Then Ish'mael took captive all the rest of the people who were in Mizpah, the king's daughters and all the people who were left at Mizpah, whom Nebu'zarad'an, the captain of the guard, had committed to Gedali'ah the son of Ahi'kam. Ish'mael the son of Nethani'ah took them captive and set out to cross over to the Ammonites.
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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…

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…

Then Ishmael carried away captive all the residue of the
people that [were] in Mizpah
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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…

1. Here, he speaks of the taking of captives.
The taking of those who remained is described: the remnant, b…
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