--- title: "Clarke" description: "Verse Jeremiah 41:1. Now-in the seventh month — Answering to the first new moon in our month of October. There they did eat bread together — This was the" image: "/images/missing.jpg" url: "https://realbiblebelievers.com/commentaries/clarkes-commentary/jeremiah/41" --- Verse [Jeremiah 41:1](../../../kjv/jeremiah/41/1). ***Now-in the seventh month*** — Answering to the first new moon in our month of *October*. ***There they did eat bread together*** — This was the same as making a solemn covenant; for he who *ate bread* with another was ever reputed a *friend*. Verse [Jeremiah 41:2](../../../kjv/jeremiah/41/2). ***Smote Gedaliah*** — See the preceding chapter, [Jeremiah 40:14](../../../kjv/jeremiah/40/14). Verse [Jeremiah 41:5](../../../kjv/jeremiah/41/5). ***Having their beards shaven*** — All these were signs of deep mourning, probably on account of the destruction of the city. Verse [Jeremiah 41:6](../../../kjv/jeremiah/41/6). ***Weeping all along as he went*** — This felonious hypocrite pretended that he also was deeply afflicted, and wished to bear them company in their sorrow. ***Come to Gedaliah*** — He will appoint you vineyards and fields. Verse [Jeremiah 41:7](../../../kjv/jeremiah/41/7). ***Slew them*** — He kept the murder of Gedaliah secret, and no doubt had a band of his assassins lodged in Mizpah; and he decoyed these fourscore men thither that he might have strength to slay them. He kept *ten* alive because they told him they had treasures hidden in a field, which they would show him. Whether he kept his word with them is not recorded. He could do nothing good or great; and it is likely that, when he had possessed himself of those treasures, he served them as he had served their companions. *Grain* is preserved to the present day in subterranean pits, called *mattamores*, in different parts of the east. Verse [Jeremiah 41:9](../../../kjv/jeremiah/41/9). ***Now the pit - was it which Asa the king had made for fear**********of Baasha*** — See [1 Kings 15:22](../../../kjv/1-kings/15/22). Asa made this cistern as a reservoir for water for the supply of the place; for he built and fortified *Mizpah* at the time that he was at war with Baasha, king of Israel. Verse [Jeremiah 41:10](../../../kjv/jeremiah/41/10). ***Carried away captive*** — He took all these that he might sell them for slaves among the Ammonites. Verse [Jeremiah 41:14](../../../kjv/jeremiah/41/14). ***Went unto Johanan*** — They were weary of the tyranny of Ishmael, and were glad of an opportunity to abandon him. Verse [Jeremiah 41:16](../../../kjv/jeremiah/41/16). ***The women, - children, and the eunuchs*** — These were all most probably, persons who belonged to the palace and harem of Zedekiah: some of them his own concubines and their children. Verse [Jeremiah 41:17](../../../kjv/jeremiah/41/17). ***Dwelt in the habitation of Chimham*** — The estate that David gave Chimham, the son of Barzillai. See [2 Samuel 19:37](../../../kjv/2-samuel/19/37), c. He took this merely as a resting-place as he designed to carry all into Egypt, fearing the *Chaldeans*, who would endeavour to revenge the death of Gedaliah. ```json {"@context":"https://schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https://realbiblebelievers.com/#website","url":"https://realbiblebelievers.com","name":"Real Bible Believers","description":"RBB","publisher":{"@id":"https://realbiblebelievers.com/#/schema/person/e966585dde703268e7f6ae890ea98509"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":"https://realbiblebelievers.com/search?q={search_term_string}","query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"ImageObject","@id":"https://realbiblebelievers.com/commentaries/clarkes-commentary/jeremiah/41#primaryimage","inLanguage":"en-US","url":"https://realbiblebelievers.com/images/missing.jpg","contentUrl":"https://realbiblebelievers.com/images/missing.jpg","width":640,"height":370,"caption":"Clarke's Commentary - Jeremiah 41"},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://realbiblebelievers.com/commentaries/clarkes-commentary/jeremiah/41#webpage","url":"https://realbiblebelievers.com/commentaries/clarkes-commentary/jeremiah/41","name":"Clarke's Commentary - Jeremiah 41","isPartOf":{"@id":"https://realbiblebelievers.com/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https://realbiblebelievers.com/commentaries/clarkes-commentary/jeremiah/41#primaryimage"},"datePublished":null,"dateModified":null,"author":{"@id":"https://realbiblebelievers.com/#/schema/person/e966585dde703268e7f6ae890ea98509"},"description":"Verse Jeremiah 41:1. Now-in the seventh month — Answering to the first new moon in our month of October. There they did eat bread together — This was the","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https://realbiblebelievers.com/commentaries/clarkes-commentary/jeremiah/41#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https://realbiblebelievers.com/commentaries/clarkes-commentary/jeremiah/41"]}]},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https://realbiblebelievers.com/commentaries/clarkes-commentary/jeremiah/41#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://realbiblebelievers.com/","url":"https://realbiblebelievers.com/","name":"Home"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://realbiblebelievers.com/commentaries","url":"https://realbiblebelievers.com/commentaries","name":"Commentaries"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://realbiblebelievers.com/commentaries/clarkes-commentary","url":"https://realbiblebelievers.com/commentaries/clarkes-commentary","name":"Clarke's Commentary"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":4,"item":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://realbiblebelievers.com/commentaries/clarkes-commentary/jeremiah","url":"https://realbiblebelievers.com/commentaries/clarkes-commentary/jeremiah","name":"Jeremiah"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":5,"item":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://realbiblebelievers.com/commentaries/clarkes-commentary/jeremiah/41","url":"https://realbiblebelievers.com/commentaries/clarkes-commentary/jeremiah/41","name":"41"}}]},{"@type":["Person","Organization"],"@id":"https://realbiblebelievers.com/#/schema/person/e966585dde703268e7f6ae890ea98509","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","@id":"https://realbiblebelievers.com/#personlogo","inLanguage":"en-US","url":"https://realbiblebelievers.com/android-chrome-512x512.png","contentUrl":"https://realbiblebelievers.com/android-chrome-512x512.png","width":512,"height":512},"logo":{"@id":"https://realbiblebelievers.com/#personlogo"},"sameAs":["https://twitter.com/RBiblebeliever","https://www.facebook.com/RBibleBelievers"]}]} ```