Yēlìmǐshū 40:13

13 Jiā Lìyà de érzi Yuēhānán hé zaì tiānyĕ de yīqiè jūnzhǎng lái dào Mǐsībā jiànJīdàlì ,

Yēlìmǐshū 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.

Yēlìmǐshū 40:13 In-Context

11 Zaì Móyē dì hé Yàmén rén zhōng , zaì Yǐdōng dì hé ge guó de yīqiè Yóudà rén , tīngjian Bābǐlún wáng liú xià xiē Yóudà rén , bìng lì shā pān de sūnzi yà xī gān de érziJīdàlì guǎnlǐ tāmen .

12 Zhè yīqiè Yóudà rén jiù cóng suǒ gǎn dào de gè chù huí lái , dào Yóudà dì Mǐsībā deJīdàlì nàli , yòu jīxù le xǔduō de jiǔ , bìng xiàtiān de guǒzi .

13 Jiā Lìyà de érzi Yuēhānán hé zaì tiānyĕ de yīqiè jūnzhǎng lái dào Mǐsībā jiànJīdàlì ,

14 Duì tā shuō , Yàmén rén de wáng bā lì sī dǎfa ní tàn yǎ de érzi Yǐshímǎlì lái yào nǐde méng , nǐ zhīdào ma . yà xī gān de érziJīdàlì què bù xìn tāmende huà .

15 Jiā Lìyà de érzi Yuēhānán zaì Mǐsībā sīxià duìJīdàlì shuō , qiú nǐ róng wǒ qù shā ní tàn yǎ de érzi Yǐshímǎlì , bì wú rén zhīdào . hébì ràng tā yào nǐde méng , shǐ jùjí dào nǐ zhèlǐ lái de Yóudà rén dōu fēnsàn , yǐzhì Yóudà shèngxia de rén dōu mièwáng ne