John Trapp on Jeremiah 41:2

Ver. 2. Then aroſe Iſhmael] Taking the opportunity, when Gedaliah and his gueſts were mero graves, ſaith Joſephus, merry with wine: and ſo, leſſe able to reſiſt.Turk. Hiſt.

And the ten men that were with] They and their followers being pugnaces & audaces, barbarous and brutiſh perſons, skilful to deſtroy, Ezek. 21.31.

And ſmot Gedaliah the ſon of Ahikam] See on ver. 1.

And ſlew him whom the King of Babylon had made Governour] Yea for that very cauſe, per invidiam & libidinem regnandi: So true is that of the Tragedian, Simul iſta mundi conditor poſuit Deus, Sen. in Thebaide. Odium atque regnum. —