Jeremias 41:3

3 Matou também Ismael a todos os judeus que estavam com Gedalias, em Mizpá, como também aos soldados caldeus que se achavam ali.

Jeremias 41:3 Meaning and Commentary

Jeremiah 41:3

Ishmael also slew all the Jews that were with him, [even] with
Gedaliah, at Mizpah
Not only those that were at table, but that were in the city also. Josephus ^F6 says, that having slain those that were at the feast with him, he went out in the night, and slew all the Jews in the city, and the soldiers that were left by the Babylonians in it; but this cannot be understood of all the individuals there, or of the main body of the people, for they were carried captive by him, ( Jeremiah 41:9 ) ; but of those that opposed him, or were able to avenge the death of their governor, and he might suspect would do it: and the Chaldeans that were found there, [and] the men of war;
or, "even the men of war" ^F7; this describes more particularly who they were that were slain, those of the Jews, and especially the Chaldeans, who were in military service; either the bodyguards of the governor, or the city guards, or both, whom Ishmael thought it advisable to cut off, lest they should fall upon him, and revenge the death of Gedaliah, and prevent his further designs.

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FOOTNOTES:

F6 Antiqu. l. 10. c. 9. sect. 4.
F7 (hmxlmh yvna ta) "[inquam] viros belli", Schmidt; "bellatores scilicet", Piscator.

Jeremias 41:3 In-Context

1 Sucedeu, porém, no mês sétimo, que veio Ismael, filho de Netanias, filho de Elisama, de sangue real, e um dos nobres do rei, e dez homens com ele, a Gedalias, filho de Aicão, a Mizpá; e eles comeram pão juntos ali em Mizpá.

2 E levantou-se Ismael, filho de Netanias, com os dez homens que estavam com ele, e feriram a Gedalias, filho de Aicão, filho de Safã, � espada, matando assim aquele que o rei de Babilônia havia posto por governador sobre a terra.

3 Matou também Ismael a todos os judeus que estavam com Gedalias, em Mizpá, como também aos soldados caldeus que se achavam ali.

4 Sucedeu pois no dia seguinte, depois que ele matara a Gedalias, sem ninguém o saber,

5 que vieram de Siquém, de Siló e de Samária, oitenta homens, com a barba rapada, e os vestidos rasgados e tendo as carnes retalhadas, trazendo nas mãos ofertas de cereais e incenso, para os levarem � casa do Senhor.