Jeremias 41:12

12 tomaram todos os seus homens e foram pelejar contra Ismael, filho de Netanias; e o acharam ao pé das grandes águas que há em Gibeão.

Jeremias 41:12 Meaning and Commentary

Jeremiah 41:12

Then they took all the men
All the soldiers that were under their command; this they did at once, believing the report to be true, as they had reason to do; since they knew of Ishmael's designs, and had given notice and warning of them to Gedaliah, though he would not listen to them: and went to fight with Ishmael the son of Nethaniah:
resolving to give him battle, and to revenge the innocent blood he had shed, and rescue the captives out of his hands he was carrying to the Ammonites: and found him by the great waters that [are] in Gibeon;
taking this road to the country of Ammon, though it was not quite the direct road; either to avoid the forces of Johanan; or rather for the sake of the hid treasure at Shechem, or Shiloh, or Samaria, the ten men had promised him for their lives. These great waters were the same with the pool at Gibeon, where the servants of Ishbosheth and the servants of David met, and sat one on one side, and the other on the other; and where twelve young men on each side slew one another, and from thence called Helkathhazzurim, ( 2 Samuel 2:12-16 ) ; and the Targum calls it

``the pool of many waters, which were in Gibeon.''

Josephus ^F16 calls it a fountain in Hebron; which perhaps should be read Gibeon.

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FOOTNOTES:

F16 Antiqu. l. 10. c. 9. sect. 5.

Jeremias 41:12 In-Context

10 E Ismael levou cativo a todo o resto do povo que estava em Mizpá: as filhas do rei, e todo o povo que ficara em Mizpá, que Nebuzaradão, capitão da guarda, havia confiado a Gedalias, filho de Aicão; e levou-os cativos Ismael, filho de Netanias, e se foi para passar aos filhos de Amom.

11 Ouvindo, porém, Joanã, filho de Careá, e todos os chefes das forças que estavam com ele, todo o mal que havia feito Ismael, filho de Netanias,

12 tomaram todos os seus homens e foram pelejar contra Ismael, filho de Netanias; e o acharam ao pé das grandes águas que há em Gibeão.

13 E todo o povo que estava com Ismael se alegrou quando viu a Joanã, filho de Careá, e a todos os chefes das forças, que vinham com ele.

14 E todo o povo que Ismael levara cativo de Mizpá virou as costas, e voltou, e foi para Joanã, filho de Careá.