Jeremiah 41:5

That there came certain from Shechem, from Shiloh, and from Samaria, even fourscore men, having their beards shaven, and their clothes rent, and having cut themselves, with offerings and incense in their hand, to bring them to the house of the LORD.

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Word by word — the Hebrew

Word	Hebrew	Strong’s	Meaning
came	וַיָּבֹ֣אוּ vai.ya.Vo.'u	H935	to go or come (in a wide variety of applications) · conjunction + verb, qal sequential imperfect, 3rd person masculine plural
certain	אֲ֠נָשִׁים 'A.na.shim	H582	a man in general (singly or collectively) · noun, common masculine plural absolute
Shechem	מִשְּׁכֶ֞ם mi.she.Khem	H7927	Shekem · preposition + proper noun, a place name
Shiloh	מִשִּׁל֤וֹ mi.shi.Lo	H7887	Shiloh · preposition + proper noun, a place name
Samaria	וּמִשֹּֽׁמְרוֹן֙ u.mi.sho.me.rOn	H8111	Shomeron · conjunction + preposition + proper noun, a place name
fourscore	שְׁמֹנִ֣ים she.mo.Nim	H8084	eighty · cardinal number, masculine plural absolute
men	אִ֔ישׁ 'Ish	H376	a man as an individual or a male person · noun, common masculine singular absolute
beards	זָקָ֛ן za.Kan	H2206	the beard (as indicating age) · noun, common masculine singular absolute
shaven	מְגֻלְּחֵ֥י me.gu.le.Chei	H1548	properly · verb, pual passive participle, masculine plural construct
clothes	בְגָדִ֖ים ve.ga.Dim	H899	a covering · noun, common masculine plural absolute
rent	וּקְרֻעֵ֥י u.ke.ru.'Ei	H7167	to rend · conjunction + verb, qal passive participle, masculine plural construct
cut	וּמִתְגֹּֽדְדִ֑ים u.mit.go.de.Dim	H1413	to crowd · conjunction + verb, hithpael active participle, masculine plural absolute
offerings	וּמִנְחָ֤ה u.min.Chah	H4503	a donation · conjunction + noun, common feminine singular absolute
incense	וּלְבוֹנָה֙ u.le.vo.Nah	H3828	frankincense (from its whiteness or perhaps that of its… · conjunction + noun, common feminine singular absolute
hand	בְּיָדָ֔ם be.ya.Dam	H3027	a hand (the open one (indicating power · preposition + noun, common both genders singular construct + pronominal suffix, 3rd person masculine plural
bring	לְהָבִ֖יא le.ha.Vi'	H935	to go or come (in a wide variety of applications) · preposition + verb, hiphil infinitive construct
house	בֵּ֥ית beit	H1004	a house (in the greatest variation of applications · noun, common masculine singular construct
LORD	יְהוָֽה Yah.weh	H3068	Jehovah · proper noun, a title

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Cross-references

1 Kings 16:24 And he bought the hill Samaria of Shemer for two talents of silver, and built on the hill, and called the name of the city which he built, a…
Deuteronomy 14:1 Ye are the children of the LORD your God: ye shall not cut yourselves, nor make any baldness between your eyes for the dead.
Joshua 18:1 And the whole congregation of the children of Israel assembled together at Shiloh, and set up the tabernacle of the congregation there. And…
2 Kings 25:9 And he burnt the house of the LORD, and the king’s house, and all the houses of Jerusalem, and every great man’s house burnt he with fire.
Genesis 33:18 And Jacob came to Shalem, a city of Shechem, which is in the land of Canaan, when he came from Padan-aram; and pitched his tent before the c…
Judges 9:1 And Abimelech the son of Jerubbaal went to Shechem unto his mother’s brethren, and communed with them, and with all the family of the house…
1 Kings 12:1 And Rehoboam went to Shechem: for all Israel were come to Shechem to make him king.
1 Samuel 1:7 And as he did so year by year, when she went up to the house of the LORD, so she provoked her; therefore she wept, and did not eat.

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Commentary

Matthew Henry on Jeremiah 41:1-10

It is hard to say which is more astonishing, God's permitting or men's perpetrating such villanies as here we find committed. Such base, barbarous, bloody work is here done by men who by their birth should have been men of honour, by their religion just men, and this done upon those of their own nature, their own nation, their own religion, and now their brethren in affliction, when they were all brought under the power of the victorious Chaldeans, and smarting under the judgments of God, upon no provocation, nor with any prospect of advantage - all done, not only in cold blood, but with art and management. We have scarcely such an instance of perfidious cruelty in all the scripture; so that…

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Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Jeremiah 41:5

beards shaven, &c.--indicating their deep sorrow at the destruction of the temple and city. cut themselves--a heathen custom, forbidden (Lev 19:27-28; Deu 14:1). These men were mostly from Samaria, where the ten tribes, previous to their deportation, had fallen into heathen practices. offerings--unbloody. They do not bring sacrificial victims, but "incense," &c., to testify their piety. house of . . . Lord--that is, the place where the house of the Lord had stood (Kg2 25:9). The place in which a temple had stood, even when it had been destroyed, was held sacred [PAPINIAN]. Those "from Shiloh" would naturally seek the house of the Lord, since it was at Shiloh it originally was set up (J…

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John Gill on Jeremiah 41:5

That there came certain from Shechem, from Shiloh, and from Samaria,.... Places in the ten tribes, and which belonged to the kingdom of Israel; so that it seems even at this distance of time, though the body of the ten tribes had been many years ago carried captive, yet there were still some religious persons sons remaining, and who had a great regard to the temple worship at Jerusalem: even fourscore men, having their beards shaven, and their clothes rent, and having cut themselves; as mourners for the destruction of Jerusalem, and the captivity of the people. The two first of these rites, shaving the beard, and rending of clothes, were agreeably to the law; but that of cutting themselves,…

Dictionary and topics

Beard — The mode of wearing it was definitely prescribed to the Jews (Lev. 19:27; 21:5). Hence the import of Ezekiel’s (5:1-4) description of the “razor” i.e., the agents of an angry providence being used…
Cutting — The flesh in various ways was an idolatrous practice, a part of idol-worship (Deut. 14:1; 1 Kings 18:28). The Israelites were commanded not to imitate this practice (Lev. 19:28; 21:5; Deut. 14:1).…
Mourning — One marked feature of Oriental mourning is what may be called its studies publicity and the careful observance of the prescribed ceremonies. (Genesis 23:2; Job 1:20; 2:12)
Beard, The · In affliction: Was shorn — In affliction: Was shorn
Church · HOUSE OF THE LOR — HOUSE OF THE LOR
Gedaliah · .Killed by Ishmael — .Killed by Ishmael
Incense · Offered in idolatrous worship — Offered in idolatrous worship
Ishmael · and takes many Jews — and takes many Jews
Mizpah · had been — had been
Mourning · .Cutting the flesh — .Cutting the flesh
Rending · .Of garments, an outward sign of affliction — .Of garments, an outward sign of affliction
Shechem · .Men of, killed by Ishmael — .Men of, killed by Ishmael
Shiloh · .

Jeremiah 41:5

Word by word — the Hebrew

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Commentary

Matthew Henry on Jeremiah 41:1-10

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Jeremiah 41:5

John Gill on Jeremiah 41:5

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Jeremiah 41:5

Word by word — the Hebrew

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Commentary

Matthew Henry on Jeremiah 41:1-10

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Jeremiah 41:5

John Gill on Jeremiah 41:5

Dictionary and topics

John Calvin on Jeremiah 41:4-5

Keil & Delitzsch on Jeremiah 41:4-5

Tyndale Open Study Notes on Jeremiah 41:4-5

Rashi on Jeremiah 41:5