John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Jeremiah 41:8
But ten men were found among them, that said unto Ishmael, slay us not ,.... They begged for their lives, using what follows as an argument to prevail upon him: for we have treasures in the field, of wheat, and of barley, and of oil, and of honey ; not that they had then a stock upon the ground at this time; for this being the seventh month, not only the barley and wheat harvests had been over long ago, but the rest of the fruits of the earth were gathered in: but this either means... read more
John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Jeremiah 41:7
And it was so , when they came into the midst of the city ,.... Where Gedaliah's house was, to which he invited them; and as they went in, he shut up the court, as Josephus F8 Antiqu. l. 10. c. 9. sect. 4. says, and slew them, as it here follows: that Ishmael the son of Nethaniah slew them, and cast them into the midst of the pit ; when he had slain them, the fourscore men he had enticed into the city, except ten of them, he cast their dead bodies into a pit near at hand: ... read more