Jeremiah 41:5

Thou shalt die in peace: and as they wept for thy fathers that reigned before thee, they shall weep also for thee, saying, Ah lord! and they shall lament for thee down to the grave: for I have spoken the word, said the Lord.

Brenton Septuagint

In The King James Version

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.

In Context

4But hear the word of the Lord, O Sedekias king of Juda; Thus saith the Lord,

6And Jeremias spoke to king Sedekias all these words in Jerusalem.

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Cross References

Genesis 34:2And Sychem the son of Emmor the + 34:2 Alex. the Chorrhæan.Evite, the ruler of the land, saw her, and took her and lay with her, and humbled her.

Deuteronomy 14:1Ye are the children of the Lord your God: ye shall not make any baldness between your eyes for the dead.

Joshua 24:32And the children of Israel brought up the bones of Joseph out of Egypt, and buried them in Sicima, in the portion of the land which Jacob bought of the Amorites who dwelt in Sicima for a hundred ewe-lambs; and he gave it to Joseph for a portion.

1 Samuel 1:7So she did year by year, in going up to the house of the Lord; and she was dispirited, and wept, and did not eat.

1 Kings 12:1And king Roboam goes to Sikima; for all Israel were coming to Sikima to make him king.

1 Kings 16:24And Ambri bought the mount Semeron of Semer the lord of the mountain for two talents of silver; and he built upon the mountain, and they called the name of the mountain on which he built, after the name of Semer the lord of the mount, Semeron.

Matthew Henry on Jeremiah 41:2-11

The Murder of Gedaliah. ( b. c. 588.) 1 Now it came to pass in the seventh month, that Ishmael the son of Nethaniah the son of Elishama, of the seed royal, and the princes of the king, even ten men with him, came unto Gedaliah the son of Ahikam to Mizpah; and there they did eat bread together in Mizpah. 2 Then arose Ishmael the son of Nethaniah, and the ten men that were with him, and smote Gedaliah the son of Ahikam the son of Shaphan with the sword, and slew him, whom the king of Babylon had made governor over… Read the whole commentary →

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