Jeremias 41:8

8 Mas dez deles disseram a Ismael: “Não nos mate! Temos trigo e cevada, azeite e mel, escondidos num campo”. Então ele os deixou em paz e não os matou com os demais.

Jeremias 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.

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FOOTNOTES:

F9 Ibid. (Antiqu. l. 10. c. 9. sect. 4.)

Jeremias 41:8 In-Context

6 Ismael, filho de Netanias, saiu de Mispá para encontrá-los, chorando enquanto caminhava. Quando os encontrou, disse: “Venham até onde se encontra Gedalias, filho de Aicam”.

7 Quando entraram na cidade, Ismael, filho de Netanias, e os homens que estavam com ele os mataram e os atiraram numa cisterna.

8 Mas dez deles disseram a Ismael: “Não nos mate! Temos trigo e cevada, azeite e mel, escondidos num campo”. Então ele os deixou em paz e não os matou com os demais.

9 A cisterna na qual ele jogou os corpos dos homens que havia matado, juntamente com o de Gedalias, tinha sido cavada pelo rei Asa para defender-se de Baasa, rei de Israel. Ismael, filho de Netanias, encheu-a com os mortos.

10 Ismael tomou como prisioneiros todo o restante do povo que estava em Mispá, inclusive as filhas do rei, sobre os quais Nebuzaradã, o comandante da guarda imperial, havia nomeado Gedalias, filho de Aicam, governador. Ismael, filho de Netanias, levou-os como prisioneiros e partiu para o território de Amom.