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Jeremiah 41 :: Legacy Standard Bible (LSB)

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Ishmael Strikes Down Gedaliah

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 41:1 -

Now it happened in the seventh month, that Ishmael the son of Nethaniah, the son of Elishama, of the royal seed and one of the chief officers of the king, along with ten men, came to Mizpah to Gedaliah the son of Ahikam. And they were eating bread together there in Mizpah.

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 41:2 - Then 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.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 41:3 - Ishmael also struck down all the Jews who were with him, that is with Gedaliah at Mizpah, as well as the Chaldeans who were found there, the men of war.
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Now it happened on the [fn]next day after putting Gedaliah to death, when no one knew about it,

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 41:5 - that eighty men came from Shechem, from Shiloh, and from Samaria with their beards shaved off and their clothes torn and [fn]their bodies gashed, having grain offerings and frankincense in their hands to bring to the house of Yahweh.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 41:6 - Then Ishmael the son of Nethaniah went out from Mizpah to meet them, weeping as he went; and it happened that as he encountered them, he said to them, “Come to Gedaliah the son of Ahikam!”
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 41:7 - But it happened 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.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 41:8 - 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 with their [fn]companions.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 41:9 -

Now as for the cistern where Ishmael had cast all the corpses of the men whom he had struck down [fn]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.

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 41:10 - Then Ishmael took captive all the remnant of the people who were in Mizpah, the king’s daughters and all the people who remained in Mizpah, over whom Nebuzaradan the captain of the bodyguard had appointed Gedaliah the son of Ahikam; thus Ishmael the son of Nethaniah took them captive and went to cross over to the sons of Ammon.

Johanan Rescues the People

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 41:11 -

But Johanan the son of Kareah and all the commanders of the military forces that were with him heard of all the evil that Ishmael the son of Nethaniah had done.

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 41:12 - So they took all the men and went to fight with Ishmael the son of Nethaniah, and they found him by the great [fn]pool that is in Gibeon.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 41:13 - Now it happened as soon as all the people who were with Ishmael saw Johanan the son of Kareah and all the commanders of the military forces that were with him, they were glad.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 41:14 - So all the people whom Ishmael had taken captive from Mizpah turned around and returned and went to Johanan the son of Kareah.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 41:15 - But Ishmael the son of Nethaniah escaped from Johanan with eight men and went to the sons of Ammon.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 41:16 - Then Johanan the son of Kareah and all the commanders of the military forces that were with him took from Mizpah all the remnant of the people whom he had returned from Ishmael the son of Nethaniah, after he had struck down Gedaliah the son of Ahikam, that is, the mighty men who were men of war, the women, the little ones, and the eunuchs, whom he had returned from Gibeon.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 41:17 - And they went and stayed in [fn]Geruth Chimham, which is beside Bethlehem, in order to proceed into Egypt
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 41:18 - 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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