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Gedaliah
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| Jeremiah 41:1 |
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In the seventh month Ishmael the son of Nethaniah,
the son of Elishama, of the royal family and one of the chief officers of the
king, along with ten men, came to Mizpah to Gedaliah the son of Ahikam. While
they were eating bread together there in Mizpah, |
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| Jeremiah 41:2 |
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Ishmael the son of Nethaniah and the ten men
who were with him arose and struck down Gedaliah the son of Ahikam, the son of
Shaphan, with the sword and put to death the one whom the king of Babylon had
appointed over the land. |
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| Jeremiah 41:3 |
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Ishmael also struck down all the Jews who were
with him, that is with Gedaliah at Mizpah, and the Chaldeans who were found there,
the men of war. |
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| Jeremiah 41:4 |
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Now it happened on the next day after the killing
of Gedaliah, when no one knew about it, |
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| Jeremiah 41:5 |
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that eighty men came from Shechem, from Shiloh,
and from Samaria with their beards shaved off and their clothes torn and their
bodies gashed, having grain offerings and incense in their hands to bring to the
house of the LORD. |
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| Jeremiah 41:6 |
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Then Ishmael the son of Nethaniah went out from
Mizpah to meet them, weeping as he went; and as he met them, he said to them,
"Come to Gedaliah the son of Ahikam!" |
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Yet it turned out that as soon as they came
inside the city, Ishmael the son of Nethaniah and the men that were with him slaughtered
them and cast them into the cistern. |
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| Jeremiah 41:8 |
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But ten men who were found among them said to
Ishmael, "Do not put us to death; for we have stores of wheat, barley, oil and
honey hidden in the field." So he refrained and did not put them to death along
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| Jeremiah 41:9 |
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Now as for the cistern where Ishmael had cast
all the corpses of the men whom he had struck down because of Gedaliah, it was
the one that King Asa had made on account of Baasha, king of Israel; Ishmael the
son of Nethaniah filled it with the slain. |
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| Jeremiah 41:10 |
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Then Ishmael took captive all the remnant of
the people who were in Mizpah, the king'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 Ammon. |
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Johanan Rescues the People |
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| Jeremiah 41:11 |
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But Johanan the son of Kareah and all the commanders
of the forces that were with him heard of all the evil that Ishmael the son of
Nethaniah had done. |
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| Jeremiah 41:12 |
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So they took all the men and went to fight with
Ishmael the son of Nethaniah and they found him by the great pool that is in Gibeon. |
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| Jeremiah 41:13 |
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Now 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. |
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| Jeremiah 41:14 |
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So all the people whom Ishmael had taken captive
from Mizpah turned around and came back, and went to Johanan the son of Kareah. |
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| Jeremiah 41:15 |
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But Ishmael the son of Nethaniah escaped from
Johanan with eight men and went to the sons of Ammon. |
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| Jeremiah 41:16 |
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Then Johanan the son of Kareah and all the commanders
of the forces that were with him took from Mizpah all the remnant of the people
whom he had recovered from Ishmael the son of Nethaniah, after he had struck down
Gedaliah the son of Ahikam, that is, the men who were soldiers, the women, the
children, and the eunuchs, whom he had brought back from Gibeon. |
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| Jeremiah 41:17 |
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And they went and stayed in Geruth Chimham,
which is beside Bethlehem, in order to proceed into Egypt |
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| Jeremiah 41:18 |
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because of the Chaldeans; for they were afraid
of them, since Ishmael the son of Nethaniah had struck down Gedaliah the son of
Ahikam, whom the king of Babylon had appointed over the land. |
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