Matthew Poole and continuators on Jeremiah 41:1

1 NOw it came to pass in the seventh month , that Ishmael the son of Nethaniah the son of Elishama of the seed royal , and the princes of the king, even ten men with him , came unto Gedaliah the son of Ahikam to Mizpah, and there they did eat bread together in Mizpah .

That is three moneths after the City was taken, chap. 39.2.

The same Ishmael that came to Gedaliah, ver. 8.9. to whom he sware protection, only here we are told that he was of the Royal blood, which might both raise his spirits, as having a more legal pretence to the Government, and rendred him a fitter instrument, for Baalis the King or Queen of the Ammonites to make use of;

some of the Princes, who had escaped the Army of the King of Babylon, they and their Retinue came in pretended complement to Gedaliah.

Who treated them kindly, they dined or supped with him.

Marginal references: King. 25.25.