Jeremiah 41:1 - Forerunner Commentary

Jeremiah 41:1

Insurrection Against Gedaliah

1 Now it came to pass in the seventh month ^athat Ishmael the son of Nethaniah, the son of Elishama, of the royal family and of the officers of the king, came with ten men to Gedaliah the son of Ahikam, at ^bMizpah. And there they ate bread together in Mizpah.

2 Then Ishmael the son of Nethaniah, and the ten men who were with him, arose and ^astruck Gedaliah the son of ^bAhikam, the son of Shaphan, with the sword, and killed him whom the king of Babylon had made ^cgovernor over the land.

3 Ishmael also struck down all the Jews who were with him, that is, with Gedaliah at Mizpah, and the Chaldeans who were found there, the men of war.

4 And it happened, on the second day after he had killed Gedaliah, when as yet no one knew it,

5 that certain men came from Shechem, from Shiloh, and from Samaria, eighty men ^awith their beards shaved and their clothes torn, having cut themselves, with offerings and incense in their hand, to bring them to ^bthe house of the Lord.

6 Now Ishmael the son of Nethaniah went out from Mizpah to meet them, weeping as he went along; and it happened as he met them that he said to them, “Come to Gedaliah the son of Ahikam!”

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Definitions of words in Jeremiah 41:1:

Ahikam {Easton's Bible Dictionary}
Ahikam {Hitchcock's Bible Names}
Ahikam {International Standard Bible Encyclopedia}

Bread {Easton's Bible Dictionary}
Bread {International Standard Bible Encyclopedia}

Elishama {Easton's Bible Dictionary}
Elishama {Hitchcock's Bible Names}
Elishama {International Standard Bible Encyclopedia}

Family {International Standard Bible Encyclopedia}

Gedaliah {Easton's Bible Dictionary}
Gedaliah {Hitchcock's Bible Names}
Gedaliah {International Standard Bible Encyclopedia}

In {International Standard Bible Encyclopedia}

Month {Easton's Bible Dictionary}
Month {International Standard Bible Encyclopedia}

Nethaniah {Easton's Bible Dictionary}
Nethaniah {Hitchcock's Bible Names}
Nethaniah {International Standard Bible Encyclopedia}

Royal {International Standard Bible Encyclopedia}

Ten {International Standard Bible Encyclopedia}

Ishmael {Easton's Bible Dictionary}
Ishmael {Hitchcock's Bible Names}

King {Easton's Bible Dictionary}

Mizpah {Easton's Bible Dictionary}
Mizpah {Hitchcock's Bible Names}

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