Godolias is slain: the Jews that were with him are apprehensive of the Chaldeans.
Godolias with other Iewes and some Chaldees are slaine by Ismael, sent from the king of Moabites: 8 tenne are ransomed for their riches, 11. Iohanan taking armes to reuenge the slaughter, Ismael flyeth away, deliuering those whom he held captiues: 17. and they prepare to flee into Aegypt.
1And it came to pass in the seventh month, that Ismahel the son of Nathanias, the son of Elisama of the royal blood, and the nobles of the king, and ten men with him, came to Godolias the son of Ahicam into Masphath: and they ate bread there together in Masphath.Il settimo mese Ismaele figliuolo di Nathania, figliuolo di Elisama, che era della stirpe reale, con de' grandi del regno, cioè, con dieci uomini andò a trovar Godolia figliuolo di Ahicam in Masphath, e mangiarono alla stessa mensa in Masphath.AND it came to passe in the seuenth moneth, came Ismahel the sonne of Nathanias, the sonne of Elisama of the kings bloud, and the nobles of the king, and ten men with him, to Godolias the sonne of Ahicam into Masphath: and they did eate bread there together in Masphath.Et factum est in mense septimo, venit Ismahel filius Nathaniæ filii Elisama, de semine regali, et optimates regis, et decem viri cum eo, ad Godoliam filium Ahicam, in Masphath, et comederunt ibi panes simul in Masphath. 2And Ismahel the son of Nathanias arose, and the ten men that were with him, and they struck Godolias the son of Ahicam, the son of Saphan with the sword, and slew him whom the king of Babylon had made governor over the land.E si alzò Ismaele figliuolo di Nathania, e i dieci uomini, che eran con lui, e uccisero Godolia figliuolo di Ahicam, figliuolo di Saphan, e dieder morte a colui, il quale dal re di Babilonia era stato posto al governo del paese.And Ismahel the sonne of Nathanias arose, and the ten men, that were with him, & they stroke Godolias the sonne of Ahicam the sonne of Saphan with the sword, and slew him, whom the king of Babylon had made ruler ouer the land.Surrexit autem Ismahel filius Nathaniæ, et decem viri qui cum eo erant, et percusserunt Godoliam filium Ahicam filii Saphan gladio, et interfecerunt eum quem præfecerat rex Babylonis terræ. 3Ismahel slew also all the Jews that were with Godolias in Masphath, and the Chaldeans that were found there, and the soldiers.E Ismaele uccise eziandio i Giudei, che erano in Masphath con Godolia, e quanti Caldei vi si trovarono, e gli uomini di valore.Al the Iewes also that were with Godolias in Masphath, and the Chaldees that were found there, and the men of warre did Ismahel strike.Omnes quoque Judæos qui erant cum Godolia in Masphath, et Chaldæos qui reperti sunt ibi, et viros bellatores, percussit Ismahel. 4And on the second day after he had killed Godolias, no man yet knowing it,E il giorno seguente, dopoché egli avea ucciso Godolia, non sapendosi ancora il fatto da alcuno,And the second day after he had killed Godolias, no man yet knowing it,Secundo autem die postquam occiderat Godoliam, nullo adhuc sciente, 5There came some from Sichem, and from Silo, and from Samaria, fourscore men, with their beards shaven, and their clothes rent, and mourning: and they had offerings and incense in their hand, to offer in the house of the Lord.Arrivarono da Sichem, e da Silo, e dalla Samaria ottanta uomini colla barba rasa, e stracciate le vesti, e squallidi in volto, e portando in mano incenso, e doni per offerirli nella casa del Signore.there came men from Sichem, and from Silo, and from Samaria eightie men: their beard shauen, and their garments rent, and il fauoured: and they had gifts, and frankincense in their hand, to offer in the house of our Lord.venerunt viri de Sichem, et de Silo, et de Samaria, octoginta viri, rasi barba, et scissis vestibus, et squallentes: et munera et thus habebant in manu, ut offerrent in domo Domini.
6And Ismahel the son of Nathanias went forth from Masphath to meet them, weeping all along as he went: and when he had met them, he said to them: Come to Godolias, the son of Ahicam.Ismaele adunque figliuolo di Nathania andò incontro a questa gente da Masphath, e camminava piangendo: e incontratili, disse loro: Venite da Godolia figliuolo di Ahicam.Ismahel therefore the sonne of Nathanias going forth to meete them out of Masphath, went going and weeping: and when he had met them, he said to them: Come to Godolias the sonne of Ahicam.Egressus ergo Ismahel filius Nathaniæ in occursum eorum de Masphath, incedens et plorans ibat: cum autem occurrisset eis, dixit ad eos: Venite ad Godoliam filium Ahicam. 7And when they were come to the midst of the city, Ismahel the son of Nathanias, slew them, and cast them into the midst of the pit, he and the men that were with him.E quando quegli furono nel mezzo della città, Ismaele figliuolo di Nathania, e quegli uomini, che erano con lui, gli uccisero nel mezzo della cisterna.Who when they were come to the middes of the citie, Ismahel the sonne of Nathanias slew them about the middes of the lake, he and the men that were with him.Qui cum venissent ad medium civitatis, interfecit eos Ismahel filius Nathaniæ circa medium laci, ipse et viri qui erant cum eo. 8But ten men were found among them, that said to Ismahel: Kill us not: for we have stores in the field, of wheat, and barley, and oil, and honey. And he forbore, and slew them not with their brethren.Ma dieci uomini furon tra questi, i quali dissero a Ismaele: Non ammazzarci; perocché abbiam de' tesori alla campagna in grano, orzo, olio, e miele. Ed ei si rattenne, e non gli uccise come i loro fratelli.But ten men were found among them, that said to Ismahel: Kil vs not: because we haue treasures in the field, of wheate, and barlie, and oile, and honie. And he ceassed, and slew not them with their bretheren.Decem autem viri reperti sunt inter eos, qui dixerunt ad Ismahel: Noli occidere nos, quia habemus thesauros in agro, frumenti, et hordei, et olei, et mellis: et cessavit, et non interfecit eos cum fratribus suis. 9And the pit into which Ismahel cast all the dead bodies of the men whom he slew because of Godolias, is the same that king Asa made, for fear of Baasa the king of Israel: the same did Ismahel the son of Nathanias fill with them that were slain.E la cisterna, nella quale Ismaele gettò tutti i cadaveri di quella gente ammazzata da lui a cagione di Godolia, ella è quella stessa, che fu fatta dal re Asa a cagione di Baasa re d'Israele: e questa la riempiè Ismaele figliuolo di Nathania di corpi uccisi.And the lake into the which Ismahel threw al the carcasses of the men whom he stroke for Godolias, is the same that king Asa made, for Baasa the king of Israel: the same did Ismahel the sonne of Nathanias fil with them that were slaine.Lacus autem in quem projecerat Ismahel omnia cadavera virorum quos percussit propter Godoliam, ipse est quem fecit rex Asa propter Baasa regem Israël: ipsum replevit Ismahel filius Nathaniæ occisis.
10Then Ismahel carried away captive all the remnant of the people that were in Masphath: the king’s daughters, and all the people that remained in Masphath: whom Nabuzardan the general of the army had committed to Godolias the son of Ahicam. And Ismahel the son of Nathanias took them, and he departed, to go over to the children of Ammon.E fece prigioni tutti gli avanzi del popolo, che erano in Masphath, le figlie del re, e tutto il popolo, che era restato in Masphath, i quali da Nabuzardan capitano della milizia erano stati raccomandati a Godolia figliuolo di Ahicam. E Ismaele figliuolo di Nathania li prese, e se n'andò verso i figliuoli di Ammon.And Ismahel led away captiue al the remnant of the people, that were in Masphath: the kings daughters, and al the people, that remained in Masphath: whom Nabuzardan the prince of the warre had commended to Godolias the sonne of Ahicam. And Ismahel the sonne of Nathanias tooke them, and he went away, to passe vnto the children of Ammon.Et captivas duxit Ismahel omnes reliquias populi qui erant in Masphath, filias regis, et universum populum qui remanserat in Masphath, quos commendaverat Nabuzardan princeps militiæ, Godoliæ filio Ahicam: et cepit eos Ismahel filius Nathaniæ, et abiit ut transiret ad filios Ammon. 11But Johanan the son of Caree, and all the captains of the fighting men that were with him, heard of the evil that Ismahel the son of Nathanias had done.Ma Johanan figliuolo di Caree, e tutti i capi delle milizie, che eran con esso, ebbero avviso di tutto il male fatto da Ismaele figliuolo di Nathania.But Iohanan the sonne of Caree, & al the princes of the men of warre, that were with him, heard al the euil that Ismahel the sonne of Nathanias had done.Audivit autem Johanan filius Caree, et omnes principes bellatorum qui erant cum eo, omne malum quod fecerat Ismahel filius Nathaniæ, 12And taking all the men, they went out to fight against Ismahel the son of Nathanias, and they found him by the great waters that are in Gabaon.E raunata tutta la loro gente, andarono per combattere contro Ismaele figliuolo di Nathania, e lo incontrarono presso la peschiera di Gabaon.And taking al the men, they went forth to make battel against Ismahel the sonne of Nathanias, and they found him at the manie waters, that are in Gabaon.et assumptis universis viris, profecti sunt ut bellarent adversum Ismahel filium Nathaniæ: et invenerunt eum ad aquas multas quæ sunt in Gabaon. 13And when all the people that were with Ismahel, had seen Johanan the son of Caree, and all the captains of the fighting men that were with him, they rejoiced.E quando il popolo, che era con Ismaele, ebbe veduto Johanan figliuolo di Caree, e tutti i capi delle milizie, che venivan con lui, si rallegrarono tutti.And when al the people that was with Ismahel, had seene Iohanan the sonne of Caree, and al the princes of the men of warre, that were with him, they reioyced.Cumque vidisset omnis populus qui erat cum Ismahel Johanan filium Caree, et universos principes bellatorum qui erant cum eo, lætati sunt:
14And all the people whom Ismahel had taken, went back to Masphath: and they returned and went to Johanan the son of Caree.E tutta la gente, che era stata fatta prigione da Ismaele, se ne tornò a Masphath, e si diede a seguitare Johanan figliuolo di Caree.And al the people, whom Ismael had taken, returned into Masphath: and returning they went to Iohanan the sonne of Caree.et reversus est omnis populus quem ceperat Ismahel, in Masphath, reversusque abiit ad Johanan filium Caree. 15But Ismahel the son of Nathanias fled with eight men, from the face of Johanan, and went to the children of Ammon.Ma Ismaele figliuolo da Nathania fuggi con otto persone l'incontro di Jonanan, e se n'andò tra' figliuoli di Ammon.But Ismahel the sonne of Nathanias fled with eight men, from the face of Iohanan, and went to the children of Ammon.Ismahel autem filius Nathaniæ fugit cum octo viris a facie Johanan, et abiit ad filios Ammon. 16Then Johanan the son of Caree, and all the captains of the soldiers that were with him, took all the remnant of the people whom they had recovered from Ismahel the son of Nathanias, from Masphath, after that he had slain Godolias the son of Ahicam: valiant men for war, and the women, and the children, and the eunuchs whom he had brought back from Gabaon.Johanan adunque figliuolo di Caree, con tutti i capi delle milizie, che eran con lui, prese a Masphath tutti gli avanzi della plebe, che egli avea ritolti ad Ismaele figliuolo di Nathania, dopo che questi ebbe ucciso Godolia figliuolo di Ahicam: e prese gli uomini buoni per la guerra, e le donne, e i fanciulli, e gli eunuchi, che avea ricondotti da Gabaon,Iohanan therefore the sonne of Caree, and al the princes of the men of warre, that were with him, tooke al the remnant of the common people, which they had brought back from Ismahel the sonne of Nathanias out of Masphath, after that he had strooke Godolias the sonne of Ahicam: strong men for battel, and wemen, and children, & eunuches, which he had brought back from Gabaon.Tulit ergo Johanan filius Caree, et omnes principes bellatorum qui erant cum eo, universas reliquias vulgi quas reduxerat ab Ismahel filio Nathaniæ de Masphath, postquam percussit Godoliam filium Ahicam: fortes viros ad prælium, et mulieres, et pueros, et eunuchos, quos reduxerat de Gabaon. 17And they departed, and sat as sojourners in Chamaam, which is near Bethlehem: in order to go forward, and enter into Egypt,E se n'andarono, e si posarono di passaggio in Chamaam, che è vicino a Bethlehem, per andar innanzi, ed entrar nell'Egitto,And they went, and sate seiourning in Chamaam, which is beside Bethlehem: that they might goe forward, and enter into AegyptEt abierunt, et sederunt peregrinantes in Chamaam, quæ est juxta Bethlehem, ut pergerent, et introirent Ægyptum, 18From the face of the Chaldeans: for they were afraid of them, because Ismahel the son of Nathanias had slain Godolias the son of Ahicam, whom the king of Babylon had made governor in the land of Juda.Fuggendo i Caldei; imperocché avean paura di essi, per avere Ismaele figliuolo di Nathania ucciso Godolia figliuolo di Ahicam, posto dal re di Babilonia al governo della terra di Giuda.from the face of the Chaldees: for they feared them, because Ismahel the sonne of Nathanias had strooken Godolias the sonne of Ahicam, whom the king of Babylon had made ruler in the land of Iuda.a facie Chaldæorum: timebant enim eos, quia percusserat Ismahel filius Nathaniæ Godoliam filium Ahicam, quem præposuerat rex Babylonis in terra Juda.
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Year of the World 3417, Year before Christ 587.
Josephus
Godolias had given a supper to the traitors, and had drunk plentifully. They set upon him while he and the people were retired to rest. (Josephus, Antiquities 10:11.)
Calmet
This happened two months after the burning of Jerusalem, Jeremias 29:2. Nabuchodonosor soon after punished this perfidy of the Ammonites. (Calmet)
Haydock
Bread: feasted. (Haydock)
Worthington
Such tragedies are usually performed with the show of friendship. (Worthington)
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Calmet
Second, or next day. All had been slain in the night but some captives. (Calmet)
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Rent, as people mourning. Literally, "dirty." Hebrew and Septuagint, "cut." (Haydock) (Chap. 16:6., and Leviticus 19:28.)
Calmet
Lord, at Masphath, where people performed their devotions, as well as they could, Judges 20:1., and 1 Machabees 3:46.) Jeremias had probably ordered an altar to be erected, as Samuel had done, 1 Kings 7:6. (Calmet)
Tirinus
Others think that these people went thither for a priest, to offer what they had brought on the altar of Jerusalem, Baruch 1:10. (Tirinus)
Calmet
Masphath lay to the south. (Calmet)
Haydock
It seems many of the people about Samaria were true believers, and even more affected at the destruction of the temple. (Haydock)
Haydock
Their city had been demolished by Salmanasar (Calmet) long before, and many fresh inhabitants introduced, who adhered to idols. (Haydock)
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Calmet
He. Septuagint, "they." Yet Hebrew intimates that Ismahel feigned tears. (Calmet)
Worthington
He did not weep sincerely. (Worthington)
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Haydock
Into. Literally, "slew them about the," etc. (Haydock)
Worthington
The pit was not full of water, but had been intended by Asa for a reservoir, (ver. 9., and 3 Kings 15:20.; Calmet) when he built Maspha. (Worthington)
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Chardin
Field. It was usual to cover them up carefully. (Chardin.)
Worthington
Avarice sometimes will set bounds to cruelty, when nothing else will. (Worthington)
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Haydock
King's; Sedecias, (Calmet) or some of his predecessors, as all the women were taken, (chap. 38:22, 23.) unless those had escaped before. (Haydock)
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Worthington
Johanan. He and the rest of the fugitives thus shewed that they were clea[][clear?]. (Worthington)
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Gabaon, famous for the battle of Abner, 2 Kings 2:13.
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Eight. He had brought ten, ver. 1.
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Eunuchs; officers of Sedecias, who had escaped, Jeremias 40:9.
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Haydock
As. Hebrew, "at the station or inn of Chamaam," the son of Berzellai. (Chaldean) Perhaps our Saviour was born in this (Calmet) "inn," (Eusebius, Dem. 7:4.) which was then deserted. (Haydock)
Calmet
Egypt. These poor wretches find no repose. (Calmet)
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Concordance 4. Reg. 25.
Such cruel tragedies are commonly atchiued by falshood & treacherie, pretending freindshipe, & intending mischief.
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Not sincerely weping, but hypocritically fearing to lament the destruction of the Temple, & Citie.
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Auarice tameth crueltie when nothing els can.
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It semeth that Asa made this lake when he built Maspha. 3. R•g. 15. v. 22.
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This Iohanan and his felowes rose vp against Ismahel, lest otherwise they might haue bene iudged to haue bene of the same conspiracie against Godolias, being fugitiues as Ismael was.
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8. We have treasures, — namely of grain, oil and honey in the field, which we will give to you, if you do not kill us.
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12. By the great waters. — The Chaldean, near the pool or cistern of Gibeon, of which II Kings II, 13. Morally, see here how true is that saying of Seneca in the Thebaid: God the founder of this world placed together, Hatred and kingdom. Thus kingdom hated and killed Gedaliah through Ishmael. And that same saying of his in the Agamemnon: Nor can kingdoms bear a partner, nor marriage torches know it. Josephus writes, book X of the Antiquities, XI, that Gedaliah was slain by Ishmael at the very banquet to which he had invited him, when he himself was already heavy with wine and the guests likewise. And he adds: "After killing these, aided by the cover of night, they ranged through the whole city with indiscriminate slaughter both of Jews and of Babylonian soldiers who were off guard and sleeping in various places." Furthermore, see in Ishmael here how cruel, blind and headlong is the lust for dominion. For he exposed himself and the whole people to slaughter by the Chaldeans. Truly St. Bernard in Psalm XC, sermon 6: "Ambition," he says, "is a subtle evil, a secret poison, a hidden plague, the artificer of deceit, the mother of hypocrisy, the parent of envy, the origin of vices, the fuel of crimes, the rust of virtues, the moth of holiness, the blinder of hearts, creating diseases from remedies, generating sickness from medicine."
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4. No one yet knowing. — He adds this to give the reason why the Shechem men dared to come after the slaying of Gedaliah: namely because on the day after the slaughter accomplished by night, and therefore the report not yet spread through the neighboring places, they came.
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5. Squalid, — מתנודדים mitgodedim, that is, cut, lacerated, or lacerating themselves with nails on face and hands. The Septuagint translates it, mourning; for in mourning they tore their garments and body, shaved beard and hair. And these eighty men were mourning because of the destruction of the city and temple. In the house of the Lord. — Although they had heard the city was burned when they left home, they had not yet heard about the temple being burned, but learned it on the way: hence mourning they shaved themselves. Thus Vatablus and R. Solomon. But since the temple was burned in the fifth month, and these came in the seventh month from a nearby place, namely from Shechem, I do not see how they did not hear of so famous an event. Therefore Christopher a Castro and Sanchez respond: Although they themselves had heard the temple was burned, nevertheless they wished to offer their gifts in that very place of the temple which God had chosen. Add, they did not know the temple was so completely consumed that the walls, altar and other parts did not remain safe; or, if they knew all was consumed, they believed the altar could be restored or could be restored by themselves. Maldonatus responds differently, namely that these eighty men did not come to Jerusalem, but to Mizpah, where they had heard the remnants of the Jews under Gedaliah had been gathered, and where an altar to the Lord had been erected, as is gathered to have been done formerly, I Kings cap. VII, verses 5 and 6. But the former opinion is more probable, both because the house of the Lord is properly called the temple, established in Jerusalem by the command of the Lord; and because these men came to mourn the destruction of the holy city and temple, lying as it were in its own grave. For this both the compassion of that place called them then; and the ancient religion of the place; and the novelty of so great a slaughter, which they desired to see and behold with their eyes. Thus the Jews after the destruction by Titus were accustomed to come to Jerusalem yearly to mourn the destruction of the city and temple on the very anniversary day of its destruction. Hear St. Jerome in cap. I of Zephaniah: "A crowd of wretched ones gathers (the Jews, as preceded), and with the Lord's gallows gleaming and radiating in resurrection, and from the Mount of Olives also the cross flashing with its standard, you would see the wretched people mourning the ruins of their temple, and yet not being pitiable. Still tears on their cheeks, and livid arms, and scattered hair, and the soldier demands payment, so that they may be allowed to weep more."
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6. Weeping, — feigning himself to weep on account of the same destruction of the city and temple, that he might impose upon them by a simulated appearance of piety. Tropologically, St. Gregory, I Moral. XXXVIII: "Ishmael weeping," he says, "is Satan, who, that he may prevail in destroying devout minds by striking, hides himself as it were under the veil of virtue: and while he simulates himself to be truly mourning with those who mourn, being admitted more securely to the innermost parts of the heart, he kills that which lies hidden within as virtue: who often promises to advance them to higher things, whence also he is said to have said: Come to Gedaliah, and while he promises greater things, he also takes away even the least. Whence also it was rightly said: When they came into the midst of the city, he slew them. The men therefore coming to offer gifts to God, he slew in the midst of the city; because minds devoted to divine works, unless they guard themselves with great circumspection, lose their life in the very journey while carrying the sacrifice of devotion, the enemy stealing them away." Come to Gedaliah, — to whom you are likewise about to go, that you may acknowledge him as leader of Israel, and therefore offer him gifts, I plainly suspect. Ishmael said this tempting them, that he might see whether it were true what he suspected of them. And when they assented and went to Gedaliah, having discovered it to be true, he slew them, because he saw them conspiring with Gedaliah, whom he grieved and envied to see set over him, as appears from verse 9.
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10. The king's daughters, — either of Joakim, or of Jeconiah, or rather of Zedekiah, whom he left as small children with the common people, and entrusted to Gedaliah; for he feared nothing from them. Tropologically, St. Gregory above: "Treasure in a field," he says, "is hope in penance, which because it is not seen, is as it were buried in the earth of the heart: whoever therefore had treasures in a field, were saved: because those who after the vice of their carelessness return to the laments of penance, neither are taken captive nor die."
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9. Because of Gedaliah. — In Hebrew, in the hand of Gedaliah, that is in the plague and striking of Gedaliah. Thus in Exodus IX, 3, it is said: "Behold my hand (that is my plague) shall be upon the fields." Or in the hand, that is whom Gedaliah had in hand. Our translator renders the sense excellently, saying: "Because of Gedaliah." For Ishmael killed not only Gedaliah, but also all his supporters. Because of Baasha. — That is against the incursions of Baasha and the Israelites, Asa took stones and wood, with which Baasha was fortifying himself at Ramah, and from these he fortified Geba and Mizpah, and made here a lake or well or cistern, that the inhabitants might have water, and thus be able to withstand the siege of Baasha and others. Thus Rabanus, Hugh, St. Thomas, Lyra. See III Kings XV, 17.
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10. The king's daughters, — either of Joakim, or of Jeconiah, or rather of Zedekiah, whom he left as small children with the common people, and entrusted to Gedaliah; for he feared nothing from them.
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12. At many waters. — The Chaldee, near the pool or pond of Gibeon, of which II Kings II, 13.
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16. From Mizpah, — that is whom Ishmael had led captive from Mizpah, these he brought back to Chamaam when he was put to flight from Gibeon.
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17. In Chamaam. — In Hebrew: In the place where Chamaam sojourned, that is in the place which David gave to Chamaam son of Barzillai, because he had followed him when he fled from Absalom, II Kings cap. XIX, 37. Thus the Chaldee, Vatablus, Pagninus. This place was near Bethlehem, as is said here. Whence also St. Jerome in the Places of Hebrew, places Chamaam as a village near Bethlehem.
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18. Because Ishmael had smitten. — For they feared the Chaldeans, lest, because they were fugitives, they be involved with Ishmael in the same cause and slaughter of Gedaliah. They therefore withdrew to Chamaam, that from there they might flee to neighboring Egypt, if the Chaldeans should come as avengers of the death of Gedaliah.
Machine translation from the Latin, not reviewed.
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Hic ponitur congregati populi disturbatio per nequitiam Ismahelis: et primo ponitur quorumdam fraudulenta occisio; secundo cadaverum intumulatio, ibi, lacus autem in quem projecerat Ismahel omnia cadavera virorum (...) ipse est quem fecit rex Asa; tertio aliorum violenta captivatio, ibi, et captivos duxit. Circa primum duo. Primo ponitur occisio ducis et familiarium; secundo occisio quorumdam peregrinorum, ibi, secundo autem die et cetera. Circa primum tria. Primo ponit simulatae pacis dolum: de semine regali, propter quod invidia movebatur adversus eum quem videbat Judaeis praepositum, se a regno excluso. Eccli. 6: est amicus socius mensae, et non permanebit in die necessitatis. Secundo ponit patratum ducis homicidium: surrexerunt, de mensa, decem viri, et percusserunt, aliis nihil tale suspicantibus. 2 Reg. 3: nequaquam ut mori solent ignavi mortuus es Abner.
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Tertio ponit occisionem familiarium: omnes quoque Judaeos qui erant cum Godolia (...) percussit. Eccli. 10: ab una scintilla augetur ignis, et ab uno doloso augetur sanguis.
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Hic ponit occisionem peregrinorum: et primo describit eorum conditionem quantum ad luctum, rasi barba, Thren. 1: sacerdotes ejus gementes. Baruch 4: adduxit mihi Deus luctum magnum, et cetera. Et quantum ad votum: munera, habebant, thus, quod in omni oblatione offerebatur. Levit. 2: in domo domini, idest in loco templi. Isa. 19: colent eum in hostiis, et muneribus, et vota vovebunt domino, et solvent. Secundo ponit occisionem, praemittens dolum in tristitiae simulatione: egressus et plorans, Eccli. 12: et si humiliatus vadat curvus, abjice animum tuum, et custodi te ab illo. Et in fraudulento consilio: cum autem occurrisset. Prover. 26: lingua fallax non amat veritatem, et os lubricum operatur ruinas.
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Et subjungit homicidium: qui cum venissent ad medium civitatis, interfecit eos Ismahel. Thren. 3: lapsa est in lacum vita mea, posuerunt lapidem super me. Oseae 4: sanguis sanguinem tetigit.
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Tertio ponit quorumdam liberationem, propter promissionem divitiarum quas se habere dicebant: decem autem viri, Prov. 13: redemptio animae viri divitiae multae: qui autem pauper est, increpationem non sustinet.
Hic ponit cadaverum intumulationem, Asa rex. 3 Reg. 16: dicitur, quod Asa fecit construi Gabaa Beniamin in Masphat, de his quae praeparaverat Baasa ad aedificandum contra ipsum Rama: et forte fecit in munitionem loci cisternam aliquam. Psal. 87: aestimatus sum cum descendentibus in lacum, factus sum sine adiutorio inter mortuos liber.
41:13
Hic ponit captivationem. Et primo ponitur remanentium captivatio, reliquias, quia quosdam interfecerat qui erant de Godoliae familia. Isa. 5: dilatavit Infernus animam suam, et aperuit os suum absque ullo termino. Secundo ponitur liberatio, praemittens liberantium praeparationem, audivit, Prov. 24: erue eos qui ducuntur ad mortem, et qui traduntur ad interitum liberare ne cesses. Et subjungit captivorum liberationem: cumque vidisset omnis populus qui erat cum Ismahel, Johanan (...) laetati sunt. Proverb. 11: in bonis justorum exaltabitur civitas, et in perditione impiorum erit laudatio.
41:15
Et subdit captivantis evasionem: Ismahel autem fugit cum octo, duobus interfectis. Isa. 33: vae qui praedaris, nonne et ipse praedaberis? Tertio ponit eorum timorem: et circa hoc duo.
41:16
Primo ponit timoris signum, scilicet propositum fugiendi: tulit ergo Johanan. Prov. 28: fugit impius, nemine persequente.
41:18
Secundo ponit timoris incitativum: timebant enim eos. Sap. 17: semper enim praesumit saeva, perturbata conscientia. Job 15: cum pax sit, ille semper insidias suspicatur.
41:1
Elisama (Heb. 'Elīlāmā' "God Hears")
6. The grandfather of Ishmael, the slayer of Gedaliah (Jer. 41:1; II Kings 25:25), was of royal stock; some identify him with E. no. 2.
On the return from the Exile, the approximately 50,000 repatriates, almost all of the tribe of Judah (whence the appellation "Jew," which only Jeremiah used, but as a simple synonym for "people of Israel" [Jer. 31:12] and in opposition to the Moabites [ibid. 40:11 f.], the Chaldeans [ibid. 38:19; 41:1], and the Egyptians [ibid. 44:1]), concentrated within a radius of about 20 km. around Jerusalem, with the exception of Lydda about 44 km. northwest of Jerusalem, Jericho and Senaah …
Maspha (Heb. Mīspāh "Watchtower")
… the northern tribes (1 Kings 15:22; 2 Chron. 16:6). After the destruction of Jerusalem, Gedaliah established his residence there in the name of the Babylonians (2 Kings 25:23-25), and several Jews came to live there, among them Jeremiah (Jer. 40:6-16; 41:1-16), who met their death and whose bodies were thrown into the pool built by Asa. Repopulated by Jews after the exile, M. assisted in the restoration of Jerusalem (Neh. 3:7, 15, 19).
Nathania (Hebrew: Netanyah and Netanyahu = «Gift of Yahweh»)
NATHANIA (Hebrew: Netanyah and Netanyahu = «Gift of Yahweh»). - Name of five Israelites. 1. Son of Elishama (Jer. 41:1) and father of Ishmael, the slayer of Gedaliah (II Kings 25:23, 25; Jer. 40:8, 14 ff.; 41:1-18); he was of the royal family, of the tribe of Judah. 2. Son of Shealtiel, one of the …
Rama (Heb. Hā-Rāmāh = "The Height")
… 4:5), north of Gibeah (Judg. 19:13; 1 Sam. 25:6), an outpost to the south of the Kingdom of Israel and fortified by King Baasha (1 Kings 15:17; 2 Chron. 15:1-6). After the fall of Jerusalem it became a collection center for prisoners deported to Babylon (Jer. 41:1). Repopulated after the exile by the Benjaminites (Ezra 2:26; Neh. 11:33), it was nothing but a parvus siculus in the time of St. Jerome (PL 25, 1354). The indication of Eusebius (Onom., …
41:2
Godolias (Hebrew Gédhaljâh[â] « Greatness of Jahweh »)
… fanatical nationalists, aided by the king of the Ammonites, hatched a conspiracy against G. Although warned in time, he refused to take rigorous precautions and therefore fell victim to the assassination carried out by a certain Ishmael, son of Nethaniah (Jer. 41:2; 2 Kings 25:25). Angelo Penna
41:4
Samaritans (Heb. Sōmērōnīm; Gr. Οἱ Σαμαρεῖται)
… who, crossing the country, destroyed the idolatrous images everywhere (II Chron. 36, 6, 7), and even more by the teaching of the Jewish priests; later, in fact, the Samaritans took care to make pilgrimage, for the feasts, to the temple of Jerusalem (Jer. 41, 4).
41:5
animals and other unbloody offerings (cf. Jer. 17, 26; 41, 5); at the beginning of the Christian era there is mention, in a chronological specification, of the "hour of incense" (Lk. 1, 10). The fragrance of incense suggests graceful images …
41:9
Baasa (Hebrew: Ba'āh, 'Bold' or 'Wicked')
… him. The prophet Jehu ben Hanani foretold to him the extermination of his line in punishment for his idolatry (I Kings 15:33-16:7). Fulfilled under his son Elah (v.), the punishment remained famous in biblical history (ibid. 21:22; II Kings 9:9; Jer. 41:9).
41:17
Kimhām (Hebrew Kimhām, Septuagint Chamari)
Another C. (Heb. Kémôhâm, Septuagint Γαβηρωχάλα, with many variants) occurs in Jer. 41:17 (Septuagint 48:17), a locality, according to the Vulgate, near Bethlehem, where the Jews halted who had decided to emigrate to Egypt after the murder of Gedaliah. …
41:46
A Levitical city (Josh. 21:17) of the tribe of Benjamin (Josh. 18:25), it was the scene of fierce fighting between the partisans of Saul and those of David (II Sam. 12:16) near the great pool - "the great waters of G." (Jer. 41:46) - still recognizable today, though covered over, south of the village amid olive groves. …
Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · Vulgata Clementina · original Douay-Rheims (Douay 1609-10), transcription by EEBO-TCP (CC0) · La Sacra Bibbia, tradotta dalla Volgata da Antonio Martini (1769-1781) (LaParola (laparola.net), Martini OSIS text, Public domain (LaParola's electronic edition marks it 'Dominio pubblico')). Public domain.