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Adventistische Schriften über: "Why did the king of the Ammonites have Gedaliah killed at that time, and what did he hope to gain from it?"
Answer
According to the commentary provided, Baalis, the king of the Ammonites, had Ishmael eliminate Gedaliah. However, the commentary does not say what goals Baalis himself pursued or what advantage he hoped to gain. It only explains that Ishmael himself apparently hoped to seize control of the government; as a member of the royal family, he may have considered himself entitled to it. Baalis’s motives should therefore not be equated with Ishmael’s.
Ishmael’s hopes and Baalis’s unknown goals
»Partly in the hope of seizing the government, which he may have sought on account of his descent, and partly at the instigation of Baalis, the king of the Ammonites—who undoubtedly had his own goals in doing so—Ishmael placed himself at the head of a band of conspirators.«
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