Jer 41:1 | JFB | STEP | 1. seventh month —the second month after the burning of the city ( ). and the princes —not the nominative. And the princes came, for the "princes" are not mentioned either in or in : but, "Ishmael being of the seed royal and of the princes of the king" [MAURER ]. But the ten men were the "princes of the king"; thus MAURER'S objection has no weight: so English Version. eat bread together —Ishmael murdered Gedaliah, by whom he was hospitably received, in violation of the sacred right of hospitality ( ).

Jeremiah 41:1

1. seventh month—the second month after the burning of the city (Jer 52:12, 13).

and the princes—not the nominative. And the princes came, for the "princes" are not mentioned either in Jer 41:2 or in 2Ki 25:25: but, "Ishmael being of the seed royal and of the princes of the king" [MAURER]. But the ten men were the "princes of the king"; thus MAURER'S objection has no weight: so English Version.

eat bread together—Ishmael murdered Gedaliah, by whom he was hospitably received, in violation of the sacred right of hospitality (Ps 41:9).