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Jeremiah
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Now in the seventh month, Ishmael the son of Nethaniah, the son of Elishama, of the royal offspring and one of the chief officers of the king, and ten men with him, came to Gedaliah the son of Ahikam to Mizpah; and there they ate bread together in Mizpah. See also: Jeremiah 40:8Jeremiah 40:6Psalms 41:9Then Ishmael the son of Nethaniah arose, and the ten men who were with him, and struck Gedaliah the son of Ahikam the son of Shaphan with the sword and killed him, whom the king of Babylon had made governor over the land. See also: 2 Kings 25:25Jeremiah 40:5Psalms 41:9Ishmael also killed all the Jews who were with Gedaliah at Mizpah, and the Chaldean men of war who were found there. See also: 2 Kings 25:25Lamentations 1:2Jeremiah 41:11-12The second day after he had killed Gedaliah, and no man knew it, See also: 1 Samuel 27:11Psalms 52:1-2men came from Shechem, from Shiloh, and from Samaria, even eighty men, having their beards shaved and their clothes torn, and having cut themselves, with meal offerings and frankincense in their hand, to bring them to the LORD’s house. See also: 1 Kings 16:24Joshua 18:12 Kings 25:9Ishmael the son of Nethaniah went out from Mizpah to meet them, weeping all along as he went, and as he met them, he said to them, “Come to Gedaliah the son of Ahikam.” See also: Jeremiah 50:42 Samuel 3:162 Samuel 1:2-16It was so, when they came into the middle of the city, that Ishmael the son of Nethaniah killed them, and cast them into the middle of the pit, he, and the men who were with him. See also: Psalms 55:23Isaiah 59:7Ezekiel 22:27But ten men were found among those who said to Ishmael, “Don’t kill us; for we have stores hidden in the field, of wheat, and of barley, and of oil, and of honey.” So he stopped, and didn’t kill them among their brothers. See also: Proverbs 13:8Job 2:4Matthew 16:26Now the pit in which Ishmael cast all the dead bodies of the men whom he had killed, by the side of Gedaliah (this was that which Asa the king had made for fear of Baasha king of Israel), Ishmael the son of Nethaniah filled it with those who were killed. See also: 2 Chronicles 16:1-10Judges 6:21 Kings 15:17-22Then Ishmael carried away captive all of the people who were left in Mizpah, even the king’s daughters, and all the people who remained in Mizpah, whom Nebuzaradan the captain of the guard had committed to Gedaliah the son of Ahikam. Ishmael the son of Nethaniah carried them away captive, and departed to go over to the children of Ammon. See also: Jeremiah 40:14Jeremiah 40:7Jeremiah 40:11-12But when Johanan the son of Kareah, and all the captains of the forces who were with him, heard of all the evil that Ishmael the son of Nethaniah had done, See also: Jeremiah 40:7-8Jeremiah 40:13-16Jeremiah 42:3then they took all the men, and went to fight with Ishmael the son of Nethaniah, and found him by the great waters that are in Gibeon. See also: 2 Samuel 2:13Genesis 14:14-161 Samuel 30:1-8Now when all the people who were with Ishmael saw Johanan the son of Kareah, and all the captains of the forces who were with him, then they were glad. So all the people who Ishmael had carried away captive from Mizpah turned about and came back, and went to Johanan the son of Kareah. But Ishmael the son of Nethaniah escaped from Johanan with eight men, and went to the children of Ammon. See also: Job 21:30Proverbs 28:171 Samuel 30:17Then Johanan the son of Kareah and all the captains of the forces who were with him took all the remnant of the people whom he had recovered from Ishmael the son of Nethaniah, from Mizpah, after he had killed Gedaliah the son of Ahikam—the men of war, with the women, the children, and the eunuchs, whom he had brought back from Gibeon. See also: Jeremiah 42:8Jeremiah 43:4-7Jeremiah 41:10They departed and lived in Geruth Chimham, which is by Bethlehem, to go to enter into Egypt See also: 2 Samuel 19:37-38Jeremiah 42:14Jeremiah 43:7because of the Chaldeans; for they were afraid of them, because Ishmael the son of Nethaniah had killed Gedaliah the son of Ahikam, whom the king of Babylon made governor over the land. See also: Jeremiah 40:5Luke 12:4-5Jeremiah 42:16
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Notes · Haydock (1859, public domain)12 notes
Notes in English 19th-century Catholic commentary by Fr. George Leo Haydock, shown as published.
These notes keep the polemics of their time: some speak harshly of the Jewish people or of other Christians. The Church teaches otherwise today. The Jewish people may not be blamed for the death of Christ (Nostra Aetate 4; Catechism 597–598), and Christians of other communities are our brothers and sisters in the Lord (Unitatis Redintegratio 3). Christian unity
Jeremiah 41:1
Ver. 1. Month; Tisri, the third of which is still observed as a fast by the Jews. C.
--- Godolias had given a supper to the traitors, and had drunk plentifully. They set upon him while he and the people were retired to rest. Jos. Ant. x. 11. ---
This happened two months after the burning of Jerusalem. C. xxix. 2.
Nabuchodonosor soon after punished this perfidy of the Ammonites. C.
--- Bread: feasted. H. --- Such tragedies are usually performed with the show of friendship. W.
↑ 1Jeremiah 41:4
Ver. 4. Second, or next day. All had been slain in the night but some captives.
C.
↑ 4Jeremiah 41:5
Ver. 5. Rent, as people mourning. Lit. "dirty." Heb. and Sept. "cut." H. C. xvi. 6.
Lev. xix. 28.
--- Lord, Masphath, were people performed their devotions, as well as they could. Judg. xx. 1.
and 1 Mac. iii. 46. Jeremias had probably ordered an altar to be erected, as Samuel had done. 1
K. vii. 6. C. --- Others think that these people went thither for a priest, to offer what they had brought on the altar of Jerusalem. Bar. i. 10. T. --- Masphath lay to the south. C. --- It seems many of the people about Samaria were true believers, and even more affected at the destruction of the temple. H. --- Their city had been demolished by Salmanasar (C.) long before, and many fresh inhabitants introduced, who adhered to idols. H.
↑ 5Jeremiah 41:6
Ver. 6. He. Sept. "they." Yet Heb. intimates that Ismahel feigned tears. C. --- He did not weep sincerely. W.
↑ 6Jeremiah 41:7
Ver. 7. Into. Lit. "slew them about the," &c. H. --- The pit was not full of water, but had been intended by Asa for a reservoir, (v. 9. and 3 K. xv. 20. C.) when he built Maspha. W.
↑ 7Jeremiah 41:8
Ver. 8. Field. It was usual to cover them up carefully. Chardin. --- Avarice sometimes will set bounds to cruelty, when nothing else will. W.
↑ 8Jeremiah 41:10
Ver. 10. King's; Sedecias, (C.) or some of his predecessors, as all the women were taken, (C.
xxxviii. 22, 23.) unless those had escaped before. H.
↑ 10Jeremiah 41:11
Ver. 11. Johanan. He and the rest of the fugitives thus shewed that they were clean. W.
↑ 11Jeremiah 41:12
Ver. 12. Gabaon, famous for the battle of Abner. 2 K. ii. 13.
↑ 12Jeremiah 41:15
Ver. 15. Eight. He had brought ten. v. 1.
↑ 15Jeremiah 41:16
Ver. 16. Eunuchs; officers of Sedecias, who had escaped. C. xl. 9.
↑ 16Jeremiah 41:17
Ver. 17. As. Heb. "at the station or inn of Chamaam," the son of Berzellai. Chal.
Perhaps our Saviour was born in this (C.) "inn," (Eus. Dem. vii. 4.) which was then deserted. H. --- Egypt.
These poor wretches find no repose. C.
↑ 17License: Notes by Fr. George Leo Haydock (1774–1849), from the Douay-Rheims Bible with Haydock's commentary (first ed. Thomas Haydock, Manchester/Dublin, 1811–1814; New York: Edward Dunigan & Brother, 1859); New Testament notes compiled with Fr. Benedict Rayment. Public domain. Digital text: "The Haydock Bible", Internet Archive (archive.org/details/TheHaydockBible), uploaded 2011 under the Public Domain Mark. · Credits and licenses