Jeremias 40:13

13 Joanã, filho de Careá, e todos os chefes das forças que estavam no campo vieram ter com Gedalias, a Mizpá,

Jeremias 40:13 Meaning and Commentary

Jeremiah 40:13

Moreover, Johanan the son of Kareah
Who seems to be the principal captain next to Ishmael, against whom an information is brought, and so not present; this captain is here only mentioned by name, and before next to Ishmael: and all the captains of the forces that [were] in the fields;
or that had been in the fields, and probably might be there again; see ( Jeremiah 40:7 ) ; that is, the rest of them, besides Johanan mentioned, and Ishmael the conspirator: these came to Gedaliah to Mizpah;
they had been with him before, and being satisfied by him of the safety they would be in, in the service of the Chaldeans, under him, either returned to the fields from whence they came, or went to those cities and villages he directed them to; but, like honest and faithful men, knowing there was a conspiracy against his life, came in a body to inform him of it, for the greater certainty of it; as judging he would be more ready to give heed unto it, than if only a single person had informed him of it, as well as to show their affection and loyalty to him.

Jeremias 40:13 In-Context

11 Do mesmo modo, quando todos os judeus que estavam em Moabe, e entre os filhos de Amom, e em Edom, e os que havia em todos os países, ouviram que o rei de Babilônia havia deixado um resto em Judá, e que havia posto sobre eles a Guedalias, o de Aicão, filho de Safã;
12 voltaram, então, todos os judeus de todos os lugares para onde foram arrojados, e vieram para a terra de Judá, a Gedalias, a Mizpá, e colheram vinho e frutos do verão com muita abundância.
13 Joanã, filho de Careá, e todos os chefes das forças que estavam no campo vieram ter com Gedalias, a Mizpá,
14 e disseram-lhe: Sabes que Baalis, rei dos filhos de Amom, enviou a Ismael, filho de Netanias, para te tirar a vida? Mas não lhes deu crédito Gedalias, filho de Aicão.
15 Todavia Joanã, filho de Careá, falou a Gedalias em segredo, em Mizpá, dizendo: Deixa, peço-te, que eu vá e mate a Ismael, filho de Netanias, sem que ninguém o saiba. Por que razão te tiraria ele a vida, de modo que fossem dispersos todos os judeus que se têm congregado a ti, e perecesse o resto de Judá?
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