Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Jeremiah 40:14
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14. Baalis —named from the idol Baal, as was often the case in heathen names. Ammonites —So it was to them that Ishmael went after murdering Gedaliah ( :- ). slay —literally, "strike thee in the soul," that is, a deadly stroke. Ishmael —Being of the royal seed of David ( Jeremiah 41:1 ), he envied Gedaliah the presidency to which he thought himself entitled; therefore he leagued himself with the ancient heathen enemy of Judah. believed . . . not —generous, but unwise unsuspiciousness ( Jeremiah 41:1- : ). return to ' Top of Page ' <a name="verse-16" class="com-number"
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