← Jeremiah | ← Ch 40 | Ch 42 →
Introduction
Overview
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.
the seventh month . 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 , Zechariah 8 . 19 , Jeremiah 39 . 2 , Jeremiah 52 . 6. 2 Kings 25 . 3 , 2 Kings 25 . 8 , 2 Kings 25 . 25. Zechariah 7 . 5 , Zechariah 8 . 19.
Ishmael . Jeremiah 40 . 6 , Jeremiah 40 . 8
Elishama . Jeremiah 36 . 12 , Jeremiah 36 . 20
of the . Proverbs 13 . 10 , Proverbs 27 . 4 , James 4 . 1-3
seed . 2 Kings 11 . 1 , 2 Chronicles 22 . 10 , Ezekiel 17 . 13
they did . Jeremiah 40 . 14-16 , 2 Samuel 3 . 27 , 2 Samuel 20 . 9 , 2 Samuel 20 . 10 , Psalm 41 . 9 , Psalm 109 . 5 , Proverbs 26 . 23-26 , Daniel 11 . 26 , Daniel 11 . 27 , Luke 22 . 47 , Luke 22 . 48 , John 13 . 18
Reciprocal . Jeremiah 36 . 14 . Nethaniah Jeremiah 39 . 14 . committed Lamentations 5 . 9 . General Ezekiel 5 . 4 . take Ezekiel 36 . 3 . they have made Daniel 1 . 3 . General
and smote . 2 Kings 25 . 25
whom . Jeremiah 40 . 7
Reciprocal . 2 Samuel 3 . 27 . quietly 2 Kings 22 . 9 . Shaphan 2 Kings 25 . 22 . Gedaliah Nehemiah 6 . 2 . they thought Isaiah 24 . 2 . as with the people Jeremiah 36 . 14 . Nethaniah Jeremiah 40 . 5 . Go back Jeremiah 40 . 14 . Ishmael Jeremiah 40 . 16 . Thou shalt Jeremiah 41 . 11 . Johanan Jeremiah 41 . 15 . eight men Jeremiah 41 . 18 . because
Jeremiah 41 . 11 , Jeremiah 41 . 12 , 2 Kings 25 . 25 , Ecclesiastes 9 . 18 , Lamentations 1 . 2
Reciprocal . Joshua 11 . 3 . land
after . 1 Samuel 27 . 11 , Psalm 52 . 1 , Psalm 52 . 2
came . 2 Kings 10 . 13 , 2 Kings 10 . 14
Shechem . Genesis 33 . 18 , Genesis 34 . 2 , Joshua 24 . 32 , Judges 9 . 1 , 1 Kings 12 . 1 , 1 Kings 12 . 25
Shiloh . Jeremiah 7 . 12 , Jeremiah 7 . 14 , Joshua 18 . 1
Samaria . 1 Kings 16 . 24 , 1 Kings 16 . 29
their beards . 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. Leviticus 19 . 27 , Leviticus 19 . 28 , Deuteronomy 14 . 1 , 2 Samuel 10 . 4 , Isaiah 15 . 2
to the . 1 Samuel 1 . 7 , 2 Kings 25 . 9 , Psalm 102 . 14
Reciprocal . 2 Samuel 19 . 24 . dressed his feet 1 Chronicles 19 . 4 . shaved them Psalm 66 . 15 . with the Jeremiah 16 . 6 . nor cut Jeremiah 47 . 5 . how Jeremiah 48 . 37 . every head Matthew 2 . 8 . that
weeping . etc. Heb. in going and weeping , Jeremiah 50 . 4 , 2 Samuel 1 . 2-16 , 2 Samuel 3 . 16 , Proverbs 26 . 23-26
Reciprocal . 2 Samuel 3 . 27 . quietly 2 Samuel 13 . 24 . let the king
slew . 1 Kings 15 . 28 , 1 Kings 15 . 29 , 1 Kings 16 . 10-12 , 2 Kings 11 . 1 , 2 Kings 11 . 2 , 2 Kings 15 . 25 , Psalm 55 . 23 , Proverbs 1 . 16 , Isaiah 59 . 7 , Ezekiel 22 . 27 , Ezekiel 33 . 24-26 , Romans 3 . 15
Reciprocal . 2 Samuel 3 . 27 . quietly 2 Samuel 13 . 24 . let the king Isaiah 14 . 19 . go Jeremiah 41 . 11 . Johanan
Slay . Job 2 . 4 , Psalm 49 . 6-8 , Proverbs 13 . 8 , Matthew 6 . 25 , Matthew 16 . 26 , Mark 8 . 36 , Mark 8 . 37 , Philippians 3 . 7-9
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.
Reciprocal . Genesis 37 . 26 . What profit 2 Kings 7 . 8 . hid it 1 Chronicles 27 . 25 . the storehouses Proverbs 21 . 20 . oil
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.
because of Gedaliah . or , near Gedaliah , Heb. by the hand , or the side of Gedaliah. was it. Joshua 10 . 16-18 , Judges 6 . 2 , 1 Samuel 13 . 6 , 1 Samuel 14 . 11 , 1 Samuel 14 . 22 , 1 Samuel 24 . 3 , 2 Samuel 17 . 9 , Hebrews 11 . 38
for fear . 1 Kings 15 . 17-22 , 2 Chronicles 16 . 1-10
Reciprocal . Isaiah 14 . 19 . go Ezekiel 33 . 27 . in the caves
all the . Jeremiah 40 . 11 , Jeremiah 40 . 12
even . Jeremiah 22 . 30 , Jeremiah 39 . 6 , Jeremiah 43 . 5-7 , Jeremiah 44 . 12-14
whom . Jeremiah 40 . 7
to the . Jeremiah 40 . 14 , Nehemiah 2 . 10 , Nehemiah 2 . 19 , Nehemiah 4 . 7 , Nehemiah 4 . 8 , Nehemiah 6 . 17 , Nehemiah 6 . 18 , Nehemiah 13 . 4-8
Reciprocal . Jeremiah 38 . 22 . all Jeremiah 38 . 23 . they shall Jeremiah 41 . 16 . even Jeremiah 43 . 6 . the king's
Johanan . Jeremiah 41 . 2 , Jeremiah 41 . 3 , Jeremiah 41 . 7 , Jeremiah 40 . 7 , Jeremiah 40 . 8 , Jeremiah 40 . 13-16 , Jeremiah 42 . 1 , Jeremiah 42 . 3 , Jeremiah 43 . 2-5
Reciprocal . Jeremiah 42 . 8 . Johanan
to fight . Genesis 14 . 14-16 , 1 Samuel 30 . 1-8 , 1 Samuel 30 . 18-20
the great . 2 Samuel 2 . 13
Reciprocal . Jeremiah 41 . 3 . General
that when . They appear to have been weary of the tyranny of Ishmael , and glad of an opportunity to abandon him.
Reciprocal . Joshua 11 . 3 . land
escaped . 1 Samuel 30 . 17 , 1 Kings 20 . 20 , Job 21 . 30 , Proverbs 28 . 17 , Ecclesiastes 8 . 11 , Ecclesiastes 8 . 12 , Acts 28 . 4
eight men . Jeremiah 41 . 2 , 2 Kings 25 . 25
Reciprocal . Jeremiah 43 . 5 . took
even . Jeremiah 41 . 10 , Jeremiah 42 . 8 , Jeremiah 43 . 4-7
Reciprocal . 2 Kings 25 . 26 . General Jeremiah 36 . 14 . Nethaniah Jeremiah 40 . 8 . Johanan Jeremiah 42 . 1 . all the Jeremiah 43 . 2 . Johanan Jeremiah 43 . 5 . took
Chimham . 2 Samuel 19 . 37 , 2 Samuel 19 . 38
to go . 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 42 . 14 , Jeremiah 42 . 19 , Jeremiah 43 . 7 , Isaiah 30 . 2 , Isaiah 30 . 3
for they . Jeremiah 42 . 11 , Jeremiah 42 . 16 , Jeremiah 43 . 2 , Jeremiah 43 . 3 , 2 Kings 25 . 25 , Isaiah 30 . 16 , Isaiah 30 . 17 , Isaiah 51 . 12 , Isaiah 51 . 13 , Isaiah 57 . 11 , Luke 12 . 4 , Luke 12 . 5
because . Jeremiah 41 . 2
whom . Jeremiah 40 . 5
Reciprocal . Jeremiah 36 . 14 . Nethaniah Lamentations 5 . 9 . General