THE WORD THAT CAME] including the history which follows. No prophetic utterance comes till Jeremiah 42:9. To the Jews history and prophecy were intimately connected; e.g. they included most of the historical books of the Bible under the title of Prophets.... [ Continue Reading ]
GEDALIAH AS GOVERNOR (586 B.C.) Jeremiah 40:7 to Jeremiah 43:6 are briefly summarised in 2 Kings 25:22. The account in the book of Kings mentions merely the accomplished results; while here the process by which these results were brought about are fully detailed. We learn here in particular that Ish... [ Continue Reading ]
REWARD] RV 'present.'... [ Continue Reading ]
MIZPAH] a city of Benjamin, NW. of Jerusalem, and the chief scene of the events now to be described.... [ Continue Reading ]
FORCES WHICH _were_ IN THE FIELDS] keeping out of the way until the Babylonian army departed, and they should have learned the nature of the new government: cp. Jeremiah 40:13.... [ Continue Reading ]
THE NETOPHATHITE] Netophah was a village near Bethlehem (Nehemiah 7:26).... [ Continue Reading ]
GATHER YE WINE, etc.] Make provision for the winter.... [ Continue Reading ]
RETURNED] reassured by the fact that the new governor was their own countryman.... [ Continue Reading ]
Ishmael felt aggrieved that he, though of royal birth (see Jeremiah 41:1), had been set aside in favour of Gedaliah. The instigation by Baalis may have arisen through designs of conquest.... [ Continue Reading ]