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 slew all the Jews who were with Gedaliah at Mizpah, as well as the Chaldean soldiers who were found there. 4Now it was the next day after he had slain Gedaliah, when no one knew about it, that 80 men came from Shechem, from Shiloh, and from Samaria, with their beards shaved off, their clothes rent, and having gashed themselves, with grain offerings and frankincense in their hand to bring to the House of Adonai. 6So Ishmael son of Nethaniah went out from Mizpah to meet them, weeping all along as he went, and as he came to meet them, he said to them: “Come to Gedaliah son of Ahikam.” 7Yet it was that as soon as they came within of the city that Ishmael son of Nethaniah and the men with him slaughtered them within the cistern-pit.

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 10:13Jehu met with the kinsmen of King Ahaziah of Judah and asked, “Who are you?” “We are the kinsmen of Ahaziah,” they replied, “We’ve come down to greet the children of the king and the children of the queen mother.”
• Genesis 33:18So Jacob arrived in shalom to the city of Shechem, which is in the land of Canaan, when he came from Paddan-aram, and camped right in front of the city.
• Genesis 34:2When Shechem the son of Hamor the Hivite, the prince of the land, saw her, he took her and lay with her and raped her.
• Joshua 24:32Joseph’s bones, which Bnei-Yisrael had brought up from Egypt, they buried in Shechem, in the parcel of ground that Jacob had bought from the sons of Hamor the father of Shechem for 100 pieces of silver. It became the inheritance of the children of Joseph.
• Judges 9:1Now Abimelech son of Jerubbaal went to Shechem, to his mother’s brothers, and spoke to them and the whole clan of his mother’s father’s household saying,
• 1 Kings 12:1Then Rehoboam went to Shechem for all Israel had come to Shechem to make him king.
• Jeremiah 7:12“Indeed, go now to My place that was in Shiloh, where I first made My Name dwell. Now see what I did to it because of the wickedness of My people Israel.
• Joshua 18:1Then the whole congregation of Bnei-Yisrael assembled at Shiloh and set up the Tent of Meeting there, after the land was now subdued before them.
• 1 Kings 16:24Then he bought the hill of Samaria from Shemer for two talents of silver, and built a city on the hill. He named the city that he built Samaria, based on the name Shemer, the owner of the hill.
• Leviticus 19:27“You are not to round off the hair on the sides of your heads, nor are you to mar the edge of your beard.
• Deuteronomy 14:1“You are the children of Adonai your God. You are not to cut yourselves or shave your forehead for the dead.
• 2 Samuel 10:4So Hanun seized David’s servants, shaved off one side of their beards, cut off their garments in the middle at their buttocks, and sent them away.
• Isaiah 15:2He has gone up to the shrine, to Dibon, to the high places to weep. Moab wails over Nebo and Medeba. Every head is bald, every beard shaven.
• 1 Samuel 1:7So it was year after year, whenever she went up to the House of Adonai, that she would provoke her; so she wept and would not eat.
• 2 Kings 25:9He burned down the House of Adonai, the royal palace and all the houses of Jerusalem—every notable building he burned with fire.
• Psalms 102:14You will arise and have compassion on Zion, for it is time to show favor to her, for the appointed time has come,

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