"hi ent to fight | ©vidence they had ſo lately of his being a Prophet of the Lord, b 12 Then they took all the men, and w 5 the. fulfilling of 11 that he h-d foretold againſt both the Ciry od
with Iſhmael the ſon of Nethaniah, and found him by the Temple, mighr in ſome meaſure occaficn this. c Their requeſt
the great waters that are in Gibeon z. | was, that he would putup his Prayer to God for the remnant, for # Theſe great Waters are ſuppoſed tobe a Lake; or ſome great | now there was but a ſmall Remnant of Jews left, a few of many.
Pool in Gibzon, the very ſame that is mentioned, 2 Sam. 2: 13.1 2 Thar the LORD chy God may ſhew us the way where Joob & the Servants of David met Hnerthe onekeeping on One | herein we may walk,and the thing that we may do &d. ſide of the Pool, the other on the other ſide. { f The thing ticy would h k3 God f :
-12 Now it came to paſs, that when all the people | a;,,. whit they 0 mitt, oo mn rence ig I WE : | 5 10n, what they ſhould do in this detolate ftate into which God which were with Iſhmael ſaw Johanan the ſon of Ka- had brought them. What could be!more Pious ? A PraQtice foun- reah, and all the captains of the forces that were with oo _ _ _ rs er and — eh a bes Pr0Vs ME hey were clad £. 3- 6. Acknowleage him mm all thy ways, and he ſpall direft thy fleps. But
k To fre 2 probability of their eſcape our of the hands of this _ may wcll apply here what Gecd had {aid to their torefathers,
: ; | et, 5-29 When they had ſo freely promiſed their obedience to the bloody Man, who had lain ſo many of thei: Brethren. . is "I the people + Thmacd had carried away Law of God. O tha: there were ſuch an beart in them, &c.
F 4 Then Jeremiah the Prophet ſaid unto them, I have - captive from Mizpah, caſt about and returned, and |, : , wene undo Johanan che fon of Karehh. Y eard youd, behold, I will pray unto the LORD your
x5 But Ihmael the ſon'of Nethaniah eſcaped f:om God, according to your words, and it ſhall come to paſs |
that whatſoever thing the LORD ſhall anſwer you, I ohanan with eight men,and went to the Ammonites / | _.. : , YOu, = J 1 When the Peogic whom "Ibmael had carried away Priſoners, will declare iz unto you, I will * keep nothing back _
faw Johanan coming with great Forces, they contrived and whecs from you e- :
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led about and went to him, only Jbmaeland eight Men eſcaped and weat to the Land of Ammon, 16 Then took Johanan rhe ſon ef Kareah, and all the
captains of the forces that were with him,all the remnant of the people whom he had recovered from Iſhmael the fon of Nethaniab, from Mizpah, ( after 12x he had ſlain Gedaliah the ſon of Ahikam ) even» mighty men of war, and the women and the children, and the eunuchs whom he had brought again from Gibeon-
t7 And they departed, and dwelc in the habitation of Chimham, which is by Bethtehem, to go to enter into Egypt m.
m When Johansnhad ( as was before expreſſed ) recovered the Jews whom Iſhmael had carried as Priſaners, he came and dwelt with them in the habitation of Chi/mbam. Concerning this Chime hamall that we read in Scripture is, 2 Sam. 19, 37. 38. 40. he was the Son of Barzillai, whom David would have had to have gone along with him ro his Court, bur he being 80 years old excuſed himſelf, and deſired thar his ſonCkimbam might be accepted in his ſtead, Yer. 38. David agreeth it, and promiſeth to do for him whatſoever his Father ſhould deſire on his behalf; poſſibly David having an Eſtate near thereabouts might givea portion of it to him which though itrerurned ro the Family of David in the year of Jubilee, yer from Chimbam's Houſe there, might Ferain the name of the Habiration of Chimbam ; into thoſe parts Johanan retired with
a further delign.to go into Egypr. 18 Becauſe of the Chaldeans ; for they were afraid
of them, becauſe Iſhmael the ſon of Nethaniah had ſlain Gedaliah the ſon of Ahikam, whom the King of Ba-
bylon made governour inthe land ».
» H:re was one {lain whom the Conqueror Nebuchadnezzar had | made Governour. in the Land of Judah, and it was but 'reaſonable forthem to think thar Nebuchadnezzar wou'd tak:s the Afront done ro himſelf, he veing coniruted Governour by him ; and though Johanan had nothing ro do in that Murder, yer he did not know bur that th: King of Babylon being ignorant of any partics amongſt the Jews, might lo:k upon them all as guilty who were Jews, and re- venze Gedalia®s Bluod upon all the remainder of that Nation ; he th:s:fore chuſerh them an Habiration for the preſent, from whence they might ia a ſhort time go down into Egypr, which was Joho- nans deſi.;n, as we ſhall read in the nexr Chaptcr.
CHAP. XLIL Johanan and the People deſire Jeremiah to enquire of God, promiſmg O- bedience to his Will, 1,——5. Jeremiah afureth them of Safety in
Judea, 7, 12. and deſtruftiom in Egypt, 13, --»-18. Reproverh
their Hyporiſs: and Obſtinacy, 19: --= 22+
HE thc-e following Chaprers give usan account of what hap-
pened ro Johananthe Son of Kareah, and the reſt, after the ſlaughter of 1/bmael, and their going to dwell in the Habitation of Chi/mbam, in ord:r to their go1ag into the Land of Egypr. Their coming to Jeremiabro go and enquire of the Lord for them, his Enquiry of God, with theRevelation of the Divine Will unto him; that they ſhould nor go into Egypr, promiſing God's Prote&ion of them, if they did not go, threatning their DeſtruQtion if they did go. Taeir proud anſwer to Jeremiah, and reſolution to go, which
4 That isI will do for you according as you deſire.
ro me tobe his Will on yout behalf, They called God Jeremah's God, here Jeremish calls him their God both tomind them of God's relation to them, and their Duty towards him.
5 Then they ſaid to Jeremiah, The LORD be a true and faithfull witneſs berween us, if we do not ac- cording to a!l things, for the which theLORD thy God ſhall ſend thee to us,
6 Whether it be good, or whether 7t be evil f, we will obey the voice of the LORD our God to whom we
obey che voice of the LORD our God g.
| £ Thepreceeding wordsare a perf<& Oath, the form of which
liesin a calling of God ro witneſs the fincerity of the heart of thoſe