Jeremiah 40:14 — KJV with Strong's Concordance

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Chapter 40

¹⁴And said unto him, Dost thou certainly know that Baalis the king of the Ammonites hath sent Ishmael the son of Nethaniah to slay thee? But Gedaliah the son of Ahikam believed them not.

Jeremiah 40:14 —

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Cross-References

From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Jeremiah 41:10
Then Ishmael carried away captive all the residue of the people that were in Mizpah, even the king's daughters, and all the people that remained in Mizpah, whom Nebuzaradan the captain of the guard had committed to Gedaliah the son of Ahikam: and Ishmael the son of Nethaniah carried them away captive, and departed to go over to the Ammonites.
Jeremiah 25:21
Edom, and Moab, and the children of Ammon,
2 Samuel 10:1-6
And it came to pass after this, that the king of the children of Ammon died, and Hanun his son reigned in his stead. …
1 Samuel 11:1-3
Then Nahash the Ammonite came up, and encamped against Jabeshgilead: and all the men of Jabesh said unto Nahash, Make a covenant with us, and we will serve thee. …
Isaiah 26:10
Let favour be shewed to the wicked, yet will he not learn righteousness: in the land of uprightness will he deal unjustly, and will not behold the majesty of the LORD.

Topics

Ahikam Ammonites Baalis Citizens Ishmael Ishmaelites Israel, Prophecies Concerning Lot

Commentary

Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)

(vv. 7-16)

We have in these verses, I. A bright sky opening upon the remnant of the Jews that were left in their own land, and a comfortable prospect given them of some peace and quietness after the many years of trouble and terror with which they had been afflicted. Jeremiah indeed had never in his prophecies spoken of any such good days reserved for the Jews immediately after the captivity; but Providence…

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset, David Brown’s Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Commentary (1871)

(vv. 14)

14. Baalis--named from the idol Baal, as was often the case in heathen names. Ammonites--So it was to them that Ishmael went after murdering Gedaliah (Jr 41:10). slay--literally, “strike thee in the soul,” that is, a deadly stroke. Ishmael--Being of the royal seed of David (Jr 41:1), he envied Gedaliah the presidency to which he thought himself entitled; therefore he leagued himself with the ancie…