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Jeremías 41:2

Listen to Jeremías 41:2
2 Ismael y sus diez hombres de pronto se levantaron, desenvainaron sus espadas y mataron a Gedalías, a quien el rey de Babilonia había nombrado gobernador.

Jeremías 41:2 Meaning and Commentary

Jeremiah 41:2

Then arose Ishmael the son of Nethaniah, and the ten men that
were with him
After they had eat and drank well, they rose up from their seats at table: and smote Gedaliah the son of Ahikam the son of Shaphan with the sword,
and slew him;
they all drew their swords and thrust at him, and were assisting in the murder of him; though it is probable that it was Ishmael that gave him the mortal wound, since the phrase, "and slew him", is singular. Josephus F4 says that Gedaliah prepared a splendid table, and made a sumptuous entertainment for them, and being drunk himself, which they observed, took the opportunity and slew him, and all at table with him: whom the king Babylon had made governor over the land;
which mentioned; both to aggravate the crime they were guilty of, and to observe the reason of it, and what it was that prompted them to it; for so the words may be rendered, "because the king of Babylon had made him governor over the land" F5.


FOOTNOTES:

F4 Antiqu. l. 10. c. 9. sect. 4.
F5 (dyqph rva) "quia illum praefecerat", Vatablus. So Ben Melech.
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Jeremías 41:2 In-Context

1 Asesinato de Gedalías
Ahora bien, a mediados del otoño,
Ismael, hijo de Netanías y nieto de Elisama, que era miembro de la familia real y que había sido uno de los altos funcionarios del rey, fue con diez hombres a Mizpa para encontrarse con Gedalías. Mientras comían juntos,
2 Ismael y sus diez hombres de pronto se levantaron, desenvainaron sus espadas y mataron a Gedalías, a quien el rey de Babilonia había nombrado gobernador.
3 Ismael también mató a todos los judíos y a los soldados babilónicos
que estaban con Gedalías en Mizpa.
4 Al día siguiente, antes de que alguien se enterara del asesinato de Gedalías,
5 llegaron ochenta hombres de Siquem, de Silo y de Samaria para adorar en el templo del Señor
. Venían con sus barbas afeitadas, con las ropas rasgadas y con cortaduras que se habían hecho en el cuerpo. También traían consigo incienso y ofrendas de grano.

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