Teks -- Jeremiah 41:9 (NET)

41:9 Now the cistern where Ishmael threw all the dead bodies of those he had killed was a large one that King Asa had constructed as part of his defenses against King Baasha of Israel. Ishmael son of Nethaniah filled it with dead bodies.

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JFB: Jer 41:9 - because of Gedaliah

Rather, "near Gedaliah," namely, those intercepted by Ishmael on their way from Samaria to Jerusalem and killed at Mizpah, where Gedaliah had lived. So 2Ch 17:15, "next"; Neh 3:2, Margin, literally, as here, "at his hand." "In the reign of Gedaliah" [CALVIN]. However, English Version gives a good sense: Ishmael's reason for killing them was because of his supposing them to be connected with Gedaliah.

Clarke: Jer 41:9 - Now the pit - was it which Asa the king had made for fear of Baasha

Now the pit - was it which Asa the king had made for fear of Baasha - See 1Ki 15:22. Asa made this cistern as a reservoir for water for the supply of the place; for he built and fortified Mizpah at the time that he was at war with Baasha, king of Israel.

Calvin: Jer 41:9 - NO PHRASE

The Prophet tells us by the way that the trench was made by King Asa, when he fortified the city against the attack of Baasha, as it is related in the sixteenth chapter of Second Chronicles. For Baasha, having collected an army, made an attack on the land of Judah and began to build the city, that he might thus keep the Jews as it were besieged, and make thence daily incursions, and where he might safely take his forces together with the spoils. Asa then hired the king of Syria, and induced him to break the treaty which the two kings of Syria and Israel had made with one another. Thus Baasha was forced to leave the work unfinished, and thence Asa is said to have carried away the gathered stones, that thereby the trench might be formed. There is indeed no mention of the trench; but we may conclude that it was then formed, in order that it might interpose between the enemy and the city. But it may seem strange that the trench was in the midst of the city, except perhaps that Asa built a fortress within the town, that if he was overcome by his enemy, he might take refuge there with his men of war, as we know that citadels are often built in the middle of cities as fortresses, as places of refuge. Asa then built this trench, that should the king of Israel take the city, he might not penetrate farther, but be kept back by the interposing trench. But only in things uncertain are conjectures to be allowed.

But the Prophet increases the indignity of the deed, when he says, that the trench was filled with the slain It was formed for a very different end and purpose, even that the king of Judah, when reduced to the greatest straits, might have the trench as a defense against the violence of his enemies, so that he might protect his kingdom and his subjects. But now the slain were cast into the trench, not the Syrians nor the Israelites, but Jews themselves and God’s pious worshipers. What then had been made for the public benefit of the people, was made by Ishmael a place for the slaughter of good men. And hence, as it has been said, the atrocity of the deed was more enhanced. It afterwards follows, —

TSK: Jer 41:9 - the pit // because of Gedaliah // for fear

the pit : This was probably a large reservoir for receiving rain water, which Asa had caused to be made in the midst of the city, in case of a siege.

because of Gedaliah : or, near Gedaliah, Heb. by the hand, or the side of Gedaliah. was it. Jos 10:16-18; Jdg 6:2; 1Sa 13:6, 1Sa 14:11, 1Sa 14:22, 1Sa 24:3; 2Sa 17:9; Heb 11:38

for fear : 1Ki 15:17-22; 2Ch 16:1-10

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Poole: Jer 41:9 - because of

The word which we translate

because of dyb signifieth in the hand of Gedaliah , which hath given critics a scope to vary in their notion of it, and to translate it, in the power of, by occasion of , &c. But the learned author of our English Annotations saith the sense of the place is plain enough; Jer 38:10 , we have the same term twice, where we have translated it with thee , so here it doubtless signifies those who were with Gedaliah under his power or charge. What pit this was is not so well agreed, that is, upon what occasion made; the text telleth us it was digged by Asa king of Judah, and that it was made for fear of Baasha the king of Israel; but whether it was to receive water, or to hinder Baasha’ s coming near some weak part of the city, we are not told, and it is but in vain to guess. We read, 1Ki 15:22 , of Asa’ s fortifying Mizpah with the stones of Ramah, but of this pit we read nothing.

Gill: Jer 41:9 - Now the pit wherein Ishmael had cast all the dead bodies // of the men whom he had slain because of Gedaliah // was that which Asa the king had made for fear of Baasha king of Israel // and Ishmael the son of Nethaniah filled it with them that were slain

Now the pit wherein Ishmael had cast all the dead bodies,.... Not only of those seventy men of Samaria, &c. but

of the men whom he had slain because of Gedaliah; because of their attachment to him: or, "by the hand of Gedaliah" ^k; not by him, as an instrument; unless, as Jarchi observes, because he rejected the advice of Johanan, and provided not for his safety, and his people, it was as if they were slain by him ^l; rather the sense is, that they were slain by the side of him, or in the, place where he was, or along with him ^m; see a like phrase in Jer 38:10; now both the one and the other were cast into one pit: and this

was that which Asa the king had made for fear of Baasha king of Israel; which was either a ditch that was cast up against the wall that went round the city; or a large pit or well in the midst of it, to hold water in it; and this was made by King Asa, either when he built and fortified Mizpah, 1Ki 15:22; or, as the Targum here, when Baasha king of Israel besieged it; which he made that he might be provided for with water during the siege; or to hide himself in it; or stop the enemy from proceeding any further, should he enter:

and Ishmael the son of Nethaniah filled it with them that were slain; which shows it rather to be a pit or well within the city than a ditch about it; since it was filled with the slain, with those that were slain with Gedaliah, and those seventy other persons; and by which he made the well useless to the inhabitants hereafter.