Then Ishmael carried away captive all the residue of the people that were in Mizpah, even the king`s daughters, and all the people that remained in Mizpah, whom Nebuzaradan the captain of the guard had committed to Gedaliah the son of Ahikam; Ishmael the son of Nethaniah carried them away captive, and departed to go over to the children of Ammon.
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Even the king’s daughters. —We find in Jeremiah 39:6 that the sons of Zedekiah were slain at Riblah. The daughters (the word was p…
John Calvin
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It is not known whether Ishmael had this design at the beginning, or whether, when he saw that he had no power to stand his ground, he took the cap…
John Gill
JohnGill
Then Ishmael carried away captive all the residue of the
people that [were] in Mizpah
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Matthew Henry
MatthewHenry
Those who hate the worshipers of God often put on the appearance of piety so that they may more easily hurt them. As death often meets people where…
Thomas Aquinas
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1. Here, he speaks of the taking of captives.
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The taking of those who remained is described: the remnant, b…
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