Wesley's Explanatory Notes
Jeremiah 40:13
Moreover — They had been with him before, but now they come to discover a conspiracy against his life.
Moreover — They had been with him before, but now they come to discover a conspiracy against his life.
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
GEDALIAH'S PERIL. Johanan warns Gedaliah of his danger from Ishmael, another of the newly-submitted leaders (Jeremiah 41:1), alleged to be an agent of the king of Ammon (Jeremiah 27:3). Gedaliah refus...
FIELDS. field (singular)...
_Moreover … came_ The grammatical construction in the Heb. suggests that we should render, _Now … had come_. _fields_ See note on Jeremiah 40:7....
See introd. summary to section....
1. _The plot revealed_ (Jeremiah 40:13-16) TRANSLATION (13) Then Johanan the son of Kareah and all the officers of the army which was in the field came unto Gedaliah at Mizpah. (14) And they said unt...
Moreover Johanan the son of Kareah, and all the captains of the forces that were in the fields, came to Gedaliah to Mizpah, IN THE FIELDS - not in the city, but scattered in the country ()....
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...
וְ יֹֽוחָנָן֙ בֶּן ־קָרֵ֔חַ וְ כָל ־שָׂרֵ֥י
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...
_Came, having discovered the design of Ismahel, whose ambition prompted him to murder the governor, that he might reign: as he was of the royal family, chap. xli. 1. (Calmet)_...
We have here the information of a conspiracy: but the accomplishment is not related in this Chapter. In the succeeding one it is. Alas! neither mercies nor judgments; the fear of death nor of hell, fi...
A sad history is here given, from which we may conclude, that God’s wrath against the people had not been appeased by the destruction of the city and the burning of the Temple. It was some token of me...
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...
MOREOVER, JOHANAN THE SON OF KAREAH,.... Who seems to be the principal captain next to Ishmael, against whom an information is brought, and so not present; this captain is here only mentioned by name,...
Moreover Johanan the son of Kareah, and all the captains of the forces that [were] in the fields, came to Gedaliah to Mizpah, Ver. 13. _Moreover Johanan came to Gedaliah to Mizpah._] Ishmael perhaps...
_Johanan the son of Kareah came to Gedaliah_, &c. They had been with him before, Jeremiah 40:8, but now they come to discover to him a conspiracy formed against his life. _And said, Dost thou certainl...
Moreover, Johanan, the son of Kareah, and all the captains of the forces that were in the fields, those who had managed to escape the vigilance of the Chaldean invaders in remote parts of the land, CA...
GEDALIAH MADE GOVERNOR AND THREATENED BY THE JEWS...
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 had been with him before, JEREMIAH 40:8,9, but now they come to discover a conspiracy against his life....
Jeremiah 40:13 Johanan H3110 son H1121 Kareah H7143 captains H8269 forces H2428 fields H7704 came H935 (H8804) G
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...
GEDALIAH RECEIVES AND REJECTS A WARNING ABOUT ISHMAEL'S INTENTIONS (JEREMIAH 40:13). The loyal former resistance commanders learned of Ishmael's plottings, and came to Gedaliah and warned him of Ishma...
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 40:13 Apparently the former soldiers (vv. Jeremiah 40:7) appreciated GEDALIAH. They warned him of a plot against his...
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...
Jeremiah 40:6...