Wesley's Explanatory Notes
Jeremiah 41:5
There came men — Who possibly had not heard of the temple being burnt. Cut themselves — With all indications of mourning used in those countries.
There came men — Who possibly had not heard of the temple being burnt. Cut themselves — With all indications of mourning used in those countries.
Verse Jeremiah 41:5. _HAVING THEIR BEARDS SHAVEN_] All these were signs of deep mourning, probably on account of the destruction of the city....
These three towns all lay in the tribe of Ephraim, and in the district planted by Salmaneser with Cuthites; but through the fact of these men having cut themselves (see Jeremiah 16:6 note), is suspici...
III. AFTER THE FALL OF JERUSALEM (40-45) Chapter S 40-41 The Treachery in the Land and the Flight to Egypt _ 1. Jeremiah's choice (Jeremiah 40:1) _ 2. Gedaliah and Ishmael's deed (Jeremiah 40:7; J
ISHMAEL'S DEEDS AND FLIGHT. Eighty pilgrims from N. Israel to Jerusalem, mourning its fall, and carrying offerings (Jeremiah 17:26), were met by Ishmael and enticed into Mizpah. There he killed them a...
SHILOH. The last of five references to Shiloh in Jeremiah. Compare Jeremiah 7:12; Jeremiah 7:14; Jeremiah 26:6; Jeremiah 26:9. offeri
Jeremiah 41:4-18. Ishmael commits further massacres and carries off captives The section may be summarized as follows. (i) Jeremiah 41:4. The following day eighty pilgrims arrive. Ishmael goes weepi...
_from Shechem, from Shiloh, and from Samaria_ These three towns were in Ephraim, and thus the pilgrims were descendants of members of the Northern kingdom. Cp. the contributions given by Manassites, e...
HAVING THEIR BEARDS SHAVEN, &C.— These were tokens of great mourning, by which they expressed their grief for the destruction of their city and temple: such expressions of sorrow were forbidden to be...
3. _The massacre of the pilgrims_ (Jeremiah 41:4-9) TRANSLATION (4) And it came to pass on the day after the murder of Gedaliah, while no man yet knew of it, (5) eighty men from Shechem, Shiloh and S...
That there came certain from Shechem, from Shiloh, and from Samaria, even fourscore men, having their beards shaven, and their clothes rent, and having cut themselves, with offerings and incense in t...
PLOT AGAINST GEDALIAH AND ITS RESULTS (586 B.C.) 1-10. Ishmael murders Gedaliah and others, and carries off captives....
HAVING THEIR BEARDS SHAVEN, etc.] in mourning for the destruction of the Temple: see on Jeremiah 16:6....
THERE CAME CERTAIN FROM SHECHEM, FROM SHILOH, AND FROM SAMARIA. — The LXX. gives Salem instead of Shiloh, and this agrees better with the order of the names, Salem being a tower or fortress near Shech...
וַ יָּבֹ֣אוּ אֲ֠נָשִׁים מִ שְּׁכֶ֞ם מִ שִּׁלֹ
CHAPTER XIII GEDALIAH Jeremiah 39:1; Jeremiah 40:1; Jeremiah 41:1; Jeremiah 52:1 "Then arose Ishmael ben Nethani
Johanan's story proved to be true, and by the basest treachery Ishmael, with a handful of men, murdered Gedaliah and a number of others, and carried away the rest captive, intending to take them to th...
That there came men from Shechem, from Shiloh, and from Samaria, [even] eighty men, having their beards shaven, and their clothes torn, and having cut themselves, with (d) offerings and incense in the...
Rent, as people mourning. Literally, "dirty." Hebrew and Septuagint, "cut." (Haydock) (Chap. xvi. 6., and Leviticus xix. 28.) --- Lord, Masphath, were people performed their devotions, as well as they...
Was there ever a monster of iniquity further gone in the lust of human blood / than this Ishmael? The Prophet doth not fail to tell us that he was of the seed royal! Oh! how disgraceful, had he been o...
The Prophet skews here, that after Ishmael had polluted his hands, he made no end of his barbarity. And thus wicked men become hardened; for even if they dread at first to murder innocent men, when on...
THE FOLLOWING COMMENTARY COVERS CHAPTER S 39 THROUGH 44. After this, chapter 39 and the following Chapter s give us the history of the confusion and iniquity that reigned among the remnant who were no...
THAT THERE CAME CERTAIN FROM SHECHEM, FROM SHILOH, AND FROM SAMARIA,.... Places in the ten tribes, and which belonged to the kingdom of Israel; so that it seems even at this distance of time, though t...
That there came certain from Shechem, from Shiloh, and from Samaria, [even] fourscore men, having their beards shaven, and their clothes rent, and having cut themselves, with offerings and incense in...
_There came fourscore men, having their beards shaven_, &c. “These were tokens of great mourning, by which these persons expressed their grief for the destruction of Jerusalem and the temple. Such exp...
ISHMAEL SLAYS GEDALIAH...
that there came certain from Shechem, from Shiloh, and from Samaria, three cities farther north in the province, EVEN FOURSCORE MEN, HAVING THEIR BEARDS SHAVEN, as a sign of deep mourning, AND THEIR C...
1-10 Those who hate the worshippers of God, often put on the appearance of piety, that they may the easier hurt them. As death often meets men where they least expect it, we should continually search...
Samaria was the name both of a city and a province; Shechem was a city within that province, within the limits of the tribe of Ephraim, JOSHUA 20:7. These places were now inhabited by a mixed people,...
Jeremiah 41:5 men H582 came H935 (H8799) Shechem H7927 Shiloh H7887 Samaria H8111 eighty H8084 men...
ISHMAEL CONTINUES HIS BLOODTHIRSTY SLAUGHTER AND SEEKS TO ESCAPE TO AMMON (JEREMIAH 41:4). Having carried out his bloodbath Ishmael now learned of a party of pilgrims who were approaching Mizpah, comi...
CONTENTS: Gedeliah slain, and many Jewish captives released by Johanan. CHARACTERS: Ishmael, Gedeliah, Asa, Nebuzaraden, Johanan. CONCLUSION: God sometimes permits bloody work to be done for the com...
Jeremiah 41:1. _In the seventh month,_ two months after the city had been taken, and the temple burned. Ishmael and his ten companions, who had held high commissions under Zedekiah, were feasted by th...
_Then arose Ishmael._ DEVILS INCARNATE 1. If ever there was such a one, this Ishmael was of whom these verses tell. His atrocities remind us of the Indian Mutiny, its leader, and the well at Cawnpor...
JEREMIAH—NOTE ON JEREMIAH 41:4 EIGHTY MEN. Probably pilgrims for the Feast of Booths. ⇐...
CRITICAL AND EXEGETICAL NOTES.—CHRONOLOGY OF THE CHAPTER.—Only three months after Jerusalem was captured by the Chaldeans: “in the _seventh month_” (Jeremiah 41:1, comp. chap. Jeremiah 32:2) See notes...
EXPOSITION JEREMIAH 41:1 Assassination of Gedaliah and other Jews. JEREMIAH 41:1 IN THE SEVENTH MONTH; _i.e._ two months after the destruction of Jerusalem and the appointment of Gedaliah. It seems...
Tonight let's turn to Jeremiah chapter 41 as we continue our study through the Bible. Now, these are prophecies that Jeremiah made to the people after Nebuchadnezzar had come and carried away king Zed...
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