Commentaries:
Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown
Baalis—named from the idol Baal, as was often the case in heathen names.
Ammonites—So it was to them that Ishmael went after murdering Gedaliah (Jeremiah 41:10).
slay—literally, "strike thee in the soul," that is, a deadly stroke.
Ishmael—Being of the royal seed of David (Jeremiah 41:1), he envied Gedaliah the presidency to which he thought himself entitled; therefore he leagued himself with the ancient heathen enemy of Judah.
believed . . . not—generous, but unwise unsuspiciousness (Ecclesiastes 9:16).
Other Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown entries containing Jeremiah 40:14:
Jeremiah 41:10
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