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Louis Segond
Jérémie 40:15
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Et Johanan fils de Karéah parla en secret à Guédalia à Mitspa, en disant : je m'en irai maintenant, et je frapperai Ismaël fils de Néthania, sans que personne le sache; pourquoi t'ôterait-il la vie, afin que tous les Juifs qui se sont rassemblés vers toi soient dissipés, et que les restes de Juda périssent?
Alors Jochanan, fils de Karéach, dit secrètement à Guédalia, à Mitspa: Laisse-moi aller et frapper Ismaël, fils de Néthania, sans que personne le sache. Pourquoi t'ôterait-il la vie? Pourquoi tous les Juifs qui se sont rassemblés vers toi, seraient-ils dispersés, et le reste de Juda périrait-il?
Et Jokhanan, fils de Karéakh, parla en secret à Guedalia, à Mitspa, disant: Que j'aille, je te prie, et je frapperai Ismaël, fils de Nethania, et personne ne le saura; pourquoi te frapperait-il à mort, et tous ceux de Juda qui se sont rassemblés vers toi seraient-ils dispersés, et le reste de Juda périrait-il?
Bible Verse Review
from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge
Let: 1 Samuel 24:4, 1 Samuel 26:8, Job 31:31
wherefore: Jeremiah 12:3, Jeremiah 12:4, 2 Samuel 18:3, 2 Samuel 21:17, Ezekiel 33:24-29, John 11:50
Reciprocal: 2 Kings 25:25 - Ishmael Isaiah 24:1 - scattereth Isaiah 33:15 - stoppeth
Gill's Notes on the Bible
Then Johanan the son of Kareah spake to Gedaliah in Mizpah secretly,.... Partly that he might, as he thought, more easily prevail upon him, and persuade him to believe the information given; and partly for the sake of the proposal he had to make to him, which it was not proper should be publicly made:
saying, let me go, I pray thee, and I will slay Ishmael the son of Nethaniah, and no man shall know [it]; that he had slain him, or that Gedaliah had given him leave to do it:
wherefore should he slay thee, that all the Jews that are gathered unto thee should be scattered, and the remnant in Judah perish? suggesting, that it was not barely his losing his own life, which is, and ought to be, precious to every man, and should be carefully preserved, but it would be a public loss; the people, being without a governor, would disperse here and there, fearing their own lives and property would not be safe under a murderer; and that the Chaldeans would be so incensed by such an action, as to come and revenge his death on them; and thus being scattered about, some one way, and some another, would be no more under any form of government as a body politic, and so perish as such, at least; and thus all their hopes, which began to revive, of their beings commonwealth again, would be lost: with this argument Johanan hoped to prevail on Gedaliah to give him leave to slay the conspirator.
