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TO SERVE THE CHALDEANS - literally, as margin; to be their minister
and lieutenant. Gedaliah supposed that officers of high rank would
come from time to time from Babylon to look after the king’s
inte...
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III. AFTER THE FALL OF JERUSALEM (40-45)
Chapter S 40-41
The Treachery in the Land and the Flight to Egypt
_ 1. Jeremiah's choice (Jeremiah 40:1) _
2. Gedaliah and Ishmael's deed (Jeremiah 40:7; J
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THE GOVERNORSHIP OF GEDALIAH. The scattered Jewish forces which
remained heard of Gedaliah's appointment as governor, and made
submission to him at Mizpah. He guaranteed their security, and
encouraged...
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_to serve the Chaldeans_ The LXX here have "because of the servants of
the Chaldaeans," i.e. the officers placed here and there through the
land by the conquerors. This agrees with MT. in 2 Kings 25:2...
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Abbreviated from 2 Kings 25:23 f....
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SWARE UNTO THEM— That is, assured and promised them by an oath, that
they should be safe under the protection and government of the
Chaldeans....
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B. The Program of Gedaliah Jeremiah 40:7-12
TRANSLATION
(7) When all the army officers and their men who were in the field
heard that the king of Babylon had appointed Gedaliah the son of
Ahikam over...
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And Gedaliah the son of Ahikam the son of Shaphan sware unto them and
to their men, saying, Fear not to serve the Chaldeans: dwell in the
land, and serve the king of Babylon, and it shall be well wit...
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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 proces...
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וַ יִּשָּׁבַ֨ע לָהֶ֜ם גְּדַלְיָ֨הוּ
בֶן ־אֲחִיקָ֤ם...
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CHAPTER XIII
GEDALIAH
Jeremiah 39:1; Jeremiah 40:1; Jeremiah 41:1; Jeremiah 52:1
"Then arose Ishmael ben Nethani
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Chapter s forty and forty-one, which contain the prophecies of
Jeremiah after the fall of Jerusalem, constitute his last messages to
the chosen people. These fall into two parts-first, prophecies agai...
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_With you. They might naturally suspect Godolias, and think that the
Chaldeans would seize them as soon as they should know of their
escape._...
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It appears by the appointment of one of their own people among the
Jews to be Governor, that the King of Babylon meant kindness to the
lower orders of the people, though he had slain their king and no...
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Here, as I have hinted, is explained the great humanity of Gedaliah,
and also his pious solicitude for his own nation, in order that the
perfidy and cruelty of the son of Nethaniah might appear the mo...
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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...
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AND GEDALIAH THE SON OF AHIKAM THE SON OF SHAPHAN AWARE UNTO THEM AND
TO THEIR MEN,.... They might express their fears, that should they
continue with Gedaliah, as they were inclined to do, could they...
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And Gedaliah the son of Ahikam the son of Shaphan sware unto them and
to their men, saying, Fear not to serve the Chaldeans: dwell in the
land, and serve the king of Babylon, and it shall be well with...
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_Now when all the captains of the forces heard, &c., they came to
Gedaliah_ By the taking of Jerusalem the Chaldeans made a complete
conquest of Judea; whereupon that part of the Jewish army which had...
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And Gedaliah, the son of Ahikam, the son of Shaphan, sware unto them
and to their men, saying, Fear not to serve the Chaldeans, or, as 2
Kings 25:24 has it, to be the servants of the Chaldeans; DWELL...
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GEDALIAH MADE GOVERNOR AND THREATENED BY THE JEWS...
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TO SERVE:
_ Heb._ to stand before. And so verse 10...
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7-16 Jeremiah had never in his prophecies spoken of any good days for
the Jews, to come immediately after the captivity; yet Providence
seemed to encourage such an expectation. But how soon is this h...
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They might reasonably suspect that the Chaldeans would have a jealous
eye upon any conflux of people to Jerusalem, especially military men,
and therefore be something suspicious of him who was the Cha...
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Jeremiah 40:9 Gedaliah H1436 son H1121 Ahikam H296 son H1121 Shaphan
H8227 oath H7650 (H8735) men H582 saying...
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RE-ESTABLISHMENT OF JUDAH UNDER THE GOVERNORSHIP OF GEDALIAH (JEREMIAH
40:7).
Once the news got about that Gedaliah had been appointed governor,
that Judah was now populated by ‘the poor of the land',...
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POLITICAL EVENTS IN THE NEW JUDAH - GEDALIAH RE-ESTABLISHES JUDAH BUT
IS ASSASSINATED (JEREMIAH 40:7 TO JEREMIAH 41:18).
What follows is a description of the events that followed the
appointment of Ge...
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THE COMMENCEMENT OF JUDAH'S RESTORATION IS THWARTED BY THE
ASSASSINATION OF GEDALIAH THE GOVERNOR AND BY THE REFUSAL OF THE
PEOPLE TO LISTEN TO JEREMIAH AS THEY TAKE REFUGE IN EGYPT (JEREMIAH
40:1 TO...
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CONTENTS: Jeremiah discharged. The Jews under Gedeliah as Governor.
Ishmael's design against Gedeliah.
CHARACTERS: God, Jeremiah, Nebuzaradan, Gedeliah, Ishmael, Johanan,
Seraiah, Jezaniah, Baalis.
C...
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Jeremiah 40:1. _The word which came to Jeremiah bound in chains._ This
word is found in Jeremiah 42:9; and the intervening history is a
parenthesis of Ishmael's treason. Jeremiah was now about seventy...
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JEREMIAH—NOTE ON JEREMIAH 40:9 Perhaps Judah’s surviving soldiers
(vv. Jeremiah 40:7) wanted GEDALIAH to lead a revolt. If so, they were
disappointed. He gave them the sa
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CRITICAL AND EXEGETICAL NOTES.—A purely historical chapter, of
events following the city’s ruin. It records the out-gleaming of a
ray of hope upon the appalling gloom which had befallen the land, in
t...
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EXPOSITION
The first of a series of chapters (40-45.) describing Jeremiah's
fortunes and ministry after the fall of Jerusalem.
JEREMIAH 40:1
The liberation of Jeremiah.
JEREMIAH 40:1
THE WORD THAT...
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Now as we come into the fourth part of the book of Jeremiah, these are
the prophecies of Jeremiah to the people after Zedekiah was carried
away and the remnant of the people who stayed here in the lan...
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1 Samuel 20:16; 1 Samuel 20:17; 2 Kings 25:24; Genesis 49:15;...