Jeremiah 41:9
“Now the pit wherein Ishmael had cast all the dead bodies of the men, whom he had slain because of Gedaliah, was it which Asa the king had made for fear of Baasha king of Israel: and Ishmael the son of Nethaniah filled it with them that were slain.”
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Gill's ExpositionBaptist theologian, 1697–1771
Now the pit wherein Ishmael had cast all the dead bodies,.... Not only of those seventy men of Samaria, &c. but
of the…
Barnes' NotesPresbyterian pastor, 1798–1870
Because of Gedaliah - By the side “of Gedaliah.” Ishmael now cast beside Gedaliah’s body those of the pilgrims.
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
See 1Ki 15:22; 2Ch 16:6.
by the side of Gedaliah With the slightest possible change in the consonants of the MT. we may…
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