Chapter 41

1
the seventh month This was the month Tisri answering to the new moon of September, the seventh of the sacred, but the first of the civil year; on the third day of which the Jews keep a fast, in commemoration of the death of Gedaliah, to which the prophet Zechariah refers, Zech 8:19; Jer 39:2, Jer 52:6. 2Kgs 25:3, 2Kgs 25:8, 2Kgs 25:25. Zech 7:5; Zech 8:19.

Ishmael Jer 40:6, Jer 40:8

Elishama Jer 36:12, Jer 36:20

of the Prov 13:10, Prov 27:4; Jas 4:1-3

seed 2Kgs 11:1; 2Chr 22:10; Ezek 17:13

they did Jer 40:14-16; 2Sam 3:27, 2Sam 20:9-10; Ps 41:9, Ps 109:5; Prov 26:23-26; Dan 11:26-27; Luke 22:47-48; John 13:18


2
and smote 2Kgs 25:25

whom Jer 40:7


3
Jer 41:11-12; 2Kgs 25:25; Eccl 9:18; Lam 1:2


4
after 1Sam 27:11; Ps 52:1-2


5
came 2Kgs 10:13-14

Shechem Gen 33:18, Gen 34:2; Josh 24:32; Judg 9:1; 1Kgs 12:1, 1Kgs 12:25

Shiloh Jer 7:12, Jer 7:14; Josh 18:1

Samaria 1Kgs 16:24, 1Kgs 16:29

their beards All these were signs of deep mourning; which, though forbidden on funeral occasions, were customary, and perhaps counted allowable, on seasons of public calamity, and this mourning was probably on account of the destruction of Jerusalem. Lev 19:27-28; Deut 14:1; 2Sam 10:4; Isa 15:2

to the 1Sam 1:7; 2Kgs 25:9; Ps 102:14


6
weeping etc. Heb. in going and weeping, Jer 50:4; 2Sam 1:2-16, 2Sam 3:16; Prov 26:23-26


7
slew 1Kgs 15:28-29, 1Kgs 16:10-12; 2Kgs 11:1-2, 2Kgs 15:25; Ps 55:23; Prov 1:16; Isa 59:7; Ezek 22:27, Ezek 33:24-26; Rom 3:15


8
Slay Job 2:4; Ps 49:6-8; Prov 13:8; Matt 6:25, Matt 16:26; Mark 8:36-37; Phil 3:7-9

treasures These "treasures hid in the field" were doubtless laid up in subterranean pits, similar to the mattamores in Barbary, in which, Dr. Shaw informs us, they deposit the grain when winnowed; two or three hundred of them being sometimes together, and the smallest holding four hundred bushels. The same mode of keeping corn prevails in Syria and the Holy Land.


9
the pit This was probably a large reservoir for receiving rain water, which Asa had caused to be made in the midst of the city, in case of a siege.

because of Gedaliah or, near Gedaliah, Heb. by the hand, or the side of Gedaliah. was it. Josh 10:16-18; Judg 6:2; 1Sam 13:6, 1Sam 14:11, 1Sam 14:22, 1Sam 24:3; 2Sam 17:9; Heb 11:38

for fear 1Kgs 15:17-22; 2Chr 16:1-10


10
all the Jer 40:11-12

even Jer 22:30, Jer 39:6, Jer 43:5-7, Jer 44:12-14

whom Jer 40:7

to the Jer 40:14; Neh 2:10, Neh 2:19, Neh 4:7-8, Neh 6:17-18, Neh 13:4-8


11
Johanan Jer 41:2-3, Jer 41:7, Jer 40:7-8, Jer 40:13-16, Jer 42:1, Jer 42:3, Jer 43:2-5


12
to fight Gen 14:14-16; 1Sam 30:1-8, 1Sam 30:18-20

the great 2Sam 2:13


13
that when They appear to have been weary of the tyranny of Ishmael, and glad of an opportunity to abandon him.


15
escaped 1Sam 30:17; 1Kgs 20:20; Job 21:30; Prov 28:17; Eccl 8:11-12; Acts 28:4

eight men Jer 41:2; 2Kgs 25:25


16
even Jer 41:10, Jer 42:8, Jer 43:4-7


17
Chimham 2Sam 19:37-38

to go As Johanan and the other princes had taken a decided part against Ishmael, they had no sufficient reason to fear that the Chaldeans would revenge on them the murder of Gedaliah; but perhaps Johanan was unwilling to be superseded in the command which he had rightly assumed, and so used his influence to induce the whole company to take refuge in Egypt; and their old attachment to the Egyptians rendered them more ready to concur in this ruinous measure. Jer 42:14, Jer 42:19, Jer 43:7; Isa 30:2-3


18
for they Jer 42:11, Jer 42:16, Jer 43:2-3; 2Kgs 25:25; Isa 30:16-17, Isa 51:12-13, Isa 57:11; Luke 12:4-5

because Jer 41:2

whom Jer 40:5


‎