Jeremiah 40:8

Then they came to Gedaliah to Mizpah, even Ishmael the son of Nethaniah, and Johanan and Jonathan the sons of Kareah, and Seraiah the son of Tanhumeth, and the sons of Ephai the Netophathite, and Jezaniah the son of a Maachathite, they and their men. NETOPHATHITE - from Netophah, a town in Judah (). MAACHATHITE - from Maachathi, at the foot of Mount Hermon ()....

_They _then and _their men, came to Gedaliah, _when they _heard _that the king of Babylon had set Gedaliah, the son of Ahikam, over Judea, and that men, women, and children were committed to his power or keeping. And then he adds, _from the poverty of the land, _that is, from the dregs of the people, even _from those who had not been removed to Babylon_: they _came, _even _Ishmael, _etc.; who, as we shall hereafter see, became a traitor. He was, as the Prophet says, of the royal family. His spirits were still very high, and influenced by envy, he killed Gedaliah, though he had been kindly received by him. He had, at the same time, _received _a reward for his _treachery _from the king of Amon. But all these things we shall see in what follows. He names here the fugitive chiefs, the first of whom was Ishmael, and among them were the sons of Kareah; who had pledged their faith to Gedaliah;...

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 hopeful prospect blighted! When God begins a judgment, he will complete it. While pride, ambition, or revenge, bears rule in the heart, men will form new projects, and be restless in mischief, which commonly ends in their own ruin. Who would have thought, that after the destruction of Jerusalem, rebellion would so soon have sprung up? There can be no thorough change but what grace makes. And if the miserable, who are kept in everlasting chains for the judgment of the great day, were again permitted to come on earth, the sin and evil of their nature would be unchanged. Lord, give us new hearts, and that new mind in which the new birth consists, since thou hast said we cannot without it see thy...

Verse Jeremiah 40:8. _ISHMAEL THE SON OF NETHANIAH_] This is he who afterwards murdered Gedaliah. He had been employed to do this by Baalis, king of the Ammonites, with whom he appears to have taken refuge during the siege. See Jeremiah 40:14....

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 CAME TO JEREMIAH. The formula seems to announce a prophecy; but no prophecy follows. It is not allowable to suppose, with Keil and others, that "the word" describes the entire body of prophetic utterance in ch. 40-45 (in spite of the fact that Jeremiah 44:1. and 45. have special headings). The use would be unexampled; and a prologue of forty verses (see...

THEN THEY CAME TO GEDALIAH TO MIZPAH,.... Having heard that the Chaldean army was gone, and so were in no fear of that; and also that Gedaliah was made deputy governor, one of their own nation, a pious, prudent, good man, a man of ingenuity, mildness, and integrity; under whose government they might expect to live comfortably; and which was much preferable to captivity in a foreign country, though tributary to Babylon: EVEN ISHMAEL THE SON OF NETHANIAH; who was of the seed royal, Jeremiah 41:1; AND JOHANAN AND JONATHAN THE SONS OF KAREAH; two brothers, but who they were, or their father, is not known, no mention being made of them but in this story: AND SERAIAH THE SON OF TANHUMETH; who he was is also uncertain: AND THE SONS OF EPHAI THE NETOPHATHITE; so called from Netophah, a city of the tribe of

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; Jeremiah 41:1) 3. Ishmael's further atrocities and retreat (Jeremiah 41:4) Jeremiah 40:1. The opening paragraph of this chapter tells us of the choice which was given to Jeremiah. He was loosed from the prisoner's chains and told by the captain of the guard “If it seems good unto thee to come with me i

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 them to proceed with agriculture. Their example was followed by Jews who had migrated to the surrounding districts. The hope of this community to become the nucleus of future growth is reflected in Ezekiel 33:24. Jeremiah 40:8. Netophah: E. of Bethlehem; MAACAH: a district SE. of Hermon. Jeremiah 40:9. For to serve read, with LXX and 2 Kings 25:24, because of the servants of....

ISHMAEL. The Massorites (App-30) set their hand to obliterate the Divine names in the case of men who had served to disgrace it. One is. _el_, in the compound "Ishmael", which means "whom my El heareth". It is used of five different men, and occurs forty-eight times: twenty times of Hagar's son; twenty-three times of Nethaniah's son in this history; and five times of the other three. On account of his horrible treachery, the memory of which is perpetuated by the fast of the seventh month (Zechariah 7:5; Zechariah 8:9), the vowel points were changed to obliterate the Divine Name (El): viz. _yishma'el,_ instead of _yishma'el,_ which is not observable in the ordinary English spelling. SONS. Some codices, with Aram, and Septuagint, read "son", as in...

Abbreviated from 2 Kings 25:23 f....