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Geremia 41:8

Listen to Geremia 41:8
8 Or fra quelli si trovarono dieci uomini, che dissero ad Ismaele: Non ucciderci; perciocchè noi abbiamo in sulla campagna delle segrete conserve di grano, e d’orzo, e d’olio, e di miele. Ed egli si ritenne, e non li uccise fra i lor fratelli.

Geremia 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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Geremia 41:8 In-Context

6 Ed Ismaele, figliuolo di Netania, uscì di Mispa incontro a loro, e camminava piangendo; e quando li ebbe scontrati, disse loro: Venite a Ghedalia, figliuolo di Ahicam.
7 Ma quando furono entrati in mezzo della città, Ismaele, figliuolo di Netania, accompagnato dagli uomini, ch’egli aveva seco, li scannò, e li gettò in mezzo della fossa.
8 Or fra quelli si trovarono dieci uomini, che dissero ad Ismaele: Non ucciderci; perciocchè noi abbiamo in sulla campagna delle segrete conserve di grano, e d’orzo, e d’olio, e di miele. Ed egli si ritenne, e non li uccise fra i lor fratelli.
9 Or la fossa, nella quale Ismaele gettò tutti i corpi morti degli uomini, ch’egli uccise del seguito di Ghedalia, era quella che il re Asa aveva fatta per tema di Baasa, re d’Israele; Ismaele, figliuolo di Netania, la riempiè di uccisi.
10 Poi appresso Ismaele ne menò via prigione tutto il rimanente del popolo, ch’era in Mispa: le figliuole del re, e tutto il popolo restato in Mispa, il quale Nebuzaradan, capitan delle guardie, aveva dato in governo a Ghedalia, figliuolo di Ahicam; Ismaele, figliuolo di Netania, li menava via prigioni, e se ne andava per passare a’ figliuoli di Ammon.
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