:8; 5:30; 9:1).