Jeremiah 41:5

Jeremiah 41:5 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)That there came certain from Shechem, from Shiloh, and from Samaria, even fourscore men, having their beards shaven, and their clothes rent, and having cut themselves, with offerings and incense in their hand, to bring them to the house of the Lord.
• New International Version (NIV)eighty men who had shaved off their beards, torn their clothes and cut themselves came from Shechem, Shiloh and Samaria, bringing grain offerings and incense with them to the house of the Lord.
• English Standard Version (ESV)eighty men arrived from Shechem and Shiloh and Samaria, with their beards shaved and their clothes torn, and their bodies gashed, bringing grain offerings and incense to present at the temple of the Lord.
• New King James Version (NKJV)that certain men came from Shechem, from Shiloh, and from Samaria, eighty men with their beards shaved and their clothes torn, having cut themselves, with offerings and incense in their hand, to bring them to the house of the Lord.

Context of Jeremiah 41:5

3Ishmael also killed the men of Judah and the soldiers of Babylon who were there with Gedaliah. 4The next day, before anyone knew about Gedaliah's murder, 80 men arrived in Mizpah. They had come from their homes in Shechem, Shiloh and Samaria. They brought grain offerings and incense to offer to the Lord in his temple. They had cut off their beards, torn their clothes and cut their skin to show that they were very upset. 6Nethaniah's son Ishmael went out of the city to meet them. He was weeping as he went. When he met the men, he said to them, ‘Come with me to meet Ahikam's son Gedaliah.’ 7So they all went into the city. Then Ishmael and his men killed them. They threw the dead bodies into a deep hole which stored water.

Jeremiah 41:5 word by word

וַיָּבֹ֣אוּ אֲ֠נָשִׁים מִשְּׁכֶ֞ם מִשִּׁל֤וֹ וּמִשֹּֽׁמְרוֹן֙ שְׁמֹנִ֣ים אִ֔ישׁ מְגֻלְּחֵ֥י זָקָ֛ן וּקְרֻעֵ֥י בְגָדִ֖ים וּמִתְגֹּֽדְדִ֑ים וּמִנְחָ֤ה וּלְבוֹנָה֙ בְּיָדָ֔ם לְהָבִ֖יא בֵּ֥ית יְהוָֽה׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• That there cameבּוֹאbô' · to come (in): comeH935
• certainאֱנוֹשׁ'ĕnôsh · humanH582
• from Shechemשְׁכֶםshekem · ShechemH7927
• from Shilohשִׁלוֹshîylôh shilôh shîylô shilô · ShilohH7887
• and from Samariaשֹׁמְרוֹןshômerôn · SamariaH8111
• fourscoreשְׁמֹנִיםshemônîym shemônîym · eightyH8084
• menאִישׁ'îysh · manH376
• having their beardsזָקָןzâqân · beardH2206
• shavenגָּלַחgâlach · to shaveH1548
• and their clothesבֶּ֫גֶדbeged · garmentH899
• rentקָרַעqâra‛ · to tearH7167
• and having cutגָּדַדgâdad · to cutH1413
• themselves, with offeringsמִנְחָהminchâh · offeringH4503
• and incenseלְבֹנָהlebônâh lebônâh · frankincenseH3828
• in their handיָדyâd · hand: themselvesH3027
• to bringבּוֹאbô' · to come (in): bringH935
• to the houseבַּ֫יִתbayith · house: templeH1004
• of the Lordיְהֹוָהyehôvâh · LORDH3068

Cross-references for Jeremiah 41:5

• 2 Kings 10:13He met some relatives of Ahaziah, the king of Judah. Jehu asked them, ‘Who are you?’ They said, ‘We are relatives of Ahaziah. We are going to Jezreel to visit the families of the king and his mother.’
• Genesis 33:18After Jacob left Paddan Aram, he travelled safely to Canaan. He put up his tents there, near the city of Shechem.
• Genesis 34:2Hamor the Hivite ruled that region. When his son, Shechem, saw Dinah, he took hold of her. Dinah could not get free and Shechem had sex with her.
• Joshua 24:32The Israelites had brought Joseph's bones up from Egypt, to bury him at Shechem. This land was in the field that Jacob had bought from the sons of Hamor, Shechem's father. Jacob had paid them 100 pieces of silver for the land. Now the land belonged to Joseph's descendants.
• Judges 9:1Gideon's son Abimelech went to Shechem to speak to his mother's brothers. He said to them and to her family's clan,
• 1 Kings 12:1Rehoboam went to Shechem, because all the Israelites had gone there to make him king.
• Jeremiah 7:12“Go to Shiloh, and see what I did there. It was the first place that I chose where people would worship me. But I destroyed it because of the wicked things that my people, the Israelites, did.
• Joshua 18:1All the Israelite people met together at Shiloh. There they put up the Tent of Meeting. They now ruled the whole land.
• 1 Kings 16:24Then Omri bought a hill from a man called Shemer. He paid Shemer 70 kilograms of silver for it. He built a city on the hill and he called the city Samaria. That was because the hill had belonged to Shemer.
• Leviticus 19:27A man must not cut the hair on the sides of his head. He must not cut the edges of his beard.
• Deuteronomy 14:1You are people who belong to the Lord your God. When someone dies, you are sad. But do not cut your bodies. Do not cut off all the hair from the front of your head.
• 2 Samuel 10:4So Hanun took hold of David's officers. He cut off half the hair from their beards. He also cut off the lower half of their clothes up to their hips. Then he sent them away.
• Isaiah 15:2The people in Dibon have gone up to their temple to weep. They have gone up to the altars where they worship their gods. Moab's people are weeping because of what has happened at Nebo and Medeba. They are so upset that they have cut off their hair and their beards.
• 1 Samuel 1:7This happened every year when they went to the Lord's house in Shiloh. Peninnah would cause Hannah to be upset. Then Hannah would weep. She would refuse to eat anything.
• 2 Kings 25:9Nebuzaradan destroyed the Lord's temple, the king's palace and all the other houses in Jerusalem. He burned them all with fire, so that he destroyed every important building in the city.
• Psalms 102:14Her buildings have become broken stones and dust. But your servants still love your city. We are sad to see that it is broken down.

Commentaries on Jeremiah 41:5

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 5Having their beards shaven - All these were signs of deep mourning, probably on account of the destruction of the city.Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 5These three towns all lay in the tribe of Ephraim, and in the district planted by Salmaneser with Cuthites; but through the fact of these men having cut themselves (see Jeremiah 16:6 note), is suspicious, yet they were probably pious Israelites, going up to Jerusalem, carrying the meat offering usual at the feast of tabernacles, of which this was the season, and mourning over the destruction, not of the city, but of the temple, to the repairs of which we…Read the comment
• 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. 55. beards shaven, &c.--indicating their deep sorrow at the destruction of the temple and city. cut themselves--a heathen custom, forbidden (Le 19:27, 28; De 14:1). These men were mostly from Samaria, where the ten tribes, previous to their deportation, had fallen into heathen practices. offerings--unbloody. They do not bring sacrificial victims, but "incense," &c., to testify their piety. house of ... Lord--that is, the place where the house of the Lord…Read the comment

Topics related to Jeremiah 41:5

• Ahikam
• Church
• Gedaliah
• Homicide
• Idolatry
• Incense
• Ishmael
• Israel, Prophecies Concerning
• Mizpah
• Mourning
• Rending
• Shechem
• Shiloh

In the dictionaries

• Samaria
• Shechem
• Shiloh
• Samaria, Samaritan
• Along
• Beard
• Cutting
• Jerusalem
• Kings, The Books of
• Treasure

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