7 Samaria was the Name both of a City and aProvince,Shechem was a City within that Province, within the limirs of the Tribe of Ephraim, Joſ. 20 7. Theſe places were now inhabited by a mixt People, partly Jews p-rtlv ſuch as the king of 4ſhris had upon 11s Conqueſt of the Ten Tribes brought to inhabic there; from thence came 80 Men, k who poſſibly had not heard of the Temple being burnt, at leaſt when they came our, or if they had heard of it, yet thought. hearing ſome Jews were left, that they might have ere&ted ſome Altar for Sacrifices, or it may be thy brought no Beaſts. 7 For the Text ſpeaks only cfincenie and Offerings, they came with all indications of mourning uſed in thoſe Countries, ſhaven Beards, Cloths rent, and having cur themſelves in a barbarous
-ſhion uſed by the Heathens, and forbidden the Jews, but yet pra- t11cd by many cf them. |
6Andlſhmael the ſon of Nethaniah, went forth from Mizpahto meet them, + weeping all along as he went: f Heb. and itcame to paſs as he met them, he ſaid unto them, *” [ee come to Gedaliah the ſon of Ahikam ». oo wee" ht
m He cometh out weeping, the better to deceive them into his ** | Trap, that they might believe he was as they equally affeQed with Gods diſpen(ations, and inviteth them to the new Governour for ProteCtion ; as if he had been one of his Courtiers, and Friends; by thoſe Arts he concealeth his bloody deſign again them. |
7 And it was ſo when they came into the midft of the city that Iſhmael the ſon of Nethaniah ſew them, and caff them into the midit of the pit, he, and the men that were with him ». | \
» When he had thus enticed them into Mizpah, he, and his fol- lowers ſlay them, and throw their dead Bodies into a Pir, with the aſhſtance of choſe bioody Men that were with him.
8 But ten men were found amongſt them, that faid unto Iſhmael], Slay us not, for we have treaſures inthe held, of wheat, and of barly, and of oyl, and of ho- ney : So he forbare, andſlew them not amongſt their brethren o.
0 He flew 70 of them, but ten of them p'e:ding for their Lives, urged that they had Eſtates in the Country, both of Corn, Oyl and Honey; His covetouſneſs prevailed over his Crue'ty, he ſpared their Lives to become Maſter of what they had. |
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rhey accordingly did, and there fe] in with the Tdolarry of the Egyptians, for which God by his Prophet threatneth them with an utrer ru'ne,
1 Then all the captains of the forces, and Johanan the ſon of Kareah, and ſezaniah the ſon of Hoſbaiah, and all the people from the leaſt even to the greateſt Caine NCAT 4s»
a After thartthis Captain Johanan ( who now had made fumſelf head of the Jews ) had fixed their abode in the Habitation of Chime ham in the way to Egypt, with thoughts of going down to inh:« bit there for fear of the Cha!d: ans, coming to revenge the Death of Geaaliah upon all the remainder of the Jews ; both theſe Ca tains and many of the People, or ſome of all ſorts of the Peeple, for ir cannot be 1magined that every particular perſon came ) made their Addreſs to the Propher Jeremiah, who provably was with them, carried away by 1/bmael and reſcued by rhis Captain.
2 And ſaid unto Jeremiah the Prophet, || Let we Or, les beſeech thee our ſupplication be accepted before thee b, our ſuppli- and pray for us, unto the LORD thy God, ever forall 54% toll this remnant, ( for we are left bus a few of many as
- Map. XU! dccafion made, the Texttelleth us it was digged by 4s King of Judohb, and that it was made for fear of Baaſba the King of I/ral, but Whether it was torceive water, or to hinder Baaſhs's coming near fome weak part of the City, we are not told, and iris but in vain to gueſs We read 1 Kings 15. 22. of 4ſa's fortifying Mizpah wich the Stones ofRamah, but of this Pir weread nothing. to Then Iſhmael carriedaway captiveall the refidue of the people, that were in Mizpah, even the Kings daughters,and all the people that remained in Mizpah, whom Nebuzaradan the captain of the guard,had com- mitted to Gedaliah the ſon of Ahikam, and Iſhmae! the ſon of Nethaniah, carried them away captive, and
departed to go over to the Ammonites h.
hb By this Verſe appeareth that AZ the Jews, Yer. 3» muſt be un- derſtood ina reſtrained ſence concerning all thoſe abour Geas/iah Fort he carried many away as Priſoners, as alſo Zedekiahs Daughters who either had concealed themſelves at the taking of the Ciry, or were leftbehind by the Conquerors,as not like much to hurt them and having done this, he knew there was no abiding for him Jong there, ſo he haſtneth away OE who( as we had it be» fore ) imployed him in this Murder. thine eyes do behold us c. )
1x 9 Bur whenJohanan the ſon of Karea h, and all| , Theſe Men ( though wretched Hypocrites ) yet come to the the. captains of the forces that were with him,heard of Prophet with great reſpe&, and reverence, firſt deſiring that he all the evil that 1ſhmael the fon of Nethaniah had done | would allow them ro make their requeſt to him; probably the