Ash-Shu'ara 26:63 فاوحينا الى موسى ان اضرب بعصاك البحر فانفلق فكان كل فرق كالطود العظيم ٦٣

Fir`awn's Pursuit and Expulsion of the Children of Israel, and how He and His People were drowned

More than one scholar of Tafsir said that Fir`awn set out with a huge group, a group containing the leaders and entire government of Egypt at that time, i.e., the decision-makers and influential figures