1. Text

2. Textual versions

3. Parashot

4. Verse numbering

5. Verse 1

6. Verse 16

7. See also

8. References

9. Bibliography

10. External links
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Jeremiah 41 is the forty-first chapter of the Book of Jeremiah in the Hebrew Bible or the Old Testament of the Christian Bible. This book contains prophecies attributed to the prophet Jeremiah, and is one of the Books of the Prophets. This chapter is part of a narrative section consisting of chapters 37 to 44.{{sfn|Coogan|2007|pp= 1137-1138 Hebrew Bible}} Chapter 41 recounts the murder of Gedaliah, the Babylonian governor of occupied Judah, and the chaotic situation which followed this event.{{sfn|O'Connor|2007|p=520}} Jeremiah himself is not mentioned in this chapter.

Text

The original text is written in Hebrew. This chapter is divided into 18 verses.

Textual versions

Some ancient witnesses for the text of this chapter in Hebrew are of the Masoretic Text, which includes the Codex Cairensis (895), the Petersburg Codex of the Prophets (916), Aleppo Codex (10th century), Codex Leningradensis (1008).{{sfn|Würthwein|1995|pp=35-37}}

There is also a translation into Koine Greek known as the Septuagint (with a different chapter and verse numbering), made in the last few centuries BC. Extant ancient manuscripts of the Septuagint version include Codex Vaticanus (B; ^B; 4th century), Codex Sinaiticus (S; BHK: ^S; 4th century), Codex Alexandrinus (A; ^A; 5th century) and Codex Marchalianus (Q; ^Q; 6th century).{{sfn|Würthwein|1995|pp=73-74}}

Parashot

The parashah sections listed here are based on the Aleppo Codex.^[1] Jeremiah 41 is a part of the "Sixteenth prophecy (Jeremiah 40-45)" in the section of Prophecies interwoven with narratives about the prophet's life (Jeremiah 26-45). {P}: open parashah; {S}: closed parashah.

{P} 41:1-10 {S} 41:11-15 {S} 41:16-18 {P}

Verse numbering

The order of chapters and verses of the Book of Jeremiah in the English Bibles, Masoretic Text (Hebrew), and Vulgate (Latin), in some places differs from that in the Septuagint (LXX, the Greek Bible used in the Eastern Orthodox Church and others) according to Rahlfs or Brenton. The following table is taken with minor adjustments from Brenton's Septuagint, page 971.^[2]

The order of Computer Assisted Tools for Septuagint/Scriptural Study (CATSS) based on Alfred Rahlfs' Septuaginta (1935) differs in some details from Joseph Ziegler's critical edition (1957) in Göttingen LXX. Swete's Introduction mostly agrees with Rahlfs edition (=CATSS).^[2]

Verse 1

Now it came to pass in the seventh month that Ishmael the son of Nethaniah, the son of Elishama, of the royal family and of the officers of the king, came with ten men to Gedaliah the son of Ahikam, at Mizpah. And there they ate bread together in Mizpah.^[3]

• "Family": lit. "seed"^[4]

Ishmael and his men murdered Gedaliah and others in Mizpah during a mealtime when the covenant community is celebrated and the people were less guarded.{{sfn|O'Connor|2007|p=520}}

Verse 16

Then Johanan the son of Kareah, and all the captains of the forces that were with him, took from Mizpah all the rest of the people whom he had recovered from Ishmael the son of Nethaniah after he had murdered Gedaliah the son of Ahikam—the mighty men of war and the women and the children and the eunuchs, whom he had brought back from Gibeon.^[5]

Johanan led a group to defeat Ishmael at Gibeon, {{cvt|5|km}} southwest of Mizpah ({{bibleverse|2 Samuel|2:13|KJV}}), freeing their captives after Ishmael and 8 others escaped to Ammon ({{bibleverse|Jeremiah|40:14|KJV}}).{{sfn|Coogan|2007|p=1143 Hebrew Bible}}

See also

• Babylon
• Bethlehem
• Gedaliah the son of Ahikam, the son of Saphan

• Ishmael son of Nethaniah
• Jerusalem
• Mizpah

• Related Bible part: Jeremiah 40, Jeremiah 42, Jeremiah 52

References

Bibliography

• {{cite book

• {{cite book | last = Huey | first = F. B. | title = The New American Commentary - Jeremiah, Lamentations: An Exegetical and Theological Exposition of Holy Scripture, NIV Text | publisher = B&H Publishing Group | year = 1993| url = https://books.google.com/books?id=HBguYZCdAM4C | isbn = 9780805401165 }}
• {{cite book|last=O'Connor | first= Kathleen M. | chapter = 23. Jeremiah | title=The Oxford Bible Commentary | editor-first1=John| editor-last1=Barton | editor-first2=John| editor-last2= Muddiman | publisher = Oxford University Press |edition= first (paperback) | date = 2007 | pages = 487-533 | isbn = 978-0199277186 | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ZJdVkgEACAAJ| access-date=February 6, 2019}}
• {{cite book |last =Thompson |first= J. A. |title= A Book of Jeremiah |series=The New International Commentary on the Old Testament |author-link = J. A. Thompson |edition=illustrated, revised |date= 1980 |publisher=Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing | url= https://books.google.com/books?id=lm6tdzZwNOEC |isbn=9780802825308 }}
• {{cite book | last = Würthwein | first = Ernst | authorlink = Ernst Würthwein | title = The Text of the Old Testament | publisher = Wm. B. Eerdmans |location = Grand Rapids, MI | year= 1995 | translator-first1 = Erroll F.| translator-last1 = Rhodes |isbn = 0-8028-0788-7 | url= https://books.google.com/books/about/The_Text_of_the_Old_Testament.html?id=FSNKSBObCYwC | access-date= January 26, 2019}}

External links

Jewish

• Jeremiah 41 Hebrew with Parallel English

Christian

• Jeremiah 41, English Translation with Parallel Latin Vulgate

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