[891] The present, if accepted, could only be regarded, under the circumstances, as part of the necessity of life. It does not fall under the head of the presents often offered to prophets (1 Sam. ix. 7; 2 Kings iv. 42; Mic. iii. 5, 11; Amos vii. 12).
[892] Jer. xi. 19-21, xii. 6.
[893] Stanley, Lectures, ii. 515.
[894] So Grätz and Cheyne.
[895] Jer. xxxi. 15-17.
[896] Jer. xxvi. 24.
[897] Jer. xl. 12.
[898] Some identify it with Shaphat, a mile from Jerusalem.
[899] They are called sarî ("princes").
[900] There is no Elishama in the royal genealogy, except a son of David. Ishmael may have been the son or grandson of some Ammonite princess. An Elishama was scribe of Jehoiakim (Jer. xxxvi. 12).