Jeremiah 40:15
“Then Johanan the son of Kareah spake to Gedaliah in Mizpah secretly, saying, Let me go, I pray thee, and I will slay Ishmael the son of Nethaniah, and no man shall know it: wherefore should he slay thee, that all the Jews which are gathered unto thee should be scattered, and the remnant in Judah perish?”
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Gill's ExpositionBaptist theologian, 1697–1771
Then Johanan the son of Kareah spake to Gedaliah in Mizpah secretly,.... Partly that he might, as he thought, more…
Matthew HenryNonconformist minister, 1662–1714Jeremiah 40:7-16
We have in these verses,
I. A bright sky opening upon the remnant of the Jews that were left in their own land, and a…
Cambridge BibleAcademic commentary, 1882–1921
the remnant of Judah perish Johanan no doubt hoped to influence a high-minded man like Gedaliah by this argument that on…
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