Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Jeremiah 41

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Jeremiah 41 . 1 , Ishmael , treacherously killing Gedaliah and others , purposes with the residue to flee unto the Ammonites; Jeremiah 41 . 11 , Johanan recovers the captives , and is minded to flee into Egypt.

Jeremiah 41:1

In the seventh month, Ishmael son of Nethaniah, the son of Elishama, who was a member of the royal family and one of the king’s chief officers, came with ten men to Gedaliah son of Ahikam at Mizpah, and they ate a meal together there.

Jeremiah 41:1 · BSB

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This was the month Tisri answering to the new moon of September , the seventh of the sacred , but the first of the civil year; on the third day of which the Jews keep a fast , in commemoration of the death of Gedaliah , to which the prophet Zechariah refers

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Jeremiah 41:2

Then Ishmael son of Nethaniah and the ten men who were with him got up and struck down Gedaliah son of Ahikam, the son of Shaphan, with the sword, killing the one whom the king of Babylon had appointed to govern the land.

Jeremiah 41:2 · BSB

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Jeremiah 41:3

Ishmael also killed all the Jews who were with Gedaliah at Mizpah, as well as the Chaldean soldiers who were there.

Jeremiah 41:3 · BSB

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Jeremiah 41:4

On the second day after the murder of Gedaliah, when no one yet knew about it,

Jeremiah 41:4 · BSB

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Jeremiah 41:5

eighty men who had shaved off their beards, torn their garments, and cut themselves came from Shechem, Shiloh, and Samaria, carrying grain offerings and frankincense for the house of the LORD.

Jeremiah 41:5 · BSB

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All these were signs of deep mourning; which , though forbidden on funeral occasions , were customary , and perhaps counted allowable , on seasons of public calamity , and this mourning was probably on account of the destruction of Jerusalem

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Jeremiah 41:6

And Ishmael son of Nethaniah went out from Mizpah to meet them, weeping as he went. When Ishmael encountered the men, he said, “Come to Gedaliah son of Ahikam.”

Jeremiah 41:6 · BSB

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etc. Heb. in going and weeping

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Jeremiah 41:7

And when they came into the city, Ishmael son of Nethaniah and the men with him slaughtered them and threw them into a cistern.

Jeremiah 41:7 · BSB

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Jeremiah 41:8

But ten of the men among them said to Ishmael, “Do not kill us, for we have hidden treasure in the field—wheat, barley, oil, and honey!” So he refrained from killing them with the others.

Jeremiah 41:8 · BSB

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treasures These "treasures hid in the field" were doubtless laid up in subterranean pits , similar to the mattamores in Barbary , in which , Dr. Shaw informs us , they deposit the grain when winnowed; two or three hundred of them being sometimes together , and the smallest holding four hundred bushels. The same mode of keeping corn prevails in Syria and the Holy Land.

Jeremiah 41:9

Now the cistern into which Ishmael had thrown all the bodies of the men he had struck down along with Gedaliah was a large one that King Asa had made for fear of Baasha king of Israel. Ishmael son of Nethaniah filled it with the slain.

Jeremiah 41:9 · BSB

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or , near Gedaliah , Heb. by the hand , or the side of Gedaliah. was it

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the pit This was probably a large reservoir for receiving rain water , which Asa had caused to be made in the midst of the city , in case of a siege.

Jeremiah 41:10

Then Ishmael took captive all the remnant of the people of Mizpah—the daughters of the king along with all the others who remained in Mizpah—over whom Nebuzaradan captain of the guard had appointed Gedaliah son of Ahikam. Ishmael son of Nethaniah took them captive and set off to cross over to the Ammonites.

Jeremiah 41:10 · BSB

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Jeremiah 41:11

When Johanan son of Kareah and all the commanders of the armies with him heard of all the crimes that Ishmael son of Nethaniah had committed,

Jeremiah 41:11 · BSB

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Jeremiah 41:12

they took all their men and went to fight Ishmael son of Nethaniah. And they found him near the great pool in Gibeon.

Jeremiah 41:12 · BSB

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Jeremiah 41:13

When all the people with Ishmael saw Johanan son of Kareah and all the commanders of the army with him, they rejoiced,

Jeremiah 41:13 · BSB

that when They appear to have been weary of the tyranny of Ishmael , and glad of an opportunity to abandon him.

Jeremiah 41:14

and all the people whom Ishmael had taken captive at Mizpah turned and went over to Johanan son of Kareah.

Jeremiah 41:14 · BSB

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Jeremiah 41:15

But Ishmael son of Nethaniah and eight of his men escaped from Johanan and went to the Ammonites.

Jeremiah 41:15 · BSB

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Jeremiah 41:16

Then Johanan son of Kareah and all the commanders of the armies with him took the whole remnant of the people from Mizpah whom he had recovered from Ishmael son of Nethaniah after Ishmael had killed Gedaliah son of Ahikam: the soldiers, women, children, and court officials he had brought back from Gibeon.

Jeremiah 41:16 · BSB

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Jeremiah 41:17

And they went and stayed in Geruth Chimham, near Bethlehem, in order to proceed into Egypt

Jeremiah 41:17 · BSB

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As Johanan and the other princes had taken a decided part against Ishmael , they had no sufficient reason to fear that the Chaldeans would revenge on them the murder of Gedaliah; but perhaps Johanan was unwilling to be superseded in the command which he had rightly assumed , and so used his influence to induce the whole company to take refuge in Egypt; and their old attachment to the Egyptians rendered them more ready to concur in this ruinous measure

Jeremiah 41:18

to escape the Chaldeans. For they were afraid of the Chaldeans because Ishmael son of Nethaniah had struck down Gedaliah son of Ahikam, whom the king of Babylon had appointed over the land.

Jeremiah 41:18 · BSB

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