John Trapp on Jeremiah 41:12

Ver. 12. Then they took all the men, and went to fight with Iſhmael] This act of theirs carrieth the commendation of fortitude, of charity and of piety; like as did that of Abraham in reſcuing Lot: of Gideon and Jehoſaphat in delivering the Iſraelites from their barbarous and blood-thirſty enemies: of Scanderbeg, Hunniades, Guſtavus King of Sweden, &c. Unleſſe Iſmael and Johanan did as Iſmael the Perſian King and Selymus the great Turk, who fighting for the Empire of the Eaſt, Turk. hiſt. 515. masked their aſpiring thoughts under the veile of zeale to their Religion. It well appeareth now to the world that neither of them were right, whatever they pretended.

And they found him by the great waters that are in Gibeon] Where, in Davids dayes, thoſe youngſters of Helkath-hazzurim had ſheathed their ſwords in their fellows bowels, 2 Sam. 2.16.