Jeremias — Chapter 40

OF 1EREMIE. 60: fonne of Nathanias arofe ,& the ten men,that were with him, and they ! ftrucke Godolias the fonne of Ahicam the fonne of Saphan with the fwerd,and flew him,whom the King of Babylon had made ruler ouer the land. 3, Alche Lewes alfo that were with Godolias in Mafphath,and the Chaldees that were found chere , and the men of warre did l{mahel ftrike. 4. And the fecond day sfrer he had killed Godolias, no man yet knowing it, 5. there came men from Sichem, and from Silo , and trom Samaria eightie men :their beard fhauen,and their garments rent, and ilfauoured:and they had guifts, and frankincenfe in their hand,to offer in the houfe of our Lord. 6. Ifmahel therfore the fonne of Nathanias going forthto meetthem out of Mafphath, went going(b) & weeping: and when he had metthem , hefaidtothem : Cometo Godolias the fonne of Ahicam. 7. Who when they were come to the middes of the citie, I{tnahel the fonne of Nathanias {lew them about the middes ofthe lake , he and the men that were with him. §, Butten men were found among them, that {aid to Ifmahel: Kilvs not: becaafe we haue treafures inthe field, of wheate , and barlie, and oile, andhonie, And (c) he ceafled , and flew northem withtheir brethren. 9. And the lake into the which I{mahel threw al the carcaffes of the men whom he ftruck for Godolias, is the fame (d) that King Afa made for Baafathe King of I{rael : the fame did I{mahel the fonne of Nathanias fil with them thar were flaine. 10, And Ifmael led away captiue al the remnant of the peo- ple that were in Mafphath :the Kings daughters, and al the people, that remained in Mafphath ; whom Nabuzardan the Prince of the warre had commended to Godolias the fonne of Ahicam, And Ifmahelthe fonne of Nathanias tooke them,& he went away, to paffe vnto the chil- cren of Ammon,11.(¢) But lohanan the fonne of Caree,& al the Princes ot the men of warre, that were with him, beard ai the euil that I{imahel the fonne of Nathanias had done, 12. And taking al the men,they wenr torthto mske battel againft Ifmahel the fonne of Nathanias, ard they found him at rhe manie waters, that are in Gabaon.13, And when al tne people that was with Ifmahcel, had feen lohanan the fonne of Caree, & al the Princes ofthe men of warre, that were with him , they reiov- ced, 14. And al the people, whom J{mact had taken, returned into Ma phath : and returning they went to lohanan the fonne of Caree, 15, But i{mahel the fonne of Nathanias fled with eightmen, from the face of lohanan, and wenttothe children of Ammon. 16. Iohanan therefore the fonne ot Caree , and al the Princes of the men of warre , that were with him, tooke al the remmant of the common people, which they had brouzhtback fré Lfmahel the fonne of Nathanias out of Mafphath, atter that he nad {truck Godolias the fonne of Ahica : {trong men fer bartel, & women, & children, & eunuches, which he had brought back trom Gabaon.17. And they went, & fate feiourning in Chamaam, which is befide Bethlehem : that they might goe torward , & enter into Agypr

Not fin- cerely weep ing , but hypocriztically feyning to la- ment tne de- ftruétion of the \Temvle and Cite, ‘e, Auarice ta- meth crueltie when nothing els can, (d) At feemeth that Afa made ithis lake when ‘he buile Maf- pha. 3. Reg. 15. iU, 22, ife> This Tona- inan and his ‘felowes rofe ivp againft If. Imahel , left otherw ifc they might haue been iudged to haue been of the fame con- fpiracie a= eainft Godo- lias, being fu mael was, “a)This con. Pfultation was pioufly begun, leeking to Knox Gods wilby hi, Pros pher: but the Fame pecple erred grie- uoully in not: Fo! owns his direction sashe. torefaw they would not, v. 21, And ne fur- ther recordeth tha: they re- dellioufly op. vofed againg lfrim, 01.42 Uet. i es Whether it ifeeme to bring ie ‘ofper Itte oO: js rice, i _ ? q hecho 602 THE PROPHECIE the fonne of Nathanias had ftrucken Godolias the fonne of Ahicam, + whom the King of Babylon had made ruler in the land of Iuda,