Jeremiah 41:1
ELISHAMA.. seal has been found with his name on it. EVEN. and. GEDALIAH. See note on Jeremiah 26:24. and Compare Jeremiah 39:14, and Jeremiah 40:5. MIZPAH. See note on Jeremiah 40:6.... [ Continue Reading ]
ELISHAMA.. seal has been found with his name on it. EVEN. and. GEDALIAH. See note on Jeremiah 26:24. and Compare Jeremiah 39:14, and Jeremiah 40:5. MIZPAH. See note on Jeremiah 40:6.... [ Continue Reading ]
ISHMAEL. See note on Jeremiah 40:8. HAD MADE. Compare Jeremiah 40:5.... [ Continue Reading ]
AND. Some codices, with Vulg, and three early printed editions, read this "and" in the text.... [ Continue Reading ]
SHILOH. The last of five references to Shiloh in Jeremiah. Compare Jeremiah 7:12; Jeremiah 7:14; Jeremiah 26:6; Jeremiah 26:9. OFFERINGS. These would be meal-offerings, according to Leviticus 2:1. Flesh sacrifices were now impossible. Reference to Pentateuch (Leviticus 2:1). Probably for the feast o... [ Continue Reading ]
WEEPING ALL ALONG AS HE WENT. going on and on weeping.... [ Continue Reading ]
TREASURES. hidden [treasures, or stores].... [ Continue Reading ]
THE PIT: or, cistern. Not mentioned elsewhere, but see 1 Kings 15:22 and 2 Chronicles 16:6. BECAUSE OF. besides. WAS IT. By regrouping the letters, this reads "[was]. large pit which", &c.... [ Continue Reading ]
THE KING'S DAUGHTERS. See note on Jeremiah 43:7. NEBUZARADAN. See note on Jeremiah 39:9. THE GUARD. the executioners (2 Kings 25:8).... [ Continue Reading ]
EVIL. calamity. Hebrew. _ra'a'._ App-44.... [ Continue Reading ]
GIBEON. Now _e_. _Jib_, about five miles north of Jerusalem, where Joab treacherously slew Amasa (2 Samuel 20:8; 2 Samuel 20:10).... [ Continue Reading ]
CAST ABOUT. turned round.... [ Continue Reading ]
EIGHT. Two had been slain in the encounter above.... [ Continue Reading ]
HABITATION. _Khan_, or inn. Hebrew. _geruth._ Occurs only here. Probably erected by Barzillai (2 Samuel 19:31). Near here was the inn where Joseph and Mary could find no room (Luke 2:7). WHOM, &C. See Jeremiah 40:5.... [ Continue Reading ]