Passage Research
Jeremiah 41 — Sermon Preparation
Ishmael murders Gedaliah and a group of pilgrims, carries the survivors toward Ammon, but is intercepted and overpowered by Johanan. Below is a research summary for Jeremiah 41, drawn from openly licensed scholarly databases — original-language morphology, classic sermons from the church fathers through the Puritans, and ancient geography data.
- 18
- verses
- 361 / 127
- Hebrew words / lemmas
- 12
- classic sermon excerpts
- 3
- preachers & commentators
Jeremiah 41 in the Hebrew
Distinctive vocabulary of this chapter, based on original-language morphology.
| Hebrew | Transliteration | Strong's | Count | Glosses |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| יִשְׁמָעֵאל | Yishmâʻêʼl | H3458 | 17 | Jishmael |
| נְתַנְיָה | Nᵉthanyâh | H5418 | 11 | Nethanjah |
| גְּדַּלְיָה | Gᵉdalyâh | H1436 | 9 | Gedaljah |
| מִצְפָּה | Mitspâh | H4709 | 8 | Mitspah |
| אֲחִיקָם | ʼĂchîyqâm | H296 | 6 | Achikam |
| יוֹחָנָן | Yôwchânân | H3110 | 5 | Jochanan |
| קָרֵחַ | Qârêach | H7143 | 4 | Kareach |
How preachers through history handled this text
12 public-domain excerpts on Jeremiah 41, from the church fathers to the Puritans.
“It is a very tragical story that is related in this chapter, and shows that evil pursues sinners. The black cloud that was gathering in the foregoing chapter here bursts in a dreadful storm. Those few Jews that escaped the captivity were proud to think that they were still in their own land, when their brethren had gone they knew not whither, were fond of the wine and summer-fruits they had gathered, and were very secure under Gedaliah's protectorship, when, on a sudden, even these remains prove ruins too. I. …”
— Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible, Vol. 4 (Isaiah to Malachi), on Jeremiah 41:1–30 (Public Domain)
Places in the text
Based on ancient-geography data
- Mizpah 3— Jer 41:1
- Ammon— Jer 41:10
- Gibeon— Jer 41:12
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