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Jeremiah 41:1
英文原文
The seventh month - Gedaliah's government lasted less than two months.
Even - Rather, and. Ishmael was descended probably from Elishama the son of David 2 Samuel 5:16. Ten grandees each with his retinue would have aroused suspicion, but the smallness of Ishmael's following put Gedaliah completely off his guard.
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Jeremiah 41:5
这三座城都位于以法莲支派境内，也就是撒缦以色迁徙古他人定居的那一地区；虽然这些人割伤自己的举动(见 Jeremiah 16:6 注)令人起疑，但他们很可能是虔诚的以色列人：他们正要上耶路撒冷去，带着住棚节(当时正值节期)惯常献上的素祭，并为圣殿——而非那城——的被毁哀恸；在约西亚年间，我们也发现这支派的人曾为圣殿的修理捐输(2 Chronicles 34:9)。
英文原文
These three towns all lay in the tribe of Ephraim, and in the district planted by Salmaneser with Cuthites; but through the fact of these men having cut themselves (see Jeremiah 16:6 note), is suspicious, yet they were probably pious Israelites, going up to Jerusalem, carrying the meat offering usual at the feast of tabernacles, of which this was the season, and mourning over the destruction, not of the city, but of the temple, to the repairs of which we find the members of this tribe contributing in Josiah's time 2 Chronicles 34:9.
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Jeremiah 41:6
以实玛利的行径似乎出于恶毒的企图，要彻底破坏基大利的工作。
「哀哭」 - 他借这一诡计把他们诱入米斯巴。七十士译本作：「当他们……哀哭的时候」。
英文原文
Ishmael's conduct seems to have been dictated by the malicious desire utterly to frustrate Gedaliah's work.
Weeping - By this artifice he lured them into Mizpah. The Septuagint: "as they were ... weeping."
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Jeremiah 41:7
「坑」 - 即蓄水池，在 Jeremiah 41:9 中亦然。
英文原文
The pit - the cistern, and in Jeremiah 41:9.
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Jeremiah 41:8
「宝物」 - 隐藏的储存之物；以实玛利退回巴利斯那里去的时候，这些必大有价值。
英文原文
Treasures - Hidden stores; which would be of great value to Ishmael in his retreat back to Baalis.
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Jeremiah 41:9
「因基大利」 - 意即「在基大利旁边」。以实玛利如今把朝圣者的尸首抛在基大利尸身之旁。
英文原文
Because of Gedaliah - By the side "of Gedaliah." Ishmael now cast beside Gedaliah's body those of the pilgrims.
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Jeremiah 41:12
基遍至今仍有一处露天水池，还有一个由丰富天然泉源供水的巨大地下蓄水池。基遍在米斯巴以北约二英里。
英文原文
An open pool still exists at Gibeon, and a large subterranean reservoir fed by a copious natural spring. Gibeon is about two miles north of Mizpah.
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Jeremiah 41:17
「金罕的住处」 - 希伯来文本作 Geruth-Chemoham，此地无从稽考。马所拉学者读作 Geruth-Chimham，即富有的巴西莱之子金罕的客店或商队旅舍（旁注参照）。这一替换读法如今既无法证实，也无法证伪，但可能是正确的。
英文原文
The habitation of Chimham - The Hebrew text has Geruth-Chemoham, of which place nothing is known. The Masoretes read: Geruth-Chimham, the Khan or Caravanserai of Chimham, son of the rich Barzillai (marginal reference). The substitution is incapable now of proof or disproof, but it is possibly right.
「七月间」 - 基大利的执政不足两个月。
「连」 - 宜作「和」。以实玛利很可能是大卫之子以利沙玛的后裔（2 Samuel 5:16）。若是十位显贵各自带着随从前来，必会引起猜疑；但以实玛利随行人数之少，使基大利完全放松了警惕。