Jeremiah 41:4

Jeremiah 41:4 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)And it came to pass the second day after he had slain Gedaliah, and no man knew it,
• New International Version (NIV)The day after Gedaliah’s assassination, before anyone knew about it,
• English Standard Version (ESV)On the day after the murder of Gedaliah, before anyone knew of it,
• New King James Version (NKJV)And it happened, on the second day after he had killed Gedaliah, when as yet no one knew it,

Context of Jeremiah 41:4

2Ishmael the son of Nethaniah and the ten men who were with him got up and struck down Gedaliah the son of Ahikam, the son of Shaphan, with the sword and killed the one whom the king of Babylon had appointed [governor] over the land. 3Ishmael also killed all the Jews who were [at the banquet] with Gedaliah at Mizpah, in addition to the Chaldean soldiers who were there. Now it happened on the second day after the killing of Gedaliah, before anyone knew about it, 5that eighty men came from Shechem, from Shiloh, and from Samaria with their beards shaved off and their clothes torn and their bodies cut, carrying in their hands grain offerings and incense to present at the [site of the] house of the Lord [in Jerusalem]. 6Then Ishmael the son of Nethaniah went out from Mizpah to meet them, weeping [false tears] as he went. As he met them, he said to them, “Come to Gedaliah the son of Ahikam!”

Jeremiah 41:4 word by word

וַיְהִ֛י בַּיּ֥וֹם הַשֵּׁנִ֖י לְהָמִ֣ית אֶת־גְּדַלְיָ֑הוּ וְאִ֖ישׁ לֹ֥א יָדָֽע׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• And it came to pass the secondשֵׁנִיshênîy · secondH8145
• dayיוֹםyôm · dayH3117
• after he had slainמוּתmûth · to dieH4191
• Gedaliahגְּדַלְיָ֫הוּgedalyâh gedalyâhû · GedaliahH1436
• and no manאִישׁ'îysh · man: anyoneH376
• knewיָדַעyâda‛ · to knowH3045

Cross-references for Jeremiah 41:4

• 1 Samuel 27:11David did not leave a man or a woman alive to bring news to Gath, saying [to himself], “Otherwise they will tell about us, saying, ‘This is what David has done, and this has been his practice all the time that he has lived in the country of the Philistines.’ ”
• Psalms 52:1Why do you boast of evil, O mighty man? The lovingkindness of God endures all day long.

Commentaries on Jeremiah 41:4

• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 4-5The murderers kept their crime secret until the next day. Men from Shechem, Shiloh, and Samaria, located to the north, arrived as they traveled south to the ruins of Jerusalem. Their appearance and the offerings they carried showed they were seeking mercy from the Lord (Leviticus 2:1; 14:2–9). The annual Festival of Shelters took place at this time of year at the Temple (Leviticus 23:33–36), and the eighty worshipers were likely unarmed.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 44. no man knew it--that is, outside Mizpah. Before tidings of the murder had gone abroad.Read the comment

Topics related to Jeremiah 41:4

• Ahikam
• Gedaliah
• Homicide
• Ishmael
• Israel, Prophecies Concerning
• Mizpah

In the dictionaries

• Along
• Jerusalem
• Kings, The Books of
• Treasure
• Astronomy
• Egypt
• Gedaliah
• Ishmael (1)
• Johanan
• Mizpah; Mizpeh

Commentaries on Jeremiah 41

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings