Now when all the captains of the forces that were in the fields, even they and their men, heard that the king of Babylon had made Gedaliah the son of Ahikam governor in the land, and had committed unto him men, and women, and children, and of the poorest of the land, of them that were not carried away captive to Babylon;
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The men would be the old and infirm: the women those whose husbands and protectors had perished in the wars (for example, Jeremiah 41:10…

Now when all the captains of the forces. — A new section of the history begins, ending with the…

Gedaliah has been mentioned before. We have seen that the Prophet was once rescued from death through his kindness, for he intervened for him when …

Now when all the captains of the forces which [were] in the
fields
Not the captains …

Jeremiah had never in his prophecies spoken of any good days for the Jews, to come immediately after the captivity; yet Providence seemed to encour…

This pa age describes the a embly of the princes.
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Albert Barnes
AlbertBarnes