Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible
Jeremiah 39:14
Gedaliah] see on Jeremiah 26:24
15-18. Message to Ebed-melech.
Gedaliah] see on Jeremiah 26:24
15-18. Message to Ebed-melech.
Jeremiah was to be taken out of the court of the watch, and placed in the palace close by. HE DWELT AMONG THE PEOPLE - i. e., he was no longer in custody, but master of his own actions....
CHAPTER 39 _ 1. The fall of Jerusalem and the fate of Zedekiah (Jeremiah 39:1) _ 2. Nebuchadnezzar's kindness to Jeremiah (Jeremiah 39:10) 3. Ebed-melech's reward (Jeremiah 39:15)...
THE FALL OF JERUSALEM: JEREMIAH SPARED. This paragraph well illustrates the growth of the OT text; _cf._ 2 Kings 25:1 (also reproduced in Jeremiah 52:4, from which Jeremiah 39:1 f. and...
PRISON. house of detention: as in Jeremiah 38:6; Jeremiah 38:13; Jeremiah 38:28. GEDALIAH. See note on Ahikam, Jeremiah 26:2
See introd. summary to the section....
_Gedaliah_ See on Jeremiah 26:24. _home_ TO THE HOUSE, apparently meaning to the prophet's own dwelling. _dwelt_ i.e. was no longer in confinement....
D. The Command of Nebuchadnezzar Jeremiah 39:11-14 TRANSLATION (11) Now Nebuchadnezzar, king of Babylon, had commanded Nebuzaradan the commander of the guard concerning Jeremiah, saying, (12) Take hi...
Even they sent, and took Jeremiah out of the court of the prison, and committed him unto Gedaliah the son of Ahikam the son of Shaphan, that he should carry him home: so he dwelt among the people....
OUT OF THE COURT OF THE PRISON. — There is a slight apparent discrepancy between this statement and that in Jeremiah 40:1, that the prophet was set free at Ramah. It seems likely that, at first, he wa...
וַ יִּשְׁלְחוּ֩ וַ יִּקְח֨וּ אֶֽת ־יִרְמְיָ֜הוּ...
CHAPTER XIII GEDALIAH Jeremiah 39:1; Jeremiah 40:1; Jeremiah 41:1; Jeremiah 52:1 "Then arose Ishmael ben Nethani
This chapter records the fall of Jerusalem. After a long siege lasting from the tenth month of the ninth year of Zedekiah's reign until the fourth month of the eleventh year, at last "a breach was mad...
Even they sent, and took Jeremiah out of the court of the prison, and committed him to (f) Gedaliah the son of Ahikam the son of Shaphan, that he should carry him home: so he dwelt among the people....
_Godolias. The Jews say he had gone over to assist the Chaldeans. (Tirinus)_...
Behold the care the Lord takes of his people, agreeably to his promise, Jeremiah 15:11. And is it not so in all ages? Oh! Reader, never lose sight of the blessed doctrine that ariseth out of this scri...
Here Jeremiah completes what we began yesterday to expound, even that by the command of King Nebuchadnezzar he was delivered from prison. But we have said, that though that heathen king had regard to...
THE FOLLOWING COMMENTARY COVERS CHAPTER S 39 THROUGH 44. After this, chapter 39 and the following Chapter s give us the history of the confusion and iniquity that reigned among the remnant who were no...
EVEN THEY SENT AND TOOK JEREMIAH OUT OF THE COURT OF THE PRISON,.... Where he was, when Jerusalem was taken, Jeremiah 38:28; and where he remained until this order came: AND COMMITTED HIM UNTO GEDALI...
Even they sent, and took Jeremiah out of the court of the prison, and committed him unto Gedaliah the son of Ahikam the son of Shaphan, that he should carry him home: so he dwelt among the people. Ve...
_Nebuzar-adan sent and took Jeremiah out of the court of the prison_ Where he was when the city was taken, Jeremiah 38:28; _and committed him unto Gedaliah_ Namely, after he had been carried out of Je...
Concerning The Fate of Jeremiah and of Ebed-Melech....
even they sent and took Jeremiah out of the court of the prison, gave him his liberty after the shameful imprisonment which he had suffered, AND COMMITTED HIM UNTO GEDALIAH, THE SON OF AHIKAM, THE SON...
11-14 The servants of God alone are prepared for all events; and they are delivered and comforted, while the wicked suffer. They often meet with more kindness from the profane, than from hypocritical...
The king of Babylon's officers were very religious to their prince's order, and take the prophet out of prison. For the latter part of the 14th verse, it seems but an anticipation of what we shall fin...
Jeremiah 39:14 sent H7971 (H8799) take H3947 (H8799) Jeremiah H3414 court H2691 prison H4307 committed H5414 ...
CONTENTS: Final captivity of Judah in accordance with the prophets. CHARACTERS: Zedekiah, Nebuchadnezzar, Nergal-sharezer, Samgar-nebo, Sar-sechim, Rab-saris, Rab-mag, Nebuzaradan, Jeremiah, Nebushas...
Jeremiah 39:1. _In the ninth year of Zedekiah they besieged Jerusalem._ On the very day that God revealed to Ezekiel in Babylon the taking of the city. This would reconcile the captives to their lot,...
JEREMIAH—NOTE ON JEREMIAH 39:13 Nebuchadnezzar’s officials (v. Jeremiah 39:3) released...
CRITICAL AND EXEGETICAL NOTES.—1. CHRONOLOGY OF THE CHAPTER.—_Cf_. notes _in loc_. chap. 34. The siege lasted just one year and six months, not reckoning the interval during which the Chaldeans broke...
EXPOSITION This chapter is very confused as it stands. To restore order it is absolutely necessary to suppose that some passages (viz. Jeremiah 39:1, Jeremiah 39:2, and Jeremiah 39:4) have been insert...
Now in the ninth year of Zedekiah king of Judah, in the tenth month, Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon and all his army came against Jerusalem, and began their siege. And in the eleventh year of Zedekiah...
2 Kings 25:22; Jeremiah 26:24; Jeremiah 37:21; Jeremiah 38:13;...