THE SEVENTH MONTH - Gedaliah’s government lasted less than two months. EVEN - Rather, and. Ishmael was descended probably from Elishama the son of David 2 Samuel 5:16. Ten grandees each with his retinue would have aroused suspicion, but the smallness of Ishmael’s following put Gedaliah completely o... [ Continue Reading ]
These three towns all lay in the tribe of Ephraim, and in the district planted by Salmaneser with Cuthites; but through the fact of these men having cut themselves (see Jeremiah 16:6 note), is suspicious, yet they were probably pious Israelites, going up to Jerusalem, carrying the meat offering usua... [ Continue Reading ]
Ishmael’s conduct seems to have been dictated by the malicious desire utterly to frustrate Gedaliah’s work. WEEPING - By this artifice he lured them into Mizpah. The Septuagint: “as they were ... weeping.”... [ Continue Reading ]
THE PIT - the cistern, and in Jeremiah 41:9.... [ Continue Reading ]
TREASURES - Hidden stores; which would be of great value to Ishmael in his retreat back to Baalis.... [ Continue Reading ]
BECAUSE OF GEDALIAH - By the side “of Gedaliah.” Ishmael now cast beside Gedaliah’s body those of the pilgrims.... [ Continue Reading ]
An open pool still exists at Gibeon, and a large subterranean reservoir fed by a copious natural spring. Gibeon is about two miles north of Mizpah.... [ Continue Reading ]
THE HABITATION OF CHIMHAM - The Hebrew text has Geruth-Chemoham, of which place nothing is known. The Masoretes read: Geruth-Chimham, the Khan or Caravanserai of Chimham, son of the rich Barzillai (marginal reference). The substitution is incapable now of proof or disproof, but it is possibly right.... [ Continue Reading ]