Jeremiah 41:6
“And Ishmael the son of Nethaniah went forth from Mizpah to meet them, weeping all along as he went: and it came to pass, as he met them, he said unto them, Come to Gedaliah the son of Ahikam.”
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Gill's ExpositionBaptist theologian, 1697–1771
And Ishmael the son of Nethaniah went forth to Mizpah to meet them,.... Hearing there was such a number of men upon the…
Barnes' NotesPresbyterian pastor, 1798–1870
Ishmael’s conduct seems to have been dictated by the malicious desire utterly to frustrate Gedaliah’s work. Weeping - By…
Matthew HenryNonconformist minister, 1662–1714Jeremiah 41:1-10
It is hard to say which is more astonishing, God's permitting or men's perpetrating such villanies as here we find…
Cambridge BibleAcademic commentary, 1882–1921
weeping all along so as to feign equal concern with them for the fate of the Temple, and thus put them off their…
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