Verse 25
(25) In the seventh month.—Only two months after the fall of Jerusalem (2 Kings 25:8).
Smote Gedaliah.—At a friendly meal in the governor’s own house (Jeremiah 41:1-2). Perhaps, as Josephus says, when he and his followers were overcome with wine.
Of the seed royal.—Perhaps this reveals Ishmael’s motive. He thought his claim to the government of the community was greater than Gedaliah’s. Baalis king of the Ammonites had incited him to the crime (Jeremiah 40:14).
The Chaldees that were with him.—They were soldiers left to support his authority (Jeremiah 41:3).
That he died.—The Jews afterwards observed the day of Gedaliah’s death as a day of mourning.
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