Yēlìmǐshū 40:8

8 Yúshì jūnzhǎng ní tàn yǎ de érzi Yǐshímǎlì , jiā Lìyà de liǎng gè érzi Yuēhānán hé Yuēnádān , dān hù miè de érzi Xīláiyǎ , bìng ní tuó fǎ rén yǐ fĕi de zhòng zǐ , Mǎjiā rén de érzi yé sā ní yà hé shǔ tāmende rén , dōu dào Mǐsībā jiànJīdàlì .

Yēlìmǐshū 40:8 Meaning and Commentary

Jeremiah 40:8

Then they came to Gedaliah to Mizpah
Having heard that the Chaldean army was gone, and so were in no fear of that; and also that Gedaliah was made deputy governor, one of their own nation, a pious, prudent, good man, a man of ingenuity, mildness, and integrity; under whose government they might expect to live comfortably; and which was much preferable to captivity in a foreign country, though tributary to Babylon: even Ishmael the son of Nethaniah;
who was of the seed royal, ( Jeremiah 41:1 ) ; and Johanan and Jonathan the sons of Kareah;
two brothers, but who they were, or their father, is not known, no mention being made of them but in this story: and Seraiah the son of Tanhumeth;
who he was is also uncertain: and the sons of Ephai the Netophathite;
so called from Netophah, a city of the tribe of Judah near Bethlehem, and are mentioned together, ( Ezra 2:22 ) ( Nehemiah 7:26 ) ; the Netophathites inhabited several villages, ( 1 Chronicles 9:16 ) ; mention is made in the Misnic ^F20 writings of artichokes and olives this place was famous for: and Jezaniah the son of a Maachathite;
a family so called from Maacah, Caleb's concubine, ( 1 Chronicles 2:48 ) ; they and their men;
these generals, and the forces under their command.

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FOOTNOTES:

F20 Shebiit, c. 9. sect. 5. & Pea, c. 7. sect. 1.

Yēlìmǐshū 40:8 In-Context

6 Yēlìmǐ jiù dào Mǐsībā jiàn yà xī gān de érziJīdàlì , zaì Tānàli zhù zaì jìng neì shèngxia de mín zhōng .

7 Zaì tiānyĕ de yīqiè jūnzhǎng , hé shǔ tāmende rén , tīngjian Bābǐlún wáng lì le yà xī gān de érziJīdàlì zuò jìng neì de shĕng zhǎng , bìng jiāng méiyǒu lǔ dào Bābǐlún de nánrén , fùnǚ , háitóng , hé jìng neì jí qióng de rén quán jiāo gĕi tā .

8 Yúshì jūnzhǎng ní tàn yǎ de érzi Yǐshímǎlì , jiā Lìyà de liǎng gè érzi Yuēhānán hé Yuēnádān , dān hù miè de érzi Xīláiyǎ , bìng ní tuó fǎ rén yǐ fĕi de zhòng zǐ , Mǎjiā rén de érzi yé sā ní yà hé shǔ tāmende rén , dōu dào Mǐsībā jiànJīdàlì .

9 Shā pān de sūnzi yà xī gān de érziJīdàlì xiàng tāmen hé shǔ tāmende rén qǐshì shuō , búyào pà fúshì Jiālèdǐ rén , zhǐguǎn zhù zaì zhè dì , fúshì Bābǐlún wáng , jiù kĕyǐ dé fú .

10 Zhìyú wǒ , wǒ yào zhù zaì Mǐsībā , cìhou nà dào wǒmen zhèlǐ lái de Jiālèdǐ rén . zhǐshì nǐmen dāng jīxù jiǔ , yóu , hé xiàtiān de guǒzi , shōu zaì qìmǐn lǐ , zhù zaì nǐmen suǒ zhān de chéngyì zhōng .