エレミヤ書 41:11-15 JC

The Pulpit Commentary - Jeremiah 41:1-18

A great crime and its consequence. I. A GREAT CRIME . The slaying of Gedaliah was accompanied by circumstances making it peculiarly atrocious. 1 . The breach of good fellowship. There had been professions of amity before. Gedaliah shows by deed his confidence in Ishmael, sitting down with him at a common meal. 2 . The subsequent slaughter. The slaying of Gedaliah was not enough to serve the purpose. A man, once entered on the ways of crime, cannot say, "So far I will go,... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Jeremiah 41:11-15

The devil a bad paymaster. These verses record the pursuit and overthrow of Ishmael. He had sold himself to work all manner of wickedness. What had he not been guilty of? And now we hear the last of him. He is seen in flight to Ammon, whence he came out, escaping with his life, but stripped of all his captives and his plunder. He had taken a world of trouble, incurred a load of guilt, filled his soul with evil, dishonoured his name forever. And this was what came of it all. Every one of... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Jeremiah 41:11-18

Rescue of the captives from Ishmael, and plan for taking flight to Egypt. read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Jeremiah 41:12

The great waters.; in Gibeon ; i.e. the pool mentioned in 2 Samuel 2:13 . Dr. Thomson speaks of a "pond or small lake" near El-Jib. Ishmael seems to be lingering over his journey to Ammon, in order to find the subterranean stores spoken of in 2 Samuel 2:8 . read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Jeremiah 41:14

Cast about; i.e. turned about (an archaism). read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Jeremiah 41:12

An open pool still exists at Gibeon, and a large subterranean reservoir fed by a copious natural spring. Gibeon is about two miles north of Mizpah. read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Jeremiah 41:10-13

Jeremiah 41:10-13. Ishmael carried away captive all the residue of the people All that he did not slay: see note on Jeremiah 41:3; and among the rest Zedekiah’s daughters, who had been left to the care of Gedaliah, when his sons were slain. These, it seems, being recovered by Johanan, were taken with him into Egypt, where they perished among the other Jews. And Ishmael departed to go over to the Ammonites Probably intending to make a present of the captives he was taking with him, to... read more

Donald C. Fleming

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Jeremiah 41:1-18

Ishmael’s plot against Gedaliah (40:13-41:18)One of the former army commanders, Ishmael, was opposed to Gedaliah’s policy of submission to Babylon. With Ammonite support he plotted to kill Gedaliah. So sincere and trusting was Gedaliah, that when told of the plot, he refused to believe it (13-16). Gedaliah apparently took no precautions against the reported treachery, and when a suitable time arrived Ishmael carried out his brutal plot. He murdered Gedaliah, along with all the Judean officials... read more

E.W. Bullinger