Jeremiah 41:2
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 the land.
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Gill's Exposition
Then arose Ishmael the son of Nethaniah, and the ten men that were with him,.... After they had eat and drank well, they rose up from their seats at table:
and smote Gedaliah the son of Ahikam the…
It is hard to say which is more astonishing, God's permitting or men's perpetrating such villanies as here we find committed. Such base, barbarous, bloody work is here done by men who by their birth…
Academic commentary, 1882–1921
Cambridge Bible
Then arose Ishmael … and the ten men Gedaliah's retinue may not have been very large, and were probably quite unsuspecting. The murders seem to have been committed privately at the entertainment. Next…
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