Jeremiah 41:4

And it came to pass the second day after he had slain Gedaliah, and no man knew it,

No man knew it - i:e., outside Mizpah: before that tidings of the murder had gone abroad.

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And it came to pass the second day after he had slain Gedaliah, and no man knew it, news of the murder not having reached any other part of the count...
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1 Samuel 27:11 ; Psalms 52:1 ; Psalms 52:2
Wesley's Explanatory Notes

No man — No man who lived at any distance from Mizpah.

⁴ And it came to pass the second day after he had slain Gedaliah, and no man knew it,

Related Commentaries of Jeremiah 41:4

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

John Trapp Complete Commentary

Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

The Biblical Illustrator

The Complete Pulpit Commentary

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Jeremiah 41:4