JEREMIAH—NOTE ON JEREMIAH 41:1 SEVENTH MONTH. October, most likely 587 B.C., though perhaps as late as 582 (see Jeremiah 52:30). The Feast of Booths took place in this month, and the pilgrims mentioned in Jeremiah 41:4 may have come for that festival. ⇐ ⇔ ⇒ var images = document. [ Continue Reading ]
JEREMIAH—NOTE ON JEREMIAH 41:2 As Johanan had feared (Jeremiah 40:13), ISHMAEL (see Jeremiah 40:13) did plan to kill GEDALIAH. Killing a host was considered a cowardly act. Killing the man Nebuchadnezzar HAD APPOINTED GOVERNOR was foolish and dangerous. ⇐ ⇔... [ Continue Reading ]
JEREMIAH—NOTE ON JEREMIAH 41:3 ISHMAEL killed ALL THE JUDEANS WHO WERE WITH GEDALIAH, thus carrying out a political massacre. ⇐ ⇔ ⇒ var images = document.getElementsByTagName("img"); for (var i=0, len=images.length, img; i [ Continue Reading ]
JEREMIAH—NOTE ON JEREMIAH 41:4 EIGHTY MEN. Probably pilgrims for the Feast of Booths. ⇐ ⇔ ⇒ var images = document.getElementsByTagName("img"); for (var i=0, len=images.length, img; i [ Continue Reading ]
JEREMIAH—NOTE ON JEREMIAH 41:10 ISHMAEL took hostages. ⇐ ⇔ ⇒ var images = document.getElementsByTagName("img"); for (var i=0, len=images.length, img; i [ Continue Reading ]
JEREMIAH—NOTE ON JEREMIAH 41:11 JOHANAN and other former soldiers (Jeremiah 40:7, Jeremiah 40:13) pursued the treasonous ISHMAEL. The city of GIBEON was about 3 miles (4.8 km) southwest of Mizpah (see note on 40:6). Ishmael took an indirect route, perhaps to elude capture, but he did not get far. ⇐... [ Continue Reading ]
JEREMIAH—NOTE ON JEREMIAH 41:13 JOHANAN rescued the hostages and killed two of Ishmael’s men, but ISHMAEL... ESCAPED to Ammon. ⇐ ⇔ ⇒ var images = document.getElementsByTagName("img"); for (var i=0, len=images.length, img; i [ Continue Reading ]