Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Jeremiah 41:1

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1. seventh month —the second month after the burning of the city ( Jeremiah 52:12 ; Jeremiah 52:13 ). and the princes —not the nominative. And the princes came, for the "princes" are not mentioned either in Jeremiah 52:13- : or in 2 Kings 25:25 : but, "Ishmael being of the seed royal and of the princes of the king" [MAURER]. But the ten men were the "princes of the king"; thus MAURER'S objection has no weight: so English Version. eat bread together —Ishmael murdered Gedaliah, by whom he was hospitably received, in violation of the sacred right of hospitality ( 2 Kings 25:25- : ). return to ' Top of Page ' <a name="verse-2" class="com-number"

Pericope (part_of)

• part_of pericope/per-jer-41-001

절 (explains)

bible-text/jer-41-1

Source

• source-manifest/jfb — Jamieson-Fausset-Brown (PD)
• evidence_grade: T_theological