The Pulpit Commentary - Jeremiah 40:7-12
The Jewish fugitives resort to Gedaliah, who promises them protection as long as they are loyal to Babylon. read more
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Spence, H. D. M., etc.
Spence, H. D. M., etc.
The Pulpit Commentary - Jeremiah 40:7-12
The duties of adversity and their reward. I. THE DUTIES . 1 . Submission. We are not required to yield before avoidable troubles; but finding some to be irresistible, we are to learn the wisdom and obligation of bending to them without further demur. The captains were no cowards; they had fought and had lost. Their resistance against the inevitable was a mistake; continued resistance after defeat would have been nothing but folly. Submission is much easier when we remember that... read more
Spence, H. D. M., etc.
The Pulpit Commentary - Jeremiah 40:7-12
That we may be godly and quietly governed. These verses are an illustration of men's desire for such government. In the disorder and confusion of the times, men were looking out for some settled rule. Companies of armed men were camping about, only waiting for some sign to indicate to whose standard they should repair. That which they wanted seemed to be found in Gedaliah. Hence they go to him ( Jeremiah 40:8 ). The incident here recorded suggests, in regard to government generally— ... read more
Spence, H. D. M., etc.
The Pulpit Commentary - Jeremiah 40:7-12
The difficulties of a governor. To govern a country is never an easy task; but how difficult it must be when the work is that of reconstruction! Gedaliah has to begin, as it were, at the beginning. One of his first difficulties is to know exactly what he has to deal with. There are turbulent as well as peaceful dements, bands of free-lances, who, now that the Chaldean has gone, make their appearance before the governor to see what the prospect may be. Another difficulty is that of... read more
Spence, H. D. M., etc.
The Pulpit Commentary - Jeremiah 40:13
Jeremiah 41:11 Misplaced charity. "Charity" says St. Paul," thinketh no evil." But without question, there are times when it ought to think evil, and not to think so is evil. For else charity will be misplaced, thrown away, productive of hurt and harm and not of good. Now— I. THERE HAVE BEEN AND ARE MANY INSTANCES OF SUCH MISPLACED CHARITY . 1 . The miserable way by which Gedallah came by his death, as told in the above section, is an illustration. He... read more
Spence, H. D. M., etc.
The Pulpit Commentary - Jeremiah 40:13-16
Gedaliah receives a warning of a plot against his life. read more
Spence, H. D. M., etc.
The Pulpit Commentary - Jeremiah 40:14
Baalis the king of the Ammonites. Perhaps the same king referred to in Jeremiah 27:3 as seeking alliance with Zedekiah. He was naturally opposed to the Babylonian official, Gedaliah. Hath sent Ishmael. Ishmael was connected with the royal family ( Jeremiah 41:1 ), and was probably jealous of Gedaliah. read more
Albert Barnes
Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Jeremiah 40:14
It is difficult to say what object Baalis can have had in murdering Gedaliah. As an ally of Zedekiah Jeremiah 27:3, he may have had a spite against the family of Ahikam for opposing, as most probably they did at Jeremiah’s instigation, the league proposed Jeremiah 27:0. Ishmael’s motive was envy and spite at seeing a subject who had always opposed the war now invested with kingly power, in place of the royal family. read more
Joseph Benson
Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Jeremiah 40:11-12
Jeremiah 40:11-12. Likewise when all the Jews that were in Moab, &c. Probably, upon the king of Babylon’s first invading Judea, many fled, and more as he proceeded in his conquests, overrunning the country; and it is likely, at the taking of the city, many escaped and fled into different countries, as they had opportunity, or judged this or that country would be the safest place of refuge. Some, therefore, fled to Moab, some to Ammon, some to Edom, and some to other countries; but when... read more
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