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Jeremiah 41:9

in Jeremiah 41

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.

BSB

The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾

ASV

Now the pit wherein Ishmael cast all the dead bodies of the men whom he had slain, by the side of Gedaliah (the same was that which Asa the king had made for fear of Baasha king of Israel), Ishmael the son of Nethaniah filled it with them that were slain.

KJV

Now the pit wherein Ishmael had cast all the dead bodies of the men, whom he had slain because of Gedaliah, was it which Asa the king had made for fear of Baasha king of Israel: and Ishmael the son of Nethaniah filled it with them that were slain.

This verse in Jeremiah 41

Commentary

7 notes on this verse

A commentator

Adam Clarke

1762–1832

Commentary on the Bible · Written before 1832.

Now the pit - was it which Asa the king had made for fear of Baasha - See 1Ki 15:22. Asa made this cistern as a reservoir for water for the supply of the place; for he built and fortified Mizpah at the time that he was at war with Baasha, king of Israel.

This site's exposition

But ten of the men among them said to Ishmael

on Jeremiah 41:8-10

Ten of the men save their lives by telling of “hidden treasure in the field.” The cistern he fills with the dead is the one “King Asa had made for fear of Baasha king of Israel” (1 Kings 15:22). Ishmael takes the remnant captive and sets off for the Ammonites.

This site's exposition

a large one that King Asa had made

Asa built up Mizpah in war with Baasha of Israel, and Adam Clarke takes the cistern for a reservoir from that work (1 Kings 15:22). A defense against Israel becomes the grave of pilgrims from Israel's old lands. Matthew Henry notes they were thrown in together without graves.

The record, by era

The Puritans and the Awakening2 voices

A commentator

Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

He slew so many that he could not afford them each a grave, or would not do them so much honour, but threw them all promiscuously into one pit. Among these last that were doomed to the slaughter there were ten that obtained a pardon, by working, not on the compassion, but the covetousness, of those that had them at their mercy,
Now the pit wherein Ishmael had cast all the dead bodies,....

The Nineteenth Century2 voices

A commentator

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown

1802–1910

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)

proposed

because of Gedaliah--rather, "near Gedaliah," namely, those intercepted by Ishmael on their way from Samaria to Jerusalem and killed at Mizpah, where Gedaliah had lived.

quarantine:debris (2026-07-29) — starts-lowercase

Because of Gedaliah - By the side “of Gedaliah.” Ishmael now cast beside Gedaliah’s body those of the pilgrims.

The words behind it

28 Hebrew words

Every Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.

  • וְהַבּ֗וֹרand the cistern

    vehaborH953 →66 times

  • אֲשֶׁר֩where

    ʾasherH834 →5497 times

  • הִשְׁלִ֨יךְhe threw

    hishlikhH7993 →125 times

  • שָׁ֤םthere

    shamH8033 →834 times

  • יִשְׁמָעֵאל֙Ishmael

    yishmaelH3458 →48 times

  • אֵ֣ת׀<obj.>

    ʾetH853 →10935 times

  • כָּל־all

    kol-H3605 →5413 times

  • פִּגְרֵ֣י[the] corpses of

    pigreiH6297 →22 times

  • הָאֲנָשִׁ֗יםthe men

    haanashimH582 →566 times

  • אֲשֶׁ֤רwhom

    ʾasherH834 →5497 times

  • הִכָּה֙he had struck down

    hikahH5221 →499 times

  • בְּיַד־by [the] hand of

    beyad-H3027 →1618 times

  • גְּדַלְיָ֔הוּGedaliah

    gedalyahuH1436 →32 times

  • ה֗וּאit

    hu'H1931 →1879 times

  • אֲשֶׁ֤ר[was [the] one] which

    ʾasherH834 →5497 times

  • עָשָׂה֙he had made

    ʾasahH6213 →2628 times

  • הַמֶּ֣לֶךְthe king

    hamelekhH4428 →2525 times

  • אָסָ֔אAsa

    ʾasa'H609 →

  • מִפְּנֵ֖י<from> because of

    mipeneiH6440 →2123 times

  • בַּעְשָׁ֣אBaasha

    ba'sha'H1201 →

  • מֶֽלֶךְ־[the] king of

    melekh-H4428 →2525 times

  • יִשְׂרָאֵ֑לIsrael

    yisraelH3478 →2507 times

  • אֹת֗וֹ<obj.> it

    ʾotoH853 →10935 times

  • מִלֵּ֛אhe filled

    mile'H4390 →249 times

  • יִשְׁמָעֵ֥אלIshmael

    yishmaelH3458 →48 times

  • בֶּן־[the] son of

    ben-H1121 →4930 times

  • נְתַנְיָ֖הוּNethaniah

    netanyahuH5418 →20 times

  • חֲלָלִֽים׃[those] slain

    chalalimH2491 →94 times

A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.

The walk

8 stops

Each card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.

  • Through

    Judges 6:2

    and the hand of Midian prevailed against Israel. Because of the Midianites, the Israelites prepared shelters for themselves in the mountains, caves, and strongholds.

    it leads to

    • Hebrews 11:38

      The world was not worthy of them. They wandered in deserts and mountains, and hid in caves and holes in the ground.

      Reached by 2 separate paths from here.

    • 1 Samuel 13:6

      Seeing that they were in danger because their troops were hard-pressed, the men of Israel hid in caves and thickets, among the rocks, and in cellars and cisterns.

    • Leviticus 26:17

      And I will set My face against you, so that you will be defeated by your enemies. Those who hate you will rule over you, and you will flee when no one pursues you.

    • 1 Samuel 14:11

      So the two of them showed themselves to the outpost of the Philistines, who exclaimed, “Look, the Hebrews are coming out of the holes in which they were hiding!”

    • Revelation 6:15

      Then the kings of the earth, the nobles, the commanders, the rich, the mighty, and every slave and free man hid in the caves and among the rocks of the mountains.

  • Through

    1 Samuel 13:6

    Seeing that they were in danger because their troops were hard-pressed, the men of Israel hid in caves and thickets, among the rocks, and in cellars and cisterns.

    it leads to

    • Judges 6:2

      and the hand of Midian prevailed against Israel. Because of the Midianites, the Israelites prepared shelters for themselves in the mountains, caves, and strongholds.

    • 2 Samuel 24:14

      David answered Gad, “I am deeply distressed. Please, let us fall into the hand of the LORD, for His mercies are great; but do not let me fall into the hands of men.”

    • Judges 20:41

      Then the men of Israel turned back on them, and the men of Benjamin were terrified when they realized that disaster had come upon them.

About Jeremiah

Jeremiah Lamenting the Destruction of Jerusalem, Rembrandt, 1630. Public domain.
Jeremiah Lamenting the Destruction of Jerusalem, Rembrandt, 1630. Public domain.

This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; Albert Barnes, Notes on the Old Testament; Albert Barnes, Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869); Jamieson, Fausset & Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763) and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.