New American Standard Bible 1995

Jeremiah 41:4-15

4Now it happened on the 1next day after the killing of Gedaliah, when no one knew about it, 5that eighty men 2came from 3Shechem, from 4Shiloh, and from 5Samaria with 6their beards shaved off and their clothes torn and 7their bodies 8gashed, having grain offerings and incense in their hands to bring to the 9house of the Lord. 6Then Ishmael the son of Nethaniah went out from Mizpah to meet them, 10weeping as he went; and as he met them, he said to them, “Come to Gedaliah the son of Ahikam!” 7Yet it turned out that as soon as they came inside the city, Ishmael the son of Nethaniah and the men that were with him 11slaughtered them and cast them into the cistern. 8But ten men who were found among them said to Ishmael, “Do not put us to death; for we have 12stores of wheat, barley, oil and honey hidden in the field.” So he refrained and did not put them to death along with their companions.

9Now as for the cistern where Ishmael had cast all the corpses of the men whom he had struck down 13because of Gedaliah, it was the 14one that King Asa had made on 15account of Baasha, king of Israel; Ishmael the son of Nethaniah filled it with the slain. 10Then Ishmael took captive all the 16remnant of the people who were in Mizpah, the 17king’s daughters and all the people who were left in Mizpah, whom Nebuzaradan the captain of the bodyguard had put under the charge of Gedaliah the son of Ahikam; thus Ishmael the son of Nethaniah took them captive and proceeded to cross over to the sons of 18Ammon.

11But Johanan the son of Kareah and all the 19commanders of the forces that were with him heard of all the evil that Ishmael the son of Nethaniah had done. 12So they took all the men and went to 20fight with Ishmael the son of Nethaniah and they found him by the 21great 22pool that is in Gibeon. 13Now as soon as all the people who were with Ishmael saw Johanan the son of Kareah and the commanders of the forces that were with him, they were glad. 14So all the people whom Ishmael had taken captive from Mizpah turned around and came back, and went to Johanan the son of Kareah. 15But Ishmael the son of Nethaniah 23escaped from Johanan with eight men and went to the sons of Ammon.

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Notes

1. Jeremiah 41:4 Or second ↩
2. Jeremiah 41:5 2 Kin 10:13, 14 ↩
3. Jeremiah 41:5 Gen 33:18; 37:12; Judg 9:1; 1 Kin 12:1, 25 ↩
4. Jeremiah 41:5 Josh 18:1; Judg 18:31; 1 Sam 3:21; Ps 78:60 ↩
5. Jeremiah 41:5 1 Kin 16:24, 29 ↩
6. Jeremiah 41:5 Lev 19:27; Deut 14:1 ↩
7. Jeremiah 41:5 Lit having cut themselves ↩
8. Jeremiah 41:5 Deut 14:1; Jer 16:6 ↩
9. Jeremiah 41:5 1 Sam 1:7; 2 Kin 25:9 ↩
10. Jeremiah 41:6 2 Sam 3:16; Jer 50:4 ↩
11. Jeremiah 41:7 Ps 55:23; Is 59:7; Ezek 22:27; 33:24, 26 ↩
12. Jeremiah 41:8 Is 45:3 ↩
13. Jeremiah 41:9 Or by the side of ↩
14. Jeremiah 41:9 1 Kin 15:17-22; 2 Chr 16:1-6 ↩
15. Jeremiah 41:9 Judg 6:2; 1 Sam 13:6; 2 Sam 17:9; Heb 11:38 ↩
16. Jeremiah 41:10 Jer 40:11, 12 ↩
17. Jeremiah 41:10 Jer 43:6 ↩
18. Jeremiah 41:10 Neh 2:10, 19; 4:7; Jer 40:14 ↩
19. Jeremiah 41:11 Jer 40:7, 8, 13-16 ↩
20. Jeremiah 41:12 Gen 14:14-16; 1 Sam 30:1-8, 18, 20 ↩
21. Jeremiah 41:12 2 Sam 2:13 ↩
22. Jeremiah 41:12 Lit waters ↩
23. Jeremiah 41:15 1 Sam 30:17; 1 Kin 20:20; Job 21:30; Prov 28:17 ↩

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