41:1 Ishmael, treacherously killing Gedaliah and others, purposes with the residue to flee unto the Ammonites;
41:11 Johanan recovers the captives, and is minded to flee into Egypt. Verse 1the seventh monthThis 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, Zechariah 8:19; Jeremiah 39:2, 52:6. 2 Kings 25:3, 25:8, 25:25. Zechariah 7:5; 8:19.IshmaelJeremiah 40:6, 40:8 Elishama36:12, 36:20 of theProverbs 13:10, 27:4; James 4:1-3 seed2 Kings 11:1; 2 Chronicles 22:10; Ezekiel 17:13 they didJeremiah 40:14-16; 2 Samuel 3:27, 20:9, 20:10; Psalm 41:9, 109:5; Proverbs 26:23-26; Daniel 11:26, 11:27; Luke 22:47, 22:48; John 13:18ReciprocalJeremiah 36:14 - Nethaniah; 39:14 - committed; Lamentations 5:9 - General; Ezekiel 5:4 - take; 36:3 - they have made; Daniel 1:3 - General Verse 2and smote2 Kings 25:25 whomJeremiah 40:7Reciprocal2 Samuel 3:27 - quietly; 2 Kings 22:9 - Shaphan; 25:22 - Gedaliah; Nehemiah 6:2 - they thought; Isaiah 24:2 - as with the people; Jeremiah 36:14 - Nethaniah; 40:5 - Go back; 40:14 - Ishmael; 40:16 - Thou shalt; 41:11 - Johanan; 41:15 - eight men; 41:18 - because Verse 3Jeremiah 41:11, 41:12; 2 Kings 25:25; Ecclesiastes 9:18; Lamentations 1:2ReciprocalJoshua 11:3 - land Verse 4after1 Samuel 27:11; Psalm 52:1, 52:2

Verse 5came2 Kings 10:13, 10:14 ShechemGenesis 33:18, 34:2; Joshua 24:32; Judges 9:1; 1 Kings 12:1, 12:25 ShilohJeremiah 7:12, 7:14; Joshua 18:1 Samaria1 Kings 16:24, 16:29 their beardsAll 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. Leviticus 19:27, 19:28; Deuteronomy 14:1; 2 Samuel 10:4; Isaiah 15:2 to the1 Samuel 1:7; 2 Kings 25:9; Psalm 102:14Reciprocal2 Samuel 19:24 - dressed his feet; 1 Chronicles 19:4 - shaved them; Psalm 66:15 - with the; Jeremiah 16:6 - nor cut; 47:5 - how; 48:37 - every head; Matthew 2:8 - that Verse 6weepingetc. Heb. in going and weeping, Jeremiah 50:4; 2 Samuel 1:2-16, 3:16; Proverbs 26:23-26Reciprocal2 Samuel 3:27 - quietly; 13:24 - let the king Verse 7slew1 Kings 15:28, 15:29, 16:10-12; 2 Kings 11:1, 11:2, 15:25; Psalm 55:23; Proverbs 1:16; Isaiah 59:7; Ezekiel 22:27, 33:24-26; Romans 3:15Reciprocal2 Samuel 3:27 - quietly; 13:24 - let the king; Isaiah 14:19 - go; Jeremiah 41:11 - Johanan Verse 8SlayJob 2:4; Psalm 49:6-8; Proverbs 13:8; Matthew 6:25, 16:26; Mark 8:36, 8:37; Philippians 3:7-9 treasuresThese "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.ReciprocalGenesis 37:26 - What profit; 2 Kings 7:8 - hid it; 1 Chronicles 27:25 - the storehouses; Proverbs 21:20 - oil Verse 9the pitThis 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 Gedaliahor, near Gedaliah, Heb. by the hand, or the side of Gedaliah. was it. Joshua 10:16-18; Judges 6:2; 1 Samuel 13:6, 14:11, 14:22, 24:3; 2 Samuel 17:9; Habakkuk 3:1 for fear1 Kings 15:17-22; 2 Chronicles 16:1-10ReciprocalIsaiah 14:19 - go; Ezekiel 33:27 - in the caves Verse 10all theJeremiah 40:11, 40:12 even22:30, 39:6, 43:5-7, 44:12-14 whom40:7 to the40:14; Nehemiah 2:10, 2:19, 4:7, 4:8, 6:17, 6:18, 13:4-8ReciprocalJeremiah 38:22 - all; 38:23 - they shall; 41:16 - even; 43:6 - the king's Verse 11JohananJeremiah 41:2, 41:3, 41:7, 40:7, 40:8, 40:13-16, 42:1, 42:3, 43:2-5Reciprocal42:8 - Johanan Verse 12to fightGenesis 14:14-16; 1 Samuel 30:1-8, 30:18-20 the great2 Samuel 2:13ReciprocalJeremiah 41:3 - General Verse 13that whenThey appear to have been weary of the tyranny of Ishmael, and glad of an opportunity to abandon him.

Verse 14ReciprocalJoshua 11:3 - land Verse 15escaped1 Samuel 30:17; 1 Kings 20:20; Job 21:30; Proverbs 28:17; Ecclesiastes 8:11, 8:12; Acts 28:4 eight menJeremiah 41:2; 2 Kings 25:25ReciprocalJeremiah 43:5 - took Verse 16evenJeremiah 41:10, 42:8, 43:4-7Reciprocal2 Kings 25:26 - General; Jeremiah 36:14 - Nethaniah; 40:8 - Johanan; 42:1 - all the; 43:2 - Johanan; 43:5 - took Verse 17Chimham2 Samuel 19:37, 19:38 to goAs 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. Jeremiah 42:14, 42:19, 43:7; Isaiah 30:2, 30:3

Verse 18for theyJeremiah 42:11, 42:16, 43:2, 43:3; 2 Kings 25:25; Isaiah 30:16, 30:17, 51:12, 51:13, 57:11; Luke 12:4, 12:5 becauseJeremiah 41:2 whom40:5Reciprocal36:14 - Nethaniah; Lamentations 5:9 - General