Jeremiah 41:4
in Jeremiah 41On the second day after the murder of Gedaliah, when no one yet knew about it,
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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
And it came to pass the second day after he had slain Gedaliah, and no man knew it,
KJV
And it came to pass the second day after he had slain Gedaliah, and no man knew it,
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This verse in Jeremiah 41
Commentary
1 note on this verseThis site's exposition
the second day after he had slain Gedaliah
on Jeremiah 41:4-7
The day after the murder, before news has spread, eighty pilgrims arrive from the northern towns of Shechem, Shiloh and Samaria, mourning rites visible on their bodies, beards shaven and clothes rent and flesh cut, bringing offerings toward the ruined temple. Ishmael meets them weeping, a performance the commentators read as calculated grief, and lures them into the city where he slaughters most of them and casts the bodies into a pit. Gill notes that pilgrims from the north still traveling toward Jerusalem's site, temple burned or not, testify that devotion to the place survived even the fall of the old northern kingdom.
The words behind it
9 Hebrew wordsEvery 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.
| Hebrew | Sound | Meaning | Word study | In the Bible |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| וַיְהִ֛י | vayhi | and it was | H1961 → | 3559 times |
| בַּיּ֥וֹם | baiyom | on the day | H3117 → | 2304 times |
| הַשֵּׁנִ֖י | hasheni | <the> second | H8145 → | 156 times |
| לְהָמִ֣ית | lehamit | of killing | H4191 → | 839 times |
| אֶת־ | ʾet- | <obj.> | H853 → | 10935 times |
| גְּדַלְיָ֑הוּ | gedalyahu | Gedaliah | H1436 → | 32 times |
| וְאִ֖ישׁ | veish | and anyone | H376 → | 1663 times |
| לֹ֥א | lo' | not | H3808 → | 5168 times |
| יָדָֽע׃ | yada' | he knew | H3045 → | 945 times |
וַיְהִ֛יand it was
vayhiH1961 →3559 times
בַּיּ֥וֹםon the day
baiyomH3117 →2304 times
הַשֵּׁנִ֖י<the> second
hasheniH8145 →156 times
לְהָמִ֣יתof killing
lehamitH4191 →839 times
אֶת־<obj.>
ʾet-H853 →10935 times
גְּדַלְיָ֑הוּGedaliah
gedalyahuH1436 →32 times
וְאִ֖ישׁand anyone
veishH376 →1663 times
לֹ֥אnot
lo'H3808 →5168 times
יָדָֽע׃he knew
yada'H3045 →945 times
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
The walk
3 stopsEach 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
1 Samuel 27:11David did not leave a man or woman alive to be brought to Gath, for he said, “Otherwise they will report us, saying, ‘This is what David did.’” And this was David’s custom the…
it leads to
- Proverbs 29:25
The fear of man is a snare, but whoever trusts in the LORD is set securely on high.
- Proverbs 12:19
Truthful lips endure forever, but a lying tongue lasts only a moment.
- 1 Samuel 22:22
Then David said to Abiathar, “I knew that Doeg the Edomite was there that day, and that he was sure to tell Saul. I myself am responsible for the lives of everyone in your…
- Proverbs 29:25
About Jeremiah
This page draws on Carl Friedrich Keil, The Prophecies of Jeremiah and John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament.