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 in the land and serve the king of Babylon, readily acknowledging his overlord-ship, and it shall be well with you.
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...
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
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...
Abbreviated from 2 Kings 25:23 f....
_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...
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....
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...
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...
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...
FEAR NOT TO SERVE THE CHALDEANS... — Gedaliah, acting as Satrap of the province, assures them that, though they had fought against the conquerors, there would be a full amnesty, and that they might th...
וַ יִּשָּׁבַ֨ע לָהֶ֜ם גְּדַלְיָ֨הוּ בֶן ־אֲחִיקָ֤ם...
CHAPTER XIII GEDALIAH Jeremiah 39:1; Jeremiah 40:1; Jeremiah 41:1; Jeremiah 52:1 "Then arose Ishmael ben Nethani
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...
_With you. They might naturally suspect Godolias, and think that the Chaldeans would seize them as soon as they should know of their escape._...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
_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...
TO SERVE: _ Heb._ to stand before. And so verse 10...
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...
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...
Jeremiah 40:9 Gedaliah H1436 son H1121 Ahikam H296 son H1121 Shaphan H8227 oath H7650 (H8735) men H582 saying...
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...
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',...
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...
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...
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...
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
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...
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...
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...
1 Samuel 20:16; 1 Samuel 20:17; 2 Kings 25:24; Genesis 49:15;...