Jeremiah 41:4

And it came to pass, the second day after he had slain Gedaliah,.... That is, the day following, for it was in the night, as Josephus relates, as before observed, the murder was committed:

and no…

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…

Jer 41:4-18. Ishmael commits further massacres and carries off captives

The section may be summarized as follows.

(i) Jer 41:4-10. The following day eighty pilgrims arrive. Ishmael goes weeping to…