John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Jeremiah 40:10
As for me, behold, I will dwell at Mizpah, to serve the Chaldeans that come unto us ,.... Here he urges his own example, as before their welfare, to engage them to dwell in the land, and serve the Chaldeans; this was what he had determined to do, and had fixed upon Mizpah, a frontier town, and in the way to Babylon, as a proper seat of residence for him, as a governor under the king of Babylon: "to serve the Chaldeans"; or "to stand before them" F21 לעמד לפני "ut stem coram",... read more
John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Jeremiah 40:9
And Gedaliah the son of Ahikam the son of Shaphan aware unto them and to their men ,.... They might express their fears, that should they continue with Gedaliah, as they were inclined to do, could they be safe; that seeing they had encouraged Zedekiah to hold out the siege to the last against the Chaldeans, and they should hear where they were, would demand them, and they, should be taken and delivered up into their hands; upon which Gedaliah not only promises them safety, but swears to them... read more