2 Kings 25:22-25
the people.Jer 40:5,6-12Gedaliah.25; Jer 39:14; 41:2Ahikam.22:12; 2Ch 34:20; Jer 26:24 And when.Jer 40:7-9,11,12Mizpah.There were several places of the name of Mizpah, or Mizpeh, and we do not certainly know which of them this was; but it is probable that it was that situated east of Jordan, in the mountains of Gilead, (Ge 31:49,) and most contiguous to Babylon; and therefore the most proper for the residence of Gedaliah. sware to them.2Sa 14:11; 19:23; Jer 40:9,10; Eze 33:24-29and it shall be.Jer 40:9; 43:6 seventh.Zec 7:5; 8:19Ishmael.Jer 40:15,16; 41:1-15royal. Heb. of the kingdom.11:1Jeremiah 40:5-16
Go back.39:14; 41:2; 2Ki 25:22-24Ahikam.26:24; 2Ki 22:12,14; 2Ch 34:20or go.4; 15:11; Ezr 7:6,27; Ne 1:11; 2:4-8; Pr 16:7; 21:1gave him.52:31-34; 2Ki 8:7-9; Job 22:29; Ac 27:3,43; 28:10; Heb 13:6victuals and a reward.Rather, "victuals, ({aruchah,} a stated allowance, sufficient for the journey,) and a present," {masseäth.} Then.It has been doubted whether Jeremiah acted prudently in this decision, as the event seems to indicate the contrary, and as it was the evident meaning of all his predictions that the Jews should not prosper in their own country till the expiration of seventy years. But he was evidently influenced by the most unbounded love to his country, for whose welfare he had watched, prayed, and lived; and he now chose rather to share her adversities, her sorrows, her wants, her afflictions, and her disgrace, than to be the companion of princes, and to sit at the table of kings. His patriotism was as unbounded as it was sincere: he only ceased to live for country when he ceased to breathe. 39:14Mizpah.Jos 15:38; Jud 20:1; 21:1; 1Sa 7:5,6Mizpeh. all the.39:4; 2Ki 25:4,22,23-26the poor.39:10; Eze 33:24-29; 45:16 came.6,11,12even.14; 41:1-16; 2Ki 25:23,25Johanan.41:11,16; 42:1,8; 43:2,5Jonathan.37:15,20; 38:26Netophathite.2Sa 23:28,29; 1Ch 2:54; 11:30; Ezr 2:2,22; Ne 7:26Maachathite.De 3:14; Jos 12:5; 2Sa 10:6,8; 23:34; 1Ch 2:48 sware.1Sa 20:16,17; 2Ki 25:24Fear.27:11; 38:17-20; Ge 49:15; Ps 37:3; 128:2 serve. Heb. stand before.35:19; De 1:38; Pr 22:29; Lu 21:36gather.39:10summer.12; 48:32; 2Sa 16:1; Isa 16:9; Mic 7:1 all the Jews.24:9; Isa 16:4; Eze 5:3,12; 25:2,6,8,12; 35:5,15; Ob 1:11-14 12 Johanan.Johanan and his companions seem to have acted honestly in this affair. They had received intelligence of designs formed against Gedaliah's life, and consequently against the whole new settlement. Ishmael, being a branch of David's family, was probably displeased that another was preferred above him; and the king of the Ammonites, out of hatred to the Jews, employed him to slay Gedaliah. But Gedaliah, conscious of his own integrity and benevolence, took the portrait of others from his own mind; and therefore believed evil of no man, because he felt none towards any in his own breast. He may be reproached for being too credulous and confiding; but this only serves to shew the greatness of his soul; for a little mind is always suspicious, and ready to believe the worst of every person and thing. 6-8 Ammonites.25:21; 41:10; 49:1-6; 1Sa 11:1-3; 2Sa 10:1-6; Eze 25:2-6Am 1:13-15Ishmael.8; 41:2,10; Pr 26:23-26; Isa 26:10; Mic 7:5slay thee? Heb. strike thee in soul. believed.1Co 13:5-7 Let.1Sa 24:4; 26:8; Job 31:31wherefore.12:3,4; 2Sa 18:3; 21:17; Eze 33:24-29; Joh 11:50 Thou shalt.41:2; Mt 10:16,17; Ro 3:8Jeremiah 41:1-3
1 Ishmael, treacherously killing Gedaliah and others, purposes with the residue to flee unto the Ammonites.11 Johanan recovers the captives, and is minded to flee into Egypt. the seventh month.This was the month {Tisri,} answering to the new moon of September, the seventh of the sacred, but the first of the civil year; on the third day of which the Jews keep a fast, in commemoration of the death of Gedaliah, to which the prophet Zechariah refers, ch. 8:19; 39:2; 52:6. 2 Ki 25:3, 8, 25. Zec 7:5; 8:19. Ishmael.40:6,8Elishama.36:12,20of the.Pr 13:10; 27:4; Jas 4:1-3seed.2Ki 11:1; 2Ch 22:10; Eze 17:13they did.40:14-16; 2Sa 3:27; 20:9,10; Ps 41:9; 109:5; Pr 26:23-26Da 11:26,27; Lu 22:47,48; Joh 13:18 and smote.2Ki 25:25whom.40:7 11,12; 2Ki 25:25; Ec 9:18; La 1:2
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