Jeremías 41:12

12 reunieron a todos sus hombres y fueron a pelear contra él. Lo encontraron cerca del gran estanque que está en Gabaón.

Jeremías 41:12 Meaning and Commentary

Jeremiah 41:12

Then they took all the men
All the soldiers that were under their command; this they did at once, believing the report to be true, as they had reason to do; since they knew of Ishmael's designs, and had given notice and warning of them to Gedaliah, though he would not listen to them: and went to fight with Ishmael the son of Nethaniah:
resolving to give him battle, and to revenge the innocent blood he had shed, and rescue the captives out of his hands he was carrying to the Ammonites: and found him by the great waters that [are] in Gibeon;
taking this road to the country of Ammon, though it was not quite the direct road; either to avoid the forces of Johanan; or rather for the sake of the hid treasure at Shechem, or Shiloh, or Samaria, the ten men had promised him for their lives. These great waters were the same with the pool at Gibeon, where the servants of Ishbosheth and the servants of David met, and sat one on one side, and the other on the other; and where twelve young men on each side slew one another, and from thence called Helkathhazzurim, ( 2 Samuel 2:12-16 ) ; and the Targum calls it

``the pool of many waters, which were in Gibeon.''

Josephus ^F16 calls it a fountain in Hebron; which perhaps should be read Gibeon.

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FOOTNOTES:

F16 Antiqu. l. 10. c. 9. sect. 5.

Jeremías 41:12 In-Context

10 Después Ismael se llevó en cautiverio a las hijas del rey y a todo el resto del pueblo que había quedado en Mizpa, a quienes Nabuzaradán, comandante de la guardia, había puesto bajo el mando de Guedalías hijo de Ajicán. Ismael hijo de Netanías salió con sus cautivos hacia el territorio de los amonitas.

11 Cuando Johanán hijo de Carea, y todos los jefes militares que estaban con él, se enteraron del crimen que había cometido Ismael hijo de Netanías,

12 reunieron a todos sus hombres y fueron a pelear contra él. Lo encontraron cerca del gran estanque que está en Gabaón.

13 Y sucedió que toda la gente que estaba con Ismael se alegró al ver a Johanán hijo de Carea, acompañado de todos los jefes militares.

14 Todo el pueblo que Ismael llevaba cautivo desde Mizpa se dio la vuelta y se fue con Johanán hijo de Carea.