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Jeremias 41:8

Listen to Jeremias 41:8
8 Mas entre eles se acharam dez homens que disseram a Ismael: Não nos mates a nós, porque temos escondidos no campo depósitos de trigo, cevada, azeite e mel. E ele por isso os deixou, e não os matou entre seus irmãos.

Jeremias 41:8 Meaning and Commentary

Jeremiah 41:8

But ten men were found among them, that said unto Ishmael, slay
us not
They begged for their lives, using what follows as an argument to prevail upon him: for we have treasures in the field, of wheat, and of barley, and of
oil, and of honey;
not that they had then a stock upon the ground at this time; for this being the seventh month, not only the barley and wheat harvests had been over long ago, but the rest of the fruits of the earth were gathered in: but this either means storehouses of such things in the field; or else that these things were hid in cells under ground, the land having been invaded, to secure them from the enemy, as is common to do in time of war; and so Josephus says F9, they promised to deliver to him things hid in the fields, household goods, clothes, and corn: so he forbore, and slew them not among their brethren;
but saved them, and kept and carried them with him, in order to take these hidden treasures, which lay in his way to Ammon; for between Gibeon, where he was found, ( Jeremiah 41:12 ) ; and Ammon, lay Samaria, Sichem, and Shiloh; at least it was not far out of his way to take that course; and thus he appears to be a covetous man, as well as a cruel one.


FOOTNOTES:

F9 Ibid. (Antiqu. l. 10. c. 9. sect. 4.)
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Jeremias 41:8 In-Context

6 E, saindo-lhes ao encontro Ismael, filho de Netanias, desde Mizpá, ia chorando; e sucedeu que, encontrando-os, lhes disse: Vinde a Gedalias, filho de Aicão.
7 Chegando eles, porém, até o meio da cidade, Ismael, filho de Netanias, e os homens que estavam com ele mataram-nos e os lançaram num poço.
8 Mas entre eles se acharam dez homens que disseram a Ismael: Não nos mates a nós, porque temos escondidos no campo depósitos de trigo, cevada, azeite e mel. E ele por isso os deixou, e não os matou entre seus irmãos.
9 E o poço em que Ismael lançou todos os cadáveres dos homens que matara por causa de Gedalias é o mesmo que fez o rei Asa, por causa de Baasa, rei de Israel; foi esse mesmo que Ismael, filho de Netanias, encheu de mortos.
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.

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