Jeremia 41:10

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.

Jeremia 41:10 Meaning and Commentary

Jeremiah 41:10

Then Ishmael carried away captive all the residue of the
people that [were] in Mizpah
All that were not slain by him, that remained after the slaughter he had made, chiefly the unarmed people; they being men of war who fell by his sword: [even] the king's daughters;
whether they were the daughters of Zedekiah, Jehoiakim, or Jehoiakim, says Kimchi, we know not; but it is most likely that they were the daughters of Zedekiah the last king, and who was just taken and carried captive; and so Josephus ^F14 expressly calls them; these the king of Babylon regarded not, because they could neither fight, nor claim the kingdom; only the sons of the king, whom he slew before his eyes; though it may be these were not his daughters by his lawful wife, but by his concubines, and so were not properly of the royal family, and less regarded: and all the people that remained in Mizpah, whom Nebuzaradan the
captain of the guard had committed to Gedaliah the son of Ahikam;
that were not slain, or carried captive by the Chaldeans; but were left at Mizpah, under the care and government of Gedaliah: and Ishmael the son of Nethaniah carried them away captive:
so that those who escaped one captivity fell into another, and even by the hand of one of their own countrymen: and departed to go over to the Ammonites;
he went from Mizpah with these captives, in order to carry them to the king of Ammon, and make them his slaves; who had put him upon this enterprise out of hatred to the Jews, and to enrich himself with their spoils. Some render it, "to go over with the Ammonites" ^F15; which they suppose the ten men to be that came along with him and the princes, to commit the barbarities they did.

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FOOTNOTES:

F14 Ut supra. (Antiqu. l. 10. c. 9. sect. 4.)
F15 (Nwma ynb la) "cum filiis Ammon", Schmidt.

Jeremia 41:10 In-Context

8 Es fanden sich aber unter ihnen zehn Männer, die zu Ismael sprachen: Töte uns nicht! Denn wir haben verborgene Vorräte im Felde: Weizen und Gerste und Öl und Honig. Und er ließ ab und tötete sie nicht inmitten ihrer Brüder.

9 Und die Grube, in welche Ismael alle Leichname der Männer, die er erschlagen hatte, neben Gedalja warf, war diejenige, welche der König Asa wegen Baesas, des Königs von Israel, machen ließ; diese füllte Ismael, der Sohn Nethanjas, mit den Erschlagenen.

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.