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Selected Verse: Jeremiah 40:13 - Strong Concordance
| Verse |
Translation |
Text |
| Jer 40:13 |
Strong Concordance |
Moreover Johanan [03110] the son [01121] of Kareah [07143], and all the captains [08269] of the forces [02428] that were in the fields [07704], came [0935] to Gedaliah [01436] to Mizpah [04708], |
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King James |
Moreover Johanan the son of Kareah, and all the captains of the forces that were in the fields, came to Gedaliah to Mizpah, |
Summary Of Commentaries Associated With The Selected Verse
| A Commentary, Critical, Practical, and Explanatory on the Old and New Testaments, by Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset and David Brown [1882] |
| in the fields--not in the city, but scattered in the country (Jer 40:7). |
| Commentary on the Old Testament, by Carl Friedrich Keil and Franz Delitzsch [1857-78] |
| Gedaliah is forewarned of Ishmael's intention to murder him. - After the return of those who had taken refuge in Moab, etc., Johanan the son of Kareah, together with the rest of the captains who were scattered here and there through the country, came to Gedaliah at Mizpah, to say to him: "Dost thou know indeed that Baalis the king of the Ammonites hath sent Ishmael the son of Nethaniah to take thy life?" The words "that were in the country" are neither a gloss, nor a thoughtless repetition by some scribe from Jer 40:7 (as Hitzig and Graf suppose), but they are repeated for the purpose of distinguishing plainly between the captains with their men from the Jews who had returned out of Moab, Ammon, and Edom. הכּות, "to strike the soul, life" = to kill; cf. Gen 37:21; Deu 19:6. What induced the king of Ammon to think of assassination - whether it was personal hostility towards Gedaliah, or the hope of destroying the only remaining support of the Jews, and thereby perhaps putting himself in possession of the country, - cannot be determined. That he employed Ishmael for the accomplishment of his purpose, may have been owing to the fact that this man had a personal envy of Gedaliah; for Ishmael, being sprung from the royal family (Jer 40:1), probably could not endure being subordinate to Gedaliah. - The plot had become known, and Gedaliah was secretly informed of it by Johanan; but the former did not believe the rumour. Johanan then secretly offered to slay Ishmael, taking care that no one should know who did it, and urged compliance in the following terms: "Why should he slay thee, and all the Jews who have gathered themselves round thee be scattered, and the remnant of Judah perish?" Johanan thus called his attention to the evil consequences which would result to the remnant left in the land were he killed; but Gedaliah replied, "Do not this thing, for thou speakest a lie against Ishmael." The Qeri needlessly changes אל־תּעשׂ into אל־תּעשׂה; cf. Jer 39:12. |
| Explanatory Notes on the Whole Bible, by John Wesley [1754-65] |
| Moreover - They had been with him before, but now they come to discover a conspiracy against his life. |
7 Now when all the captains [08269] of the forces [02428] which were in the fields [07704], even they and their men [0582], heard [08085] that the king [04428] of Babylon [0894] had made Gedaliah [01436] the son [01121] of Ahikam [0296] governor [06485] in the land [0776], and had committed [06485] unto him men [0582], and women [0802], and children [02945], and of the poor [01803] of the land [0776], of them that were not carried away captive [01540] to Babylon [0894];
12 Take [03947] him, and look well [05869] [07760] to him, and do [06213] him no harm [03972] [07451]; but do [06213] unto him even as he shall say [01696] unto thee.
1 The word [01697] that came to Jeremiah [03414] from the LORD [03068], after [0310] that Nebuzaradan [05018] the captain [07227] of the guard [02876] had let him go [07971] from Ramah [07414], when he had taken [03947] him being bound [0631] in chains [0246] among [08432] all that were carried away captive [01546] of Jerusalem [03389] and Judah [03063], which were carried away captive [01540] unto Babylon [0894].
6 Lest the avenger [01350] of the blood [01818] pursue [07291] the slayer [0310] [07523], while [03588] his heart [03824] is hot [03179], and overtake [05381] him, because the way [01870] is long [07235], and slay [05221] him [05315]; whereas he was not worthy [04941] of death [04194], inasmuch as [03588] he hated [08130] him not in time [08543] past [08032].
21 And Reuben [07205] heard [08085] it, and he delivered [05337] him out of their hands [03027]; and said [0559], Let us not kill [05221] [05315] him.
7 Now when all the captains [08269] of the forces [02428] which were in the fields [07704], even they and their men [0582], heard [08085] that the king [04428] of Babylon [0894] had made Gedaliah [01436] the son [01121] of Ahikam [0296] governor [06485] in the land [0776], and had committed [06485] unto him men [0582], and women [0802], and children [02945], and of the poor [01803] of the land [0776], of them that were not carried away captive [01540] to Babylon [0894];