Księga Jeremiasza 40:14

Biblia Gdańska

I rzekli do niego: Wieszże o tem, że Baalis, król synów Ammonowych, posłał Izmaela, syna Natanijaszowego, aby cię zabił? Ale im nie uwierzył Godolijasz, syn Ahikama.

Parallel Translations

Biblia Brzeska (1563)
I rzeki do niego: Wiedz, iż Baalis, król synów Ammonowych, posłał Izmaela, syna Naraniego, aby cię gardła zbawił. Ale Godoliasz, syn Achikamów nie chciał im wierzyć.

Nowe Przymierze Zaremba
Czy ty już wiesz - zaczęli - że Baalis, król Ammonu, posłał Ismaela, syna Netaniasza, aby cię zamordował? Lecz Gedaliasz, syn Achikama, nie uwierzył im.

Nowa Biblia Gdańska (2012)
oraz do niego powiedzieli: Czy ci wiadomo, że Baalia, król Ammonitów, wysłał Iszmaela, syna Nethanji, aby cię zamordował? Lecz Gedalja, syn Achikama, im nie uwierzył.

Biblia Tysiąclecia
I rzekli do niego: Wieszże o tem, że Baalis, król synów Ammonowych, posłał Izmaela, syna Natanijaszowego, aby cię zabił? Ale im nie uwierzył Godolijasz, syn Ahikama.

Uwspółcześniona Biblia Gdańska
I powiedzieli do niego: Czy wiesz o tym, że Baalis, król synów Ammona, posłał Izmaela, syna Netaniasza, aby cię zabić? Ale Gedaliasz, syn Achikama, nie uwierzył im.

Biblia Warszawska
I rzekli do niego: Czy wiesz już, że Baalis, król Ammonitów, posłał Ismaela, syna Netaniasza, aby cię zamordował? Lecz Gedaliasz, syn Achikama, nie uwierzył im.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

Ammonites: Jeremiah 25:21, Jeremiah 41:10, Jeremiah 49:1-6, 1 Samuel 11:1-3, 2 Samuel 10:1-6, Ezekiel 25:2-6, Amos 1:13-15

Ishmael: Jeremiah 40:8, Jeremiah 41:2, Jeremiah 41:10, Proverbs 26:23-26, Isaiah 26:10, Micah 7:5

slay thee: Heb. strike thee in soul

believed: 1 Corinthians 13:5-7

Reciprocal: 2 Chronicles 34:20 - Ahikam Proverbs 29:10 - but

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And said unto him, dost thou certainly know,.... Not that they thought he did know, or that the thing was so flagrant that he must know it; but that he might be assured of the truth of it, from the information they were now about to give him: or, "dost thou [not] in knowing know?" x it is most certainly true; and thou mayest depend upon it that it is real matter of fact:

that Baalis the king of the Ammonites hath sent Ishmael the son of Nethaniah to slay thee? very probably Ishmael, with the forces under him, fled to the king of the Ammonites upon the taking of Jerusalem; who, out of ill will to the Jews, always bore them by the Ammonites, envying their reestablishment under Gedaliah, and hoping to make a prey of them if their governor was removed, moved it to this young prince to dispatch him; and who might be forward enough to undertake it, being displeased that Gedaliah should be governor, which he might think was an office he had a better right to, being of the seed royal; and therefore readily agreed to be sent on this bloody errand, to take away the governor's life: or, "to smite [him] in the soul"; or "to smite his soul" y; that is, to give him a mortal blow, his death's wound, to separate soul and body:

but Gedaliah the son of Ahikam believed them not; being a good man, and knowing he had done nothing to disoblige him, could not believe a person of such birth and dignity would ever be guilty of such an action: very likely Ishmael had behaved in a very princely complaisant manner, and had expressed a great affection for the governor, and had been very familiar with him; and being of the seed royal, it is highly probable Gedaliah had shown a distinguished regard to him, which he might think was the reason of this charge being brought against him, out of envy to him; however, since it came from such a body of men, though he was not over credulous, yet he ought to have inquired into it, and provided for his own safety, and the public good, against the worst that might happen.

x הידע תדע "nonne cognoscendo cognosces", Pagninus, Montanus. y להכתך נפש "ut percutiat animam tuam", Munster; "te in anima", Pagninus; "secundum animam", Piscator; "ad percutiendum te (quoad) animam", Schmidt.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

It is difficult to say what object Baalis can have had in murdering Gedaliah. As an ally of Zedekiah Jeremiah 27:3, he may have had a spite against the family of Ahikam for opposing, as most probably they did at Jeremiah’s instigation, the league proposed Jeremiah 27:0. Ishmael’s motive was envy and spite at seeing a subject who had always opposed the war now invested with kingly power, in place of the royal family.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Jeremiah 40:14. But Gedaliah the son of Ahikam believed then not. — The account given of this man proves him to have been a person of uncommon greatness of soul. Conscious of his own integrity and benevolence, he took the portrait of others from his own mind; and therefore believed evil of no man, because he felt none towards any in his own breast. He may be reproached for being too credulous and confident: but any thing of this kind that may be justly charged against him serves only to show the greatness of his mind. A little soul is ever suspicious, and ready to believe the worst of every person and thing. A great mind acts always on the contrary.