Jeremías 41:9

9 La cisterna donde Ismael echó los cuerpos de los hombres que asesinó era grande, cavada por órdenes del rey Asa cuando fortificó Mizpa para protegerse de Baasa, rey de Israel. Así que, Ismael, hijo de Netanías, la llenó de cadáveres.

Jeremías 41:9 Meaning and Commentary

Jeremiah 41:9

Now the pit wherein Ishmael had cast all the dead bodies
Not only of those seventy men of Samaria but of the men whom he had slain because of Gedaliah;
because of their attachment to him: or, "by the hand of Gedaliah" ^F11; not by him, as an instrument; unless, as Jarchi observes, because he rejected the advice of Johanan, and provided not for his safety, and his people, it was as if they were slain by him ^F12; rather the sense is, that they were slain by the side of him, or in the, place where he was, or along with him ^F13; see a like phrase in ( Jeremiah 38:10 ) ; now both the one and the other were cast into one pit: and this [was] that which Asa the king had made for fear of Baasha king of
Israel;
which was either a ditch that was cast up against the wall that went round the city; or a large pit or well in the midst of it, to hold water in it; and this was made by King Asa, either when he built and fortified Mizpah, ( 1 Kings 15:22 ) ; or, as the Targum here, when Baasha king of Israel besieged it; which he made that he might be provided for with water during the siege; or to hide himself in it; or stop the enemy from proceeding any further, should he enter: [and] Ishmael the son of Nethaniah filled it with [them that were]
slain;
which shows it rather to be a pit or well within the city than a ditch about it; since it was filled with the slain, with those that were slain with Gedaliah, and those seventy other persons; and by which he made the well useless to the inhabitants hereafter.

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FOOTNOTES:

F11 (whyldg dyb) "in manu Gedaliae", Montanus, Vatablus.
F12 So T. Bab. Nidda, fol. 61. 1.
F13 "Ad latus", Junius & Tremellius, Piscator; "in loco", some in Munster; "cum Gedalia", De Dieu, Gataker.

Jeremías 41:9 In-Context

7 En cuanto entraron a la ciudad, Ismael y sus hombres los mataron a todos, menos a diez, y echaron sus cuerpos en una cisterna.

8 Los otros diez convencieron a Ismael que los dejara en libertad, con la promesa de traerle todo el trigo, la cebada, el aceite de oliva y la miel que habían escondido.

9 La cisterna donde Ismael echó los cuerpos de los hombres que asesinó era grande, cavada por órdenes del rey Asa cuando fortificó Mizpa para protegerse de Baasa, rey de Israel. Así que, Ismael, hijo de Netanías, la llenó de cadáveres.

10 Después Ismael capturó a las hijas del rey y al resto del pueblo que había quedado en Mizpa bajo el cuidado de Gedalías, quien había sido encargado por Nabuzaradán, capitán de la guardia. Los llevó consigo y comenzó el regreso a la tierra de Amón.

11 Sin embargo, cuando Johanán, hijo de Carea, y los otros líderes guerrilleros se enteraron de los crímenes cometidos por Ismael,