Jeremiah 41
Overview
41:1 Ishmael, treacherously killing Gedaliah and others, purposes with the residue to flee unto the Ammonites;
41:11 Johanan recovers the captives, and is minded to flee into Egypt. Verse 1 the seventh monthThis 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, 52:6. 2 Kings 25:3, 25:8, 25:25. Zechariah 7:5; 8:19.Ishmael Jeremiah 40:6, 40:8 Elishama 36:12, 36:20 of the Proverbs 13:10, 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, 20:9, 20:10; Psalm 41:9, 109:5; Proverbs 26:23-26; Daniel 11:26, 11:27; Luke 22:47, 22:48; John 13:18 Reciprocal Jeremiah 36:14 - Nethaniah; 39:14 - committed; Lamentations 5:9 - General; Ezekiel 5:4 - take; 36:3 - they have made; Daniel 1:3 - General Verse 2 and smote 2 Kings 25:25 whom Jeremiah 40:7 Reciprocal 2 Samuel 3:27 - quietly; 2 Kings 22:9 - Shaphan; 25:22 - Gedaliah; Nehemiah 6:2 - they thought; Isaiah 24:2 - as with the people; Jeremiah 36:14 - Nethaniah; 40:5 - Go back; 40:14 - Ishmael; 40:16 - Thou shalt; 41:11 - Johanan; 41:15 - eight men; 41:18 - because Verse 3 Jeremiah 41:11, 41:12; 2 Kings 25:25; Ecclesiastes 9:18; Lamentations 1:2 Reciprocal Joshua 11:3 - land Verse 4 after 1 Samuel 27:11; Psalm 52:1, 52:2
Verse 5 came 2 Kings 10:13, 10:14 Shechem Genesis 33:18, 34:2; Joshua 24:32; Judges 9:1; 1 Kings 12:1, 12:25 Shiloh Jeremiah 7:12, 7:14; Joshua 18:1 Samaria 1 Kings 16:24, 16:29 their beardsAll 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, 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; 47:5 - how; 48:37 - every head; Matthew 2:8 - that Verse 6 weepingetc. Heb. in going and weeping, Jeremiah 50:4; 2 Samuel 1:2-16, 3:16; Proverbs 26:23-26 Reciprocal 2 Samuel 3:27 - quietly; 13:24 - let the king Verse 7 slew 1 Kings 15:28, 15:29, 16:10-12; 2 Kings 11:1, 11:2, 15:25; Psalm 55:23; Proverbs 1:16; Isaiah 59:7; Ezekiel 22:27, 33:24-26; Romans 3:15 Reciprocal 2 Samuel 3:27 - quietly; 13:24 - let the king; Isaiah 14:19 - go; Jeremiah 41:11 - Johanan Verse 8 Slay Job 2:4; Psalm 49:6-8; Proverbs 13:8; Matthew 6:25, 16:26; Mark 8:36, 8:37; Philippians 3:7-9 treasuresThese "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 Verse 9 the pitThis 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 Gedaliahor, near Gedaliah, Heb. by the hand, or the side of Gedaliah. was it. Joshua 10:16-18; Judges 6:2; 1 Samuel 13:6, 14:11, 14:22, 24:3; 2 Samuel 17:9; Habakkuk 3:1 for fear 1 Kings 15:17-22; 2 Chronicles 16:1-10 Reciprocal Isaiah 14:19 - go; Ezekiel 33:27 - in the caves Verse 10 all the Jeremiah 40:11, 40:12 even 22:30, 39:6, 43:5-7, 44:12-14 whom 40:7 to the 40:14; Nehemiah 2:10, 2:19, 4:7, 4:8, 6:17, 6:18, 13:4-8 Reciprocal Jeremiah 38:22 - all; 38:23 - they shall; 41:16 - even; 43:6 - the king's Verse 11 Johanan Jeremiah 41:2, 41:3, 41:7, 40:7, 40:8, 40:13-16, 42:1, 42:3, 43:2-5 Reciprocal 42:8 - Johanan Verse 12 to fight Genesis 14:14-16; 1 Samuel 30:1-8, 30:18-20 the great 2 Samuel 2:13 Reciprocal Jeremiah 41:3 - General Verse 13 that whenThey appear to have been weary of the tyranny of Ishmael, and glad of an opportunity to abandon him.
Verse 14 Reciprocal Joshua 11:3 - land Verse 15 escaped 1 Samuel 30:17; 1 Kings 20:20; Job 21:30; Proverbs 28:17; Ecclesiastes 8:11, 8:12; Acts 28:4 eight men Jeremiah 41:2; 2 Kings 25:25 Reciprocal Jeremiah 43:5 - took Verse 16 even Jeremiah 41:10, 42:8, 43:4-7 Reciprocal 2 Kings 25:26 - General; Jeremiah 36:14 - Nethaniah; 40:8 - Johanan; 42:1 - all the; 43:2 - Johanan; 43:5 - took Verse 17 Chimham 2 Samuel 19:37, 19:38 to goAs 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, 42:19, 43:7; Isaiah 30:2, 30:3
Verse 18 for they Jeremiah 42:11, 42:16, 43:2, 43:3; 2 Kings 25:25; Isaiah 30:16, 30:17, 51:12, 51:13, 57:11; Luke 12:4, 12:5 because Jeremiah 41:2 whom 40:5 Reciprocal 36:14 - Nethaniah; Lamentations 5:9 - General