Jeremiah 40:14 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ And said unto him, Dost thou certainly know that Baalis the king of the Ammonites hath sent Ishmael the son of Nethaniah to slayc thee? But Gedaliah the son of Ahikam believed them not. ”

Jeremiah 40:14 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

It is difficult to say what object Baalis can have had in murdering Gedaliah. As an ally of Zedekiah Jeremiah 27:3 , he may have had a spite against the family of Ahikam for opposing, as most prob...
Jeremiah 40:14 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

And said to him, Dost thou certainly know that (g) Baalis the king of the Ammonites hath sent Ishmael the son of Nethaniah to slay thee? But Gedaliah the son of Ahikam believed them not. (g) For und...
Jeremiah 40:14 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Gedaliah's Peril. Johanan warns Gedaliah of his danger from Ishmael, another of the newly-submitted leaders ( Jeremiah 41:1 ), alleged to be an agent of the king of Ammon ( Jeremiah 27:3 ). Gedalia...
Jeremiah 40:14 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

slay thee . strike thy soul. Hebrew. nephesh. App-13.
Jeremiah 40:14 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

They therefore came and said, that Ishmael the son of Nethaniah was suborned by the king of Ammon It may have been that the king of Ammon had hoped to be the king of Judea, or to have all th...
Jeremiah 40:14 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

And said unto him, Dost thou certainly know that Baalis the king of the Ammonites hath sent Ishmael the son of Nethaniah to slay thee? But Gedaliah the son of Ahikam believed them not. But Gedaliah t...
Jeremiah 40:14 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Baalis, the king of the Ammonites— The king of the Ammonites had concerted this matter with Ishmael, with a design to make the Jews, who still remained in their own country, his vassals. See chap....
Jeremiah 40:14 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

And said unto him, Dost thou certainly know that Baalis the king of the Ammonites hath sent Ishmael the son of Nethaniah to slay thee? But Gedaliah the son of Ahikam believed them not. Baalis...
Jeremiah 40:14 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Gedaliah as Governor (586 b.c.) Jeremiah 40:7 to Jeremiah 43:6 are briefly summarised in 2 Kings 25:22-26 . The account in the book of Kings mentions merely the accomplished results; while he...
Jeremiah 40:14 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Dost thou certainly know that Baalis... — The king of the Ammonites so named appears from Jeremiah 27:3 to have been in alliance with Zedekiah; and Ishmael, as belonging to the royal house of Jud...
Jeremiah 40:14 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

CHAPTER XIII GEDALIAH Jeremiah 39:1-18 ; Jeremiah 40:1-16 ; Jeremiah 41:1-18 ; Jeremiah 52:1-34 "Then arose Ishmael ben Nethaniah, and the ten men that were with him, and smote with the swo...
Jeremiah 40:14 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Chapter s forty and forty-one, which contain the prophecies of Jeremiah after the fall of Jerusalem, constitute his last messages to the chosen people. These fall into two parts-first, prophecies aga...
Jeremiah 40:14 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

We have here the information of a conspiracy: but the accomplishment is not related in this Chapter. In the succeeding one it is. Alas! neither mercies nor judgments; the fear of death nor of hell, f...
Jeremiah 40:14 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

And said unto him, dost thou certainly know ,.... Not that they thought he did know, or that the thing was so flagrant that he must know it; but that he might be assured of the truth of it, from the...
Jeremiah 40:14 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

And said unto him, Dost thou certainly know that Baalis the king of the Ammonites hath sent Ishmael the son of Nethaniah to slay thee? But Gedaliah the son of Ahikam believed them not. Ver. 14. Th...
Jeremiah 40:14 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Johanan the son of Kareah came to Gedaliah , &c. They had been with him before, Jeremiah 40:8-9 , but now they come to discover to him a conspiracy formed against his life. And said, Dost thou...
Jeremiah 40:14 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Gedaliah's Address to the People. B. C. 588. 7 Now when all the captains of the forces...
Jeremiah 40:14 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Dost thou, for dost thou not; for not is plainly understood, as the sense makes evident. Whether this Baalis be a proper name of the king of the Ammonites, or, as some think, an appellative nam...
Jeremiah 40:14 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Political Events In The New Judah - Gedaliah Re-establishes Judah But Is Assassinated ( Jeremiah 40:7 to Jeremiah 41:18 ). What follows is a description of the events that followed the appointme...
Jeremiah 40:14 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

CRITICAL AND EXEGETICAL NOTES.—A purely historical chapter, of events following the city’s ruin. It records the out-gleaming of a ray of hope upon the appalling gloom which had befallen the land, in...
Jeremiah 40:14 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Jeremiah 40:1 . The word which came to Jeremiah bound in chains. This word is found in Jeremiah 42:9 ; and the intervening history is a parenthesis of Ishmael's treason. Jeremiah was now about se...
Jeremiah 40:14 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

EXPOSITION The first of a series of chapters (40-45.) describing Jeremiah's fortunes and ministry after the fall of Jerusalem. Jeremiah 40:1-24 The liberation of Jeremiah. Jeremiah 40:1...
Jeremiah 40:14 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Gedaliah Made Governor And Threatened By The Jews
Jeremiah 40:14 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

1 Corinthians 13:5-7 ; 1 Samuel 11:1-3 ; 2 Samuel 10:1-6 ; Amos 1:13-15 ; Ezekiel 25:2-6 ; Isaiah 26:10 ; Jeremiah 25:21 ; Jeremiah 40:8 ; Jeremiah 41:10 ; Jeremiah 41:2 ; Jeremiah 49:1-6...

Jeremiah 40:14 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Jeremiah 40:14 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

Jeremiah 40:14 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Jeremiah 40:14 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Jeremiah 40:14 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Jeremiah 40:14 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Jeremiah 40:14 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Jeremiah 40:14 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Jeremiah 40:14 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Jeremiah 40:14 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Jeremiah 40:14 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Jeremiah 40:14 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Jeremiah 40:14 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Jeremiah 40:14 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Jeremiah 40:14 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Jeremiah 40:14 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Jeremiah 40:14 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Jeremiah 40:14 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Jeremiah 40:14 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Jeremiah 40:14 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Jeremiah 40:14 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Jeremiah 40:14 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Jeremiah 40:14 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Jeremiah 40:14 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge