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and said to him, Do you know that Baalis the king of the children of Ammon has sent Ishmael the son of Nethaniah to take your life? But Gedaliah the son of Ahikam didn`t believe them.
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A Conspiracy of Envy
Commentators explain that the plot against Gedaliah was driven by political envy and revenge. Baalis, the Ammonite king, and Ishmael, a member of Judah's royal family, resented Gedaliah's appointment by Babylon. Their conspiracy highlights how human ambition and bitterness can fester and lead to destructive violence, even in the wake of a national catastrophe.
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Jeremiah
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18th Century
Presbyterian
It is difficult to say what motive Baalis could have had for murdering Gedaliah. As an ally of Zedekiah (Jeremiah 27:3), he may have ha…
19th Century
Anglican
Do you certainly know that Baalis ... —The king of the Ammonites so named appears from Jeremiah 27:3 to have been in alliance with…
16th Century
Protestant
A sad history is given here, from which we may conclude that God’s wrath against the people had not been appeased by the destruction of the city an…
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17th Century
Reformed Baptist
And said unto him, do you certainly know Not that they thought he did know, or that the thing was so flagrant that h…
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…
13th Century
Catholic
Here, the devising of plots is discussed:
The plot made collectively by the princes: know that Baalis, w…
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