Jeremiah 40
DOYLYJeremiah 40:6
- — Mizpah.] A place of note in the times of the judges; see Judges xx. 1; 1 Sam. vii. 5, 6; and the notes there. It was afterwards rebuilt by king Asa, 1 Kings xv. 22. W. Lowth.
Jeremiah 40:7
- Now when all the captains of the forces which were in the fields, &c.] By the taking of Jerusalem, the Chaldeans made a complete conquest of Judah: whereupon the Jewish army with its commanders fled, chap. xxxix. 4; and dispersed themselves into several parts of the country. But upon the news of Gedaliah’s being appointed governor of the land, they all repaired to him. W. Lowth.
Jeremiah 40:8
- — the Netophathite.] Of Netophah, a town mentioned in Ezra ii. 22. W. Lowth.
— Jezaniah the son of a Maachathite.] Descended probably from Maachah, Caleb’s concubine, 1 Chron.
ii. 48. The same person is called Jezaniah the son of Hoshaiah, chap. xli. 1. W. Lowth.
Jeremiah 40:10
- — behold, I will dwell at Mizpah, &c.] I keep my residence here, to be ready to obey any orders, which the king of Babylon shall send me by his servants. W. Lowth.
Jeremiah 40:11
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Likewise when all the Jews that were in Moab, &c.] See the notes on chap. xii. 14; xv. 4.
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— Baalis the king of the Ammonites hath sent Ishmael—to slay thee? The king of the Ammonites had concerted this matter with Ishmael, with a view of making the Jews, who still remained in their own country, his vassals. See chap. xli. 10. W. Lowth.
Chap. XLI. ver. 1. — the seventh month.] Answering partly to our September, and partly to October. The
Ishmael treacherously killeth Gedaliah and others. Before CHRIST 588.
of the seed royal, and the princes of the king, even ten men with him, came unto Gedaliah the son of Ahikam to Mizpah; and there they did eat bread together in Mizpah.