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Jeremiah 41:10

in Jeremiah 41

Then Ishmael took captive all the remnant of the people of Mizpah—the daughters of the king along with all the others who remained in Mizpah—over whom Nebuzaradan captain of the guard had appointed Gedaliah son of Ahikam. Ishmael son of Nethaniah took them captive and set off to cross over to the Ammonites.

BSB

The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾

ASV

Then Ishmael carried away captive all the residue of the people that were in Mizpah, even the king’s daughters, and all the people that remained in Mizpah, whom Nebuzaradan the captain of the guard had committed to Gedaliah the son of Ahikam; Ishmael the son of Nethaniah carried them away captive, and departed to go over to the children of Ammon.

KJV

Then Ishmael carried away captive all the residue of the people that were in Mizpah, even the king’s daughters, and all the people that remained in Mizpah, whom Nebuzar–adan the captain of the guard had committed to Gedaliah the son of Ahikam: and Ishmael the son of Nethaniah carried them away captive, and departed to go over to the Ammonites.

This verse in Jeremiah 41

Commentary

5 notes on this verse

A commentator

Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

This melancholy story is a warning to us never to be secure in this world. Worse may be yet to come when we think the worst is over; and that end of one trouble, which we fancy to be the end of all trouble, may prove to be the beginning of another, of a greater.

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

the daughters of the king

Ishmael takes the whole remnant of Mizpah toward Ammon, including daughters of the king, and Adam Clarke supposes he meant to sell them as slaves. Nebuzaradan had placed these people in Gedaliah's care. Matthew Henry warns that the end of one trouble can be the start of a greater.

The record, by era

The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice

Then Ishmael carried away captive all the residue of the people that were in Mizpah,....

The Nineteenth Century1 voice

A commentator

Adam Clarke

1762–1832

Commentary on the Bible · Written before 1832.

proposed

Carried away captive - He took all these that he might sell them for slaves among the Ammonites.

The words behind it

34 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.

  • וַיִּ֣שְׁבְּ׀and he took captive

    vaiyishbH7617 →47 times

  • יִ֠שְׁמָעֵאלIshmael

    yishmaelH3458 →48 times

  • אֶת־<obj.>

    ʾet-H853 →10935 times

  • כָּל־all

    kol-H3605 →5413 times

  • שְׁאֵרִ֨ית[the] rest of

    sheeritH7611 →66 times

  • הָעָ֜םthe people

    haamH5971 →1873 times

  • אֲשֶׁ֣רwhich

    ʾasherH834 →5497 times

  • בַּמִּצְפָּ֗ה[was] in <the> Mizpah

    bamitzpahH4709 →40 times

  • אֶת־<obj.>

    ʾet-H853 →10935 times

  • בְּנ֤וֹת[the] daughters of

    benotH1323 →588 times

  • הַמֶּ֙לֶךְ֙the king

    hamelekhH4428 →2525 times

  • וְאֶת־and <obj.>

    veetH853 →10935 times

  • כָּל־all

    kol-H3605 →5413 times

  • הָעָם֙the people

    haamH5971 →1873 times

  • הַנִּשְׁאָרִ֣יםwho remained

    hanisharimH7604 →133 times

  • בַּמִּצְפָּ֔הat <the> Mizpah

    bamitzpahH4709 →40 times

  • אֲשֶׁ֣רwhom

    ʾasherH834 →5497 times

  • הִפְקִ֗ידhe had appointed

    hifkidH6485 →303 times

  • נְבֽוּזַרְאֲדָן֙Nebuzaradan

    nevuzaradanH5018 →16 times

  • רַב־[the] chief of

    rav-H7227 →454 times

  • טַבָּחִ֔ים[the] bodyguards

    tabachimH2876 →32 times

  • אֶת־with

    ʾet-H854 →929 times

  • גְּדַלְיָ֖הוּGedaliah

    gedalyahuH1436 →32 times

  • בֶּן־[the] son of

    ben-H1121 →4930 times

  • אֲחִיקָ֑םAhikam

    ʾachikamH296 →20 times

  • וַיִּשְׁבֵּם֙and he took captive them

    vaiyishbemH7617 →47 times

  • יִשְׁמָעֵ֣אלIshmael

    yishmaelH3458 →48 times

  • בֶּן־[the] son of

    ben-H1121 →4930 times

  • נְתַנְיָ֔הNethaniah

    netanyahH5418 →20 times

  • וַיֵּ֕לֶךְand he went

    vaiyelekhH1980 →1546 times

  • לַעֲבֹ֖רto pass over

    laavorH5674 →556 times

  • אֶל־to

    ʾel-H413 →5510 times

  • בְּנֵ֥י[the] people of

    beneiH1121 →4930 times

  • עַמּֽוֹן׃ סAmmon

    amonH5983 →106 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

    Nehemiah 2:19

    But when Sanballat the Horonite, Tobiah the Ammonite official, and Geshem the Arab heard about this, they mocked us and ridiculed us, saying, “What is this you are doing? Are you rebelling against the…

    it leads to

    • Nehemiah 6:6

      that read: “It is reported among the nations—and Geshem agrees—that you and the Jews are plotting to revolt, and this is why you are building the wall. According to these reports, you are to…

    • Nehemiah 6:1–2

      When Sanballat, Tobiah, Geshem the Arab, and the rest of our enemies heard that I had rebuilt the wall and not a gap was left—though to that time I had not yet installed the…

    • Psalms 44:13–14

      You have made us a reproach to our neighbors, a mockery and derision to those around us.

  • Through

    Nehemiah 2:10

    But when Sanballat the Horonite and Tobiah the Ammonite official heard about this, they were deeply disturbed that someone had come to seek the well-being of the Israelites.

    it leads to

    • Nehemiah 4:7

      When Sanballat and Tobiah, together with the Arabs, Ammonites, and Ashdodites, heard that the repair to the walls of Jerusalem was progressing and that the gaps were being closed, they were furious,

    • Nehemiah 2:19

      But when Sanballat the Horonite, Tobiah the Ammonite official, and Geshem the Arab heard about this, they mocked us and ridiculed us, saying, “What is this you are doing? Are you rebelling against the…

    • Nehemiah 6:1

      When Sanballat, Tobiah, Geshem the Arab, and the rest of our enemies heard that I had rebuilt the wall and not a gap was left—though to that time I had not yet installed the…

    • Ezekiel 25:6–8

      For this is what the Lord GOD says: ‘Because you clapped your hands and stomped your feet and rejoiced over the land of Israel with a heart full of contempt,

  • Through

    Jeremiah 40:7

    When all the commanders and men of the armies in the field heard that the king of Babylon had appointed Gedaliah son of Ahikam over the land and that he had put him in…

    it leads to

    • Jeremiah 39:10

      But Nebuzaradan left behind in the land of Judah some of the poor people who had no property, and at that time he gave them vineyards and fields.

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; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763) and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.