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Jeremiah 41
Gedaliah Is Murdered
Jeremiah 41:1
Now it came to pass in the seventh
month
,
that
Ishmael
the son
of Nethaniah
the son
of Elishama
,
of the seed
royal
,
and the princes
of the king
,
even ten
men
with him, came
unto Gedaliah
the son
of Ahikam
to Mizpah
;
and there they did eat
bread
together
in Mizpah
.
Jeremiah 41:2
Then arose
Ishmael
the son
of Nethaniah
,
and the ten
men
that were with him, and smote
Gedaliah
the son
of Ahikam
the son
of Shaphan
with the sword
,
and slew
him, whom the king
of Babylon
had made governor
over the land
.
Jeremiah 41:3
Ishmael
also slew
all the Jews
that were with him,
even
with Gedaliah
,
at Mizpah
,
and the Chaldeans
that were found
there,
and
the men
of war
.
Jeremiah 41:4
And it came to pass the second
day
after he had slain
Gedaliah
,
and no man
knew
it
,
Jeremiah 41:5
That there came
certain
from Shechem
,
from Shiloh
,
and from Samaria
,
even
fourscore
men
,
having their beards
shaven
,
and their clothes
rent
,
and having cut
themselves, with offerings
and incense
in their hand
,
to bring
them
to the house
of the LORD
.
Jeremiah 41:6
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
.
Jeremiah 41:7
And it was
so
,
when they came
into the midst
of the city
,
that Ishmael
the son
of Nethaniah
slew
them,
and cast them
into the midst
of the pit
,
he, and the men
that
were
with him.
Jeremiah 41:8
But ten
men
were found
among them that said
unto Ishmael
,
Slay
us not: for we have
treasures
in the field
,
of wheat
,
and of barley
,
and of oil
,
and of honey
.
So he forbare
,
and slew
them not among
their brethren
.
Jeremiah 41:9
Now the pit
wherein Ishmael
had cast
all the dead bodies
of the men
,
whom he had slain
because
of Gedaliah
,
was
it which Asa
the king
had made
for fear
of Baasha
king
of Israel
:
and
Ishmael
the son
of Nethaniah
filled
it with
them that were
slain
.
Jeremiah 41:10
Then Ishmael
carried away captive
all the residue
of the people
that
were
in Mizpah
,
even
the king’s
daughters
,
and all the people
that remained
in Mizpah
,
whom Nebuzar-adan
the captain
of the guard
had committed
to Gedaliah
the son
of Ahikam
:
and Ishmael
the son
of Nethaniah
carried them away captive
,
and departed
to go over
to the Ammonites
.
Johanan Rescues the People
Jeremiah 41:11
¶
But when Johanan
the son
of Kareah
,
and all the captains
of the forces
that
were
with him, heard
of all the evil
that Ishmael
the son
of Nethaniah
had done
,
Jeremiah 41:12
Then they took
all the men
,
and went
to fight
with Ishmael
the son
of Nethaniah
,
and found
him by the great
waters
that
are
in Gibeon
.
Jeremiah 41:13
Now it came to pass,
that
when all the people
which
were
with Ishmael
saw
Johanan
the son
of Kareah
,
and all the captains
of the forces
that
were
with him, then they were glad
.
Jeremiah 41:14
So all the people
that Ishmael
had carried away captive
from Mizpah
cast about
and returned
,
and went
unto Johanan
the son
of Kareah
.
Jeremiah 41:15
But Ishmael
the son
of Nethaniah
escaped
from
Johanan
with eight
men
,
and went
to the Ammonites
.
Jeremiah 41:16
Then took
Johanan
the son
of Kareah
,
and all the captains
of the forces
that
were
with him, all the remnant
of the people
whom he had recovered
from Ishmael
the son
of Nethaniah
,
from Mizpah
,
after
that
he had slain
Gedaliah
the son
of Ahikam
,
even
mighty
men
of war
,
and the women
,
and the children
,
and the eunuchs
,
whom he had brought again
from Gibeon
:
Jeremiah 41:17
And they departed
,
and dwelt in
the habitation
of Chimham
,
which is by
Beth-lehem
,
to go
to enter
into Egypt
,
Jeremiah 41:18
Because
of the Chaldeans
:
for they were afraid
of them, because Ishmael
the son
of Nethaniah
had slain
Gedaliah
the son
of Ahikam
,
whom the king
of Babylon
made governor
in the land
.