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Selected Verse: Jeremiah 41:16 - Strong Concordance
| Verse |
Translation |
Text |
| Jer 41:16 |
Strong Concordance |
Then took [03947] Johanan [03110] the son [01121] of Kareah [07143], and all the captains [08269] of the forces [02428] that were with him, all the remnant [07611] of the people [05971] whom he had recovered [07725] from Ishmael [03458] the son [01121] of Nethaniah [05418], from Mizpah [04709], after [0310] that he had slain [05221] Gedaliah [01436] the son [01121] of Ahikam [0296], even mighty [01397] men [0582] of war [04421], and the women [0802], and the children [02945], and the eunuchs [05631], whom he had brought again [07725] from Gibeon [01391]: |
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King James |
Then took Johanan the son of Kareah, and all the captains of the forces that were with him, all the remnant of the people whom he had recovered from Ishmael the son of Nethaniah, from Mizpah, after that he had slain Gedaliah the son of Ahikam, even mighty men of war, and the women, and the children, and the eunuchs, whom he had brought again from Gibeon: |
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] |
men of war--"The men of war," stated in Jer 41:3 to have been slain by Ishmael, must refer to the military about Gedaliah's person; "the men of war" here to those not so.
eunuchs--The kings of Judah had adopted the bad practice of having harems and eunuchs from the surrounding heathen kingdoms. |
| Commentary on the Old Testament, by Carl Friedrich Keil and Franz Delitzsch [1857-78] |
| After the escape of Ishmael, it was to be feared that the Chaldeans would avenge the murder of the governor, and make the Jews who remained atone for the escape of the murderer by executing them or carrying them away to Babylon. Accordingly, Johanan and the other captains determined to withdraw to Egypt with the men, women, and children that had been carried off by Ishmael; these they conducted first to Bethlehem, where they encamped for the purpose of deliberating as to the rest of the journey, and taking due precautions. The account given in Jer 41:16 is clumsily expressed, especially the middle portion, between "whom he had brought back" and "the son of Ahikam;" and in this part the words "from Mizpah" are particularly troublesome in breaking the connection: "whom he (Johanan) had brought back from Ishmael the son of Nethaniah, from Mizpah, after he (Ishmael) had slain Gedaliah," while it is more correctly stated in the second relative clause, "whom he had brought back from Gibeon." Hitzig and Graf accordingly suppose that, originally, instead of אשׁר השׁיב מאת, there stood in the text אשׁר שׁבה, "whom he (Ishmael) had led captive from Mizpah, after he had slain Gedaliah." Thus the whole becomes clear. Against this conjecture there only stands the fact that the lxx translate οὕς ἀπέστρεψεν ἀπὸ ̓Ισμαήλ; they must thus have read אשׁר השׁיב מאת, and omitted merely המּצפּה as unsuited to the passage. However, the error may be even older than the lxx, and השׁיב מאת may easily have arisen through a scribe having glanced at the words אשׁר השׁיב of the last clause. The words from "men" to "chamberlains" form the more exact specification of the general expression "all the remnant of the people:" "men, viz., men of war, women (including the king's daughters, Jer 40:10), and children and chamberlains" (סריסים, guardians and servants of the female members of the royal family). |
| Adam Clarke Commentary on the Whole Bible - Published 1810-1826 |
| The women - children, and the eunuchs - These were all most probably, persons who belonged to the palace and harem of Zedekiah: some of them his own concubines and their children. |
3 Ishmael [03458] also slew [05221] all the Jews [03064] that were with him, even with Gedaliah [01436], at Mizpah [04709], and the Chaldeans [03778] that were found [04672] there, and the men [0582] of war [04421].
10 As for me, behold, I will dwell [03427] at Mizpah [04709] to serve [05975] [06440] the Chaldeans [03778], which will come [0935] unto us: but ye, gather [0622] ye wine [03196], and summer fruits [07019], and oil [08081], and put [07760] them in your vessels [03627], and dwell [03427] in your cities [05892] that ye have taken [08610].
16 Then took [03947] Johanan [03110] the son [01121] of Kareah [07143], and all the captains [08269] of the forces [02428] that were with him, all the remnant [07611] of the people [05971] whom he had recovered [07725] from Ishmael [03458] the son [01121] of Nethaniah [05418], from Mizpah [04709], after [0310] that he had slain [05221] Gedaliah [01436] the son [01121] of Ahikam [0296], even mighty [01397] men [0582] of war [04421], and the women [0802], and the children [02945], and the eunuchs [05631], whom he had brought again [07725] from Gibeon [01391]: