Jeremiah 41:1

Now — Three months after the city was taken. Ishmael — The same Ishmael that came to Gedaliah, Jeremiah 41:8, to whom he sware protection; only here we are told he was of the royal blood, which might both raise his spirits, as having a more legal pretence to the government, and rendered him a fitter instrument, for Baalis the king or queen of the Ammonites to make use of. The princes — Some of the princes, who had escaped the army of the king of Babylon.