Jeremiah 41:7-9

41:7

slaughtered <07819> [slew.]

41:8

kill ............................... kill <04191> [Slay.]

hidden <04301> [treasures.]

These "treasures hid in the field" were doubtless laid up in subterranean pits, similar to the {mattamores} in Barbary, in which, Dr. Shaw informs us, they deposit the grain when winnowed; two or three hundred of them being sometimes together, and the smallest holding four hundred bushels. The same mode of keeping corn prevails in Syria and the Holy Land.

41:9

cistern <0953> [the pit.]

This was probably a large reservoir for receiving rain water, which Asa had caused to be made in the midst of the city, in case of a siege.

<03027 01436> [because of Gedaliah. or, near Gedaliah. Heb. by the hand, or the side of Gedaliah. was it.]

<06440> [for fear.]