Keſidue Captiv to the Ammonites, but they are reſcued from bim by Johanan, whe interdetch to fl:2 into Egypt, 10,
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1 * OW it came paſs in the ſeventh month a, | tat Iſhmael the ſon,of Nethaniah
of Eliſhama of the ſeed royal b, and the princes the king, even ten men with him c, came unto Ge- daliah the fon of Ahikam to Mrzpah, and there they Kd cat bread together in Mizpah 4.
a I nat; three Months after the City was taken, Chap. 39s 2, b The tame Iſhma-! that carne to Gedaliah, Verſe 8, 9. to whom he {ware Protection ; only here we are told that he was of the Ropal Biood, which might both raiſe his Spirits,as having a more [ega] pretence to the Government, and rendred him a fitter in. itrument, tor Bzalrs the King or Queen of the Ammonites to make vie of. © Some of the Princes, who had efcaped the Army of the king of Bbylon, they and their Retinue came in pretended Com- p.ement ro Gedaliah, 4 Who treated them kindly, they dined or inpped with him.
2 Thenaroſe Iſhmael the ſn of Nethaniah, and
o He flew 70 of them, but ten of them pleading for their Lives,
'urged that they had Eſtates in the Country, both of Corn Oy],
and Honey. His Covetoutnels prevailed over his Cruelty, he 1pa- red their Liyes to become Maſter of what they had,
9 Now the pit wherein Iſhmael had caſt all the
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in the hand of Gedaliah, which hath given Criticks a ſcope to vary intheir notion of it, and totranſlate it, in the power of, By occaſion of, &*c. Bur the learned Author of our Engliſh Annotations faith, the ſence of rhe place is plain enough, Chap. 3g. 10. we have the ſame term twice, where we have tranſlated it,with thee, {o here it doubtlefs ſignifies thoſe who were with Gedaliah under his power or charge. q. What Pir this was isnot ſo well agreed, that is upon what occaſion made,theTex: telleth us it was digged by Aſz King of Judah, and thac ir was made for tear of Baafha the King of Iſrael, but whether it wzs to receive water, or to hinder Baaſha's coming near ſome weak part of the Ciry.we are not told,
the ten men that were with him, and ſmote Gedali- ah the ſon of Ahikam the ſon of Shaphan, with the word, and flew him ce, whom the king of Babylon had madegovernour over the land f.
© Theſeten Men with their retinue fall upon Gedaliab and bar- vIrouſly murder him. f Their Quarrel avainſt him was, that hc
and it is but in vain to gueſs. We read 1 Kings 15. 22. of Aſa's fortity1ng Mizpah with the Stones ot Ramab, but of this Pit we read nothing.
10 Then Iſhmael carried away captive all the reſi- due of the people, that were in Mizpah, even the king's daughters, and 3!] the poople that remeined in
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6 And Iſhmael the ſon of Nethaniah, went forth + xeþ, from Mizpah to meet them, - weeping all along as zn going, he went: and it came to paſs as he met them, he and weep- ſaid unto them, come to Gedaliah the ſon of A- #"2-
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dead bodies of the men (whom he had ſlaia || - be- ſ up ; oy cauſe of Gedaliah p) was it which Aſa the king had + He 4 n made for fear of Baaſha king of Iſrael, 47d Iſhmael ,, ;po j.1nd, the ſon of Nethaniah, filled it with hers that were or by the fide of Gt- þ The word which we tranſlate becauſe of MA B:jadbiſignitieth datia)
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Mizpah, whom Nebuzaradan the captain of the guard, had committed to Gedaliah the fon ot Alt- tam, and Iſhmael the ſon of Nethaniah, carried them away captive, and departed to go over to the Ammonites /.
þ By this Verſe appeareth that Al! the Fews, Ver. 3. mult be 1:derſtood ina reſtrained fence concerning all chole avout Geda- !itb, Eor he carried many away as Priſoners, as allo Zedefciah's Daug the City, or Were much to hurt them, an abiding long for him t ; YT WING _ (as we halic before) imployed him in this Murder.
11 But when Johanan the ſon of Rarcah, and
L bo B. . all the captains of the forces that were with him, heard of all the evil that Iſhmael the ſon of Nethant-
21 had done. 12 Then they took all
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with Iſhmael the ſon of Netnan! | by the great waters that are 11 (31beon 7.
j Thele great Waters are ſuppoſed to be a Lake, or ſome great Pool in Gibeon, the very ſame that is mentioned, 2 $4m. 2. 13s where Foab and the Servants of David mer, the one Keeping 0n one fide of the Pool, the other on the otl.er ſide.
13 Now it came to paſs, that when all the people which werewith Iſhmael ſaw tohanan the ſon of Ka- reah, and all the captains of the forces that were with him, then chey were glad &. |
k To ſeea probability of their elcape out of the hands of this Eloody Man, who had ſlain io many of their Brethren. |
14 So all the people that Iſhmael had carried a- way captive to Mizpah, caſt about and returned, and went unto Johanan the ſon of Kareah.
15 But Iſhmael the ſon of Nethaniah eſcaped from Johanan with eight men, and went to the Ammo- nites /. |
1! When the People whom Iſhmael had carried away Priſoners
hetied about and went to him, only Iſþmael and eight Men eſcaped and went to the Land of Ammon.
16 Then took Johanan the ſou of Kareah, and all the captains of the forces that were with him, allthe remnant of the people whom he had recovered from Iſhmael the ſon of Nethaniah, from Mizpah, (after that he had ſlain Gedaliah the ſon of Ahikam) ever mighty men of war, and the women and the chil- dren, and the eunuchs whom he had brought again
from Gibeon. :
17 And they departed, and dwelt in the habita- tion of Chimham, which z- by Bethlehem, to £o to enter into Egypt »:.
m When Johanan had (as was before expreſſed) recovered the Jews whom Iſhmael had carried away as Priioners, he came an dwe!t with them in the Habitation of Chimham. Concerning this Chimbam all that we read in Scripture is, 2 Sam. 19+ 37, 38, 40. he was the Son of Bargi!!ai,whom David would have had to have
"gone along with him to his Court, but he being $0 Years old ex- cuſed himielf, and deſired that his Son Chimbam might be accept- ed in his ſtead, Ver. 38. Dvid agreeth it, and promiſeth to do tor him whatſoever his Father ſhould defire on his behalf : Poſſi- bly David having aa Eſtate near thereabouts might give a porti- on of it to him, which though it returned to the Family of David in the year of Jubilee, yet trom Chimbam's Houſe there, might retain the name of the Habitation of Chimbam; into thoſe parts