Jeremia 41:12

12 da nahmen sie alle Männer und zogen hin, um wider Ismael, den Sohn Nethanjas, zu streiten; und sie fanden ihn an dem großen Wasser, das bei Gibeon ist.

Jeremia 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.
FOOTNOTES:

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

Jeremia 41:12 In-Context

10 Und Ismael führte den ganzen Überrest des Volkes, der in Mizpa war, gefangen weg: die Königstöchter und alles Volk, welches in Mizpa übriggeblieben war, welches Nebusaradan, der Oberste der Leibwache, Gedalja, dem Sohne Achikams, anvertraut hatte; und Ismael, der Sohn Nethanjas, führte sie gefangen weg und zog hin, um zu den Kindern Ammon hinüberzugehen.
11 Und als Jochanan, der Sohn Kareachs, und alle Heerobersten, die mit ihm waren, all das Böse hörten, welches Ismael, der Sohn Nethanjas, verübt hatte,
12 da nahmen sie alle Männer und zogen hin, um wider Ismael, den Sohn Nethanjas, zu streiten; und sie fanden ihn an dem großen Wasser, das bei Gibeon ist.
13 Und es geschah, als alles Volk, welches mit Ismael war, Jochanan, den Sohn Kareachs, sah und alle Heerobersten, die mit ihm waren, da freuten sie sich.
14 Und alles Volk, welches Ismael von Mizpa gefangen weggeführt hatte, wandte sich und kehrte um und ging zu Jochanan, dem Sohne Kareachs, über.
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