Jeremiah 41:8 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ But ten men were found among them that said unto Ishmael, Slay us not: for we have treasures in the field, of wheat, and of barley, and of oil, and of honey. So he forbare, and slew them not among their brethren. ”

Jeremiah 41:8 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Treasures - Hidden stores; which would be of great value to Ishmael in his retreat back to Baalis.
Jeremiah 41:8 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Ishmael's Deeds and Flight. Eighty pilgrims from N. Israel to Jerusalem, mourning its fall, and carrying offerings ( Jeremiah 17:26 ), were met by Ishmael and enticed into Mizpah. There he killed t...
Jeremiah 41:8 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

treasures . hidden [treasures, or stores].
Jeremiah 41:8 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

We here see that the barbarity of Ishmael was connected with avarice, he was indeed inflamed with ferocious madness when he slew simple and innocent men; but when the hope of gain was presented...
Jeremiah 41:8 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

But ten men were found among them that said unto Ishmael, Slay us not: for we have treasures in the field, of wheat, and of barley, and of oil, and of honey. So he forbare, and slew them not among th...
Jeremiah 41:8 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

We have treasures in the field— Dr. Shaw tells us that in Barbary, when the grain is winnowed, they lodge it in mattamores or subterraneous repositories; two or three hundred of which are somet...
Jeremiah 41:8 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

But ten men were found among them that said unto Ishmael, Slay us not: for we have treasures in the field, of wheat, and of barley, and of oil, and of honey. So he forbare, and slew them not amon...
Jeremiah 41:8 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Plot against Gedaliah and its Results (586 b.c.) 1-10. Ishmael murders Gedaliah and others, and carries off captives.
Jeremiah 41:8 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

But ten men were found among them. — The stores which formed the purchase-money by which the ten saved their lives represented probably the produce of the previous year, which, after the manner of...
Jeremiah 41:8 - 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 41:8 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Johanan's story proved to be true, and by the basest treachery Ishmael, with a handful of men, murdered Gedaliah and a number of others, and carried away the rest captive, intending to take them to t...
Jeremiah 41:8 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Was there ever a monster of iniquity further gone in the lust of human blood / than this Ishmael? The Prophet doth not fail to tell us that he was of the seed royal! Oh! how disgraceful, had he been...
Jeremiah 41:8 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

But ten men were found among them, that said unto Ishmael, slay us not ,.... They begged for their lives, using what follows as an argument to prevail upon him: for we have treasures in the field,...
Jeremiah 41:8 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

But ten men were found among them that said unto Ishmael, Slay us not: for we have treasures in the field, of wheat, and of barley, and of oil, and of honey. So he forbare, and slew them not among th...
Jeremiah 41:8 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

And Ishmael went forth to meet them, weeping all along as he went As if he sympathized with them, and bewailed, as they did, the desolations of Jerusalem. He appears to have been a complete hypocri...
Jeremiah 41:8 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

The Murder of Gedaliah. B. C. 588. 1 Now it came to pass in the seventh month, that Is...
Jeremiah 41:8 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

He slew seventy of them, but ten of them pleading for their lives, urged that they had estates in the country, both of corn, oil, and honey. His covetousness prevailed over his cruelty, he spared the...
Jeremiah 41:8 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Ishmael Continues His Bloodthirsty Slaughter And Seeks To Escape To Ammon ( Jeremiah 41:4-10 ). Having carried out his bloodbath Ishmael now learned of a party of pilgrims who were approaching Miz...
Jeremiah 41:8 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

CRITICAL AND EXEGETICAL NOTES.— Chronology of the Chapter .—Only three months after Jerusalem was captured by the Chaldeans: “in the seventh month ” ( Jeremiah 41:1 , comp. chap. Jeremiah 32:2 ) Se...
Jeremiah 41:8 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Jeremiah 41:1 . In the seventh month, two months after the city had been taken, and the temple burned. Ishmael and his ten companions, who had held high commissions under Zedekiah, were feasted by...
Jeremiah 41:8 - The Biblical Illustrator

Then arose Ishmael. Devils incarnate 1. If ever there was such a one, this Ishmael was of whom these verses tell. His atrocities remind us of the Indian Mutiny, its leader, and the well at Cawn...
Jeremiah 41:8 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

EXPOSITION Jeremiah 41:1-24 Assassination of Gedaliah and other Jews. Jeremiah 41:1 In the seventh month; i.e. two months after the destruction of Jerusalem and the appointment of...
Jeremiah 41:8 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Ishmael Slays Gedaliah
Jeremiah 41:8 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Job 2:4 ; Mark 8:36 ; Mark 8:37 ; Matthew 16:26 ; Matthew 6:25 ; Philippians 3:7-9 ; Proverbs 13:8 ; Psalms 49:6-8
Jeremiah 41:8 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

He forebare — His covetousness prevailed over his cruelty.

Jeremiah 41:8 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Jeremiah 41:8 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Jeremiah 41:8 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Jeremiah 41:8 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Jeremiah 41:8 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Jeremiah 41:8 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Jeremiah 41:8 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Jeremiah 41:8 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Jeremiah 41:8 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Jeremiah 41:8 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Jeremiah 41:8 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Jeremiah 41:8 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Jeremiah 41:8 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Jeremiah 41:8 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Jeremiah 41:8 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Jeremiah 41:8 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Jeremiah 41:8 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Jeremiah 41:8 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Jeremiah 41:8 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Jeremiah 41:8 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Jeremiah 41:8 - The Biblical Illustrator

Jeremiah 41:8 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Jeremiah 41:8 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Jeremiah 41:8 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Jeremiah 41:8 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes