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Selected Verse: Jeremiah 41:6 - Strong Concordance

Verse	Translation	Text
Jer 41:6	Strong Concordance	And Ishmael [03458] the son [01121] of Nethaniah [05418] went forth [03318] from Mizpah [04709] to meet [07125] them, weeping [01058] all along [01980] as he went [01980]: and it came to pass, as he met [06298] them, he said [0559] unto them, Come [0935] to Gedaliah [01436] the son [01121] of Ahikam [0296].
	King James	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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A Commentary, Critical, Practical, and Explanatory on the Old and New Testaments, by Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset and David Brown [1882]
weeping--pretending to weep, as they did, for the ruin of the temple. Come to Gedaliah--as if he was one of Gedaliah's retinue.

A Commentary, Critical, Practical, and Explanatory on the Old and New Testaments, by Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset and David Brown [1882]

weeping--pretending to weep, as they did, for the ruin of the temple.

Come to Gedaliah--as if he was one of Gedaliah's retinue.

Notes on the Bible, by Albert Barnes, [1834]
Ishmael's conduct seems to have been dictated by the malicious desire utterly to frustrate Gedaliah's work. Weeping - By this artifice he lured them into Mizpah. The Septuagint: "as they were ... weeping."

Notes on the Bible, by Albert Barnes, [1834]

Ishmael's conduct seems to have been dictated by the malicious desire utterly to frustrate Gedaliah's work.

Weeping - By this artifice he lured them into Mizpah. The Septuagint: "as they were ... weeping."

Commentary on the Old Testament, by Carl Friedrich Keil and Franz Delitzsch [1857-78]
Ishmael went out from Mizpah to meet these men, always weeping as he went (הלך הלך וּבכה, cf. Ges. 131, ab; Ew. 280, b). If they came from Ephraim by way of Gibeon (el Jb), the road on to Jerusalem passed close by Mizpah. When Ishmael met them, he asked them to come to Gedaliah (to Mizpah). But when they had entered the city, "Ishmael slew them into the midst of the pit" (which was there), i.e., killed them and cast their corpses into the pit.

Commentary on the Old Testament, by Carl Friedrich Keil and Franz Delitzsch [1857-78]

Ishmael went out from Mizpah to meet these men, always weeping as he went (הלך הלך וּבכה, cf. Ges. 131, ab; Ew. 280, b). If they came from Ephraim by way of Gibeon (el Jb), the road on to Jerusalem passed close by Mizpah. When Ishmael met them, he asked them to come to Gedaliah (to Mizpah). But when they had entered the city, "Ishmael slew them into the midst of the pit" (which was there), i.e., killed them and cast their corpses into the pit.

Adam Clarke Commentary on the Whole Bible - Published 1810-1826
Weeping all along as he went - This felonious hypocrite pretended that he also was deeply afflicted, and wished to bear them company in their sorrow. Come to Gedaliah - He will appoint you vineyards and fields.

Adam Clarke Commentary on the Whole Bible - Published 1810-1826

Weeping all along as he went - This felonious hypocrite pretended that he also was deeply afflicted, and wished to bear them company in their sorrow.

Come to Gedaliah - He will appoint you vineyards and fields.

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