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Jeremiah 41:3

in Jeremiah 41

Ishmael also killed all the Jews who were with Gedaliah at Mizpah, as well as the Chaldean soldiers who were there.

BSB

The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾

ASV

Ishmael also slew all the Jews that were with him, to wit, with Gedaliah, at Mizpah, and the Chaldeans that were found there, the men of war.

KJV

Ishmael also slew all the Jews that were with him, even with Gedaliah, at Mizpah, and the Chaldeans that were found there, and the men of war.

This verse in Jeremiah 41

Commentary

6 notes on this verse

A commentator

John Calvin

1509–1564

Commentaries (1554)

Now Ishmael had sworn, as we have seen, that he would be faithful to Gedaliah. He was again received by him, and was treated hospitably; and from his table he rose up to slay the innocent man, who was his friend, and had acted towards him, as it has been stated, the part of a father.

This site's exposition

in the seventh month

on Jeremiah 41:1-3

In the seventh month Ishmael, “a member of the royal family,” comes with ten men to Gedaliah, and “they ate a meal together there.” After the meal they strike Gedaliah down, with the Jews and the Chaldean soldiers. Keil notes the part of Baalis king of Ammon named in 40:14.

This site's exposition

as well as the Chaldean soldiers who were there

Ishmael kills Gedaliah's attendants and the Babylonian soldiers with him. John Calvin stresses that Ishmael had sworn to be faithful to Gedaliah and was received at his table as by a father. Matthew Henry notes how quietly it was done, so that the people in the fields knew nothing.

The record, by era

The Puritans and the Awakening2 voices

A commentator

Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

As if enough of the blood of Israelites had not been shed by the Chaldeans, their own princes here mingle it with the blood of the Chaldeans. The vine-dressers and the husbandmen were busy in the fields, and knew nothing of this bloody massacre; so artfully was it carried on and concealed.
Ishmael also slew all the Jews that were with him, even with Gedaliah, at Mizpah,.... Not only those that were at table, but that were in the city also.

The Nineteenth Century1 voice

A commentator

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown

1802–1910

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)

proposed

slew all the Jews--namely, the attendants and ministers of Gedaliah; or, the military alone, about his person; translate, "even (not 'and,' as English Version) the men of war." The main portion of the people with Gedaliah, including Jeremiah, Ishmael carried away captive (Jer 41:10, 16).

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The words behind it

19 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.

  • וְאֵ֣תand <obj.>

    veetH853 →10935 times

  • כָּל־all

    kol-H3605 →5413 times

  • הַיְּהוּדִ֗יםthe Jews

    haiyehudimH3064 →75 times

  • אֲשֶׁר־who

    ʾasher-H834 →5497 times

  • הָי֨וּthey were

    hayuH1961 →3559 times

  • אִתּ֤וֹwith him

    ʾitoH854 →929 times

  • אֶת־with

    ʾet-H854 →929 times

  • גְּדַלְיָ֙הוּ֙Gedaliah

    gedalyahuH1436 →32 times

  • בַּמִּצְפָּ֔הat <the> Mizpah

    bamitzpahH4709 →40 times

  • וְאֶת־and <obj.>

    veetH853 →10935 times

  • הַכַּשְׂדִּ֖יםthe Chaldeans

    hakasdimH3778 →80 times

  • אֲשֶׁ֣רwho

    ʾasherH834 →5497 times

  • נִמְצְאוּ־they were found

    nimtzeu-H4672 →455 times

  • שָׁ֑םthere

    shamH8033 →834 times

  • אֵ֚ת<obj.>

    ʾetH853 →10935 times

  • אַנְשֵׁ֣י[the] men of

    ʾansheiH582 →566 times

  • הַמִּלְחָמָ֔ה<the> war

    hamilchamahH4421 →320 times

  • הִכָּ֖הhe struck down

    hikahH5221 →499 times

  • יִשְׁמָעֵֽאל׃Ishmael

    yishmaelH3458 →48 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

    Ecclesiastes 9:18

    Wisdom is better than weapons of war, but one sinner destroys much good.

    it leads to

    • Joshua 7:1

      The Israelites, however, acted unfaithfully regarding the things devoted to destruction. Achan son of Carmi, the son of Zabdi, the son of Zerah, of the tribe of Judah, took some of what was set…

    • Joshua 7:11–12

      Israel has sinned; they have transgressed My covenant that I commanded them, and they have taken some of what was devoted to destruction. Indeed, they have stolen and lied, and they have put these…

    • Joshua 7:5

      And the men of Ai struck down about thirty-six of them, chasing them from the gate as far as the quarries and striking them down on the slopes. So the hearts of the people…

    • 2 Timothy 4:3–4

      For the time will come when men will not tolerate sound doctrine, but with itching ears they will gather around themselves teachers to suit their own desires.

    • 2 Timothy 2:16–18

      But avoid irreverent, empty chatter, which will only lead to more ungodliness,

  • Through

    Lamentations 1:2

    She weeps aloud in the night, with tears upon her cheeks. Among all her lovers there is no one to comfort her. All her friends have betrayed her; they have become her enemies.

    it leads to

    • Psalms 6:6

      I am weary from groaning; all night I flood my bed with weeping and drench my couch with tears.

  • Through

    2 Kings 25:25

    In the seventh month, however, Ishmael son of Nethaniah, the son of Elishama, who was a member of the royal family, came with ten men and struck down and killed Gedaliah, along with the…

    it leads to

    • Zechariah 7:5

      “Ask all the people of the land and the priests, ‘When you fasted and mourned in the fifth and seventh months for these seventy years, was it really for Me that you fasted?

    • Zechariah 8:19

      “This is what the LORD of Hosts says: The fasts of the fourth, the fifth, the seventh, and the tenth months will become times of joy and gladness, cheerful feasts for the house of…

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 Carl Friedrich Keil, The Prophecies of Jeremiah; Jamieson, Fausset & Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible; John Calvin, Commentaries; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763) and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.