Matthew Poole and continuators on Jeremiah 41:6

6 And Ishmael the son of Nethaniah, went forth from Mizpah to meet them weeping all along as he went: and it came to pass as he met them, he said unto them, come to Gedaliah the son of Ahikam .

He cometh out weeping, the better to deceive them into his trap, that they might believe he was as they equally affected with Gods dispensations, and inviteth them to the new Governour for protection; as if he had been one of his Courtiers, and Friends; by those arts he concealeth his bloody design against them.

Marginal references: Heb. in goin[illegible: 1 letter], and weeping.