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Jeremiah 41:5
5eighty men arrived from Shechem, Shiloh, and Samaria to worship at the Temple of the Lord. They had shaved off their beards, torn their clothes, and cut themselves, and had brought along grain offerings and frankincense.
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 all the Judeans and the Babylonian soldiers who were with Gedaliah at Mizpah. 4The next day, before anyone had heard about Gedaliah’s murder, eighty men arrived from Shechem, Shiloh, and Samaria to worship at the Temple of the Lord. They had shaved off their beards, torn their clothes, and cut themselves, and had brought along grain offerings and frankincense. 6Ishmael left Mizpah to meet them, weeping as he went. When he reached them, he said, “Oh, come and see what has happened to Gedaliah!” 7But as soon as they were all inside the town, Ishmael and his men killed all but ten of them and threw their bodies into a cistern.
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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 King Ahaziah of Judah. “Who are you?” he asked them. And they replied, “We are relatives of King Ahaziah. We are going to visit the sons of King Ahab and the sons of the queen mother.”
- Genesis 33:18Later, having traveled all the way from Paddan-aram, Jacob arrived safely at the town of Shechem, in the land of Canaan. There he set up camp outside the town.
- Genesis 34:2But when the local prince, Shechem son of Hamor the Hivite, saw Dinah, he seized her and raped her.
- Joshua 24:32The bones of Joseph, which the Israelites had brought along with them when they left Egypt, were buried at Shechem, in the plot of land Jacob had bought from the sons of Hamor for 100 pieces of silver. This land was located in the territory allotted to the descendants of Joseph.
- Judges 9:1One day Gideon’s son Abimelech went to Shechem to visit his uncles—his mother’s brothers. He said to them and to the rest of his mother’s family,
- 1 Kings 12:1Rehoboam went to Shechem, where all Israel had gathered to make him king.
- Jeremiah 7:12“‘Go now to the place at Shiloh where I once put the Tabernacle that bore my name. See what I did there because of all the wickedness of my people, the Israelites.
- Joshua 18:1Now that the land was under Israelite control, the entire community of Israel gathered at Shiloh and set up the Tabernacle.
- 1 Kings 16:24Then Omri bought the hill now known as Samaria from its owner, Shemer, for 150 pounds of silver. He built a city on it and called the city Samaria in honor of Shemer.
- Leviticus 19:27“Do not trim off the hair on your temples or trim your beards.
- Deuteronomy 14:1“Since you are the people of the Lord your God, never cut yourselves or shave the hair above your foreheads in mourning for the dead.
- 2 Samuel 10:4So Hanun seized David’s ambassadors and shaved off half of each man’s beard, cut off their robes at the buttocks, and sent them back to David in shame.
- Isaiah 15:2Your people will go to their temple in Dibon to mourn. They will go to their sacred shrines to weep. They will wail for the fate of Nebo and Medeba, shaving their heads in sorrow and cutting off their beards.
- 1 Samuel 1:7Year after year it was the same—Peninnah would taunt Hannah as they went to the Tabernacle. Each time, Hannah would be reduced to tears and would not even eat.
- 2 Kings 25:9He burned down the Temple of the Lord, the royal palace, and all the houses of Jerusalem. He destroyed all the important buildings in the city.
- Psalms 102:14For your people love every stone in her walls and cherish even the dust in her streets.
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
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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
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