Jeremiah 41:5

"The second day after he had killed Gedaliah, and no man knew it,"

Key Reflection

On the second day following Gedaliah's assassination, Ishmael's actions were shrouded in secrecy; no one was aware of this pivotal event. This moment underscored the dangerous and unpredictable atmosphere in Judah after Gedaliah’s death, highlighting the instability and potential for further betrayal and violence that characterized the period.

From the Scholars: Barnes' Notes

These 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 (seeJeremiah 16:6note), 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 find the members of this tribe contributing in Josiah’s time2 Chronicles 34:9.

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