Jeremiah 41

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Gedaliah Is Murdered

41 ^(A)Now in the seventh month ^(B)Ishmael the son of Nethaniah, the son of Elishama, of the royal ^[a]family and one of the chief officers of the king, along with ten men, came to Mizpah to ^(C)Gedaliah the son of Ahikam. While they ^(D)were eating bread together there in Mizpah, ²Ishmael the son of Nethaniah and the ten men who were with him rose up, and ^(E)struck and killed Gedaliah the son of Ahikam, the son of Shaphan, with the sword and ^(F)put to death the one ^(G)whom the king of Babylon had appointed over the land. ³Ishmael also struck and killed all the Jews who were with him, that is with Gedaliah in Mizpah, and the Chaldeans who were found there, the men of war.

⁴Now it happened on the ^[b]next day after the killing of Gedaliah, when no one knew about it, ⁵that eighty men ^(H)came from ^(I)Shechem, from ^(J)Shiloh, and from ^(K)Samaria with ^(L)their beards shaved off, their clothes torn, and ^[c]their bodies ^(M)gashed, having grain offerings and incense in their hands to bring to the ^(N)house of the Lord. ⁶Then Ishmael the son of Nethaniah left Mizpah to meet them, ^(O)weeping 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 who were with him ^(P)slaughtered them and threw them into the cistern. ⁸But ten men who were found among them said to Ishmael, “Do not put us to death, for we have ^(Q)supplies 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 thrown all the bodies of the men whom he had struck and killed ^[d]because of Gedaliah, it was the ^(R)one that King Asa had constructed on ^(S)account of Baasha, king of Israel; Ishmael the son of Nethaniah filled it with the dead. ¹⁰Then Ishmael took captive all the ^(T)remnant of the people who were in Mizpah, the ^(U)king’s daughters and all the people who were left in Mizpah, whom Nebuzaradan the captain of the bodyguard had put in the custody of Gedaliah the son of Ahikam. Ishmael the son of Nethaniah took them captive and proceeded to cross over to the sons of ^(V)Ammon.

Johanan Rescues the People

¹¹But Johanan the son of Kareah and all the ^(W)commanders of the forces that were with him heard about all the evil that Ishmael the son of Nethaniah had done. ¹²So they took all the men and went to ^(X)fight with Ishmael the son of Nethaniah and they found him by the ^(Y)large ^[e]pool that is in Gibeon. ¹³Now as soon as all the people who were with Ishmael saw Johanan the son of Kareah and all the commanders of the forces that were with him, they were joyful. 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 ^(Z)escaped from Johanan with eight men, and went to the sons of Ammon. ¹⁶Then Johanan the son of Kareah and all the commanders of the forces that were with him took from Mizpah ^(AA)all the remnant of the people whom he had ^[f]recovered from Ishmael the son of Nethaniah, after he had struck and killed Gedaliah the son of Ahikam, that is, the men who were ^[g]soldiers, the women, the ^[h]children, and the high officials, whom he had brought back from Gibeon. ¹⁷And they went and stayed in ^[i]^(AB)Geruth Chimham, which is beside Bethlehem, in order to ^(AC)proceed into Egypt ¹⁸because of the Chaldeans; for they were ^(AD)afraid of them, since Ishmael the son of Nethaniah had struck and killed Gedaliah the son of Ahikam, whom ^(AE)the king of Babylon had appointed over the land.

Footnotes

Jeremiah 41:1 Lit seed
Jeremiah 41:4 Or second
Jeremiah 41:5 Lit having cut themselves
Jeremiah 41:9 Lit by the hand of
Jeremiah 41:12 Lit waters
Jeremiah 41:16 Lit brought back
Jeremiah 41:16 Lit men of war
Jeremiah 41:16 Lit infants
Jeremiah 41:17 Or the lodging place of Chimham

Psalm 17

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Prayer for Protection against Oppressors.

A Prayer of David.

17 Hear a ^(A)just cause, Lord, ^(B)give Your attention to my cry;
^(C)Listen to my prayer, which is not from ^(D)deceitful lips.
²Let ^(E)my ^[a]judgment come forth from Your presence;
Let Your eyes look with ^(F)integrity.
³You have ^(G)put my heart to the test;
You have visited me by night;
You have ^(H)sifted me and ^(I)You find ^[b]nothing;
My ^(J)intent is that my mouth will not offend.
⁴As for the works of mankind, ^(K)by the word of Your lips
I have kept from the ^(L)ways of the violent.
⁵My ^(M)steps have held to Your ^[c]paths.
My ^(N)feet have not slipped.

⁶I have ^(O)called upon You, for You will answer me, God;
^(P)Incline Your ear to me, hear my speech.
⁷^(Q)Show Your wonderful faithfulness,
^(R)Savior of those who take refuge ^[d]at Your right hand
From those who rise up against them.
⁸Keep me as ^[e]the ^(S)apple of the eye;
Hide me ^(T)in the shadow of Your wings
⁹From the ^(U)wicked who deal violently with me,
My ^(V)deadly enemies who surround me.
¹⁰They have ^(W)closed their ^[f]unfeeling hearts,
With their mouths they ^(X)speak proudly.
¹¹They have now ^(Y)surrounded us in our steps;
They set their eyes ^(Z)to cast us down to the ground.
¹²He is ^(AA)like a lion that is eager to tear,
And as a young lion ^(AB)lurking in secret places.

¹³^(AC)Arise, Lord, confront him, ^(AD)make him bow down;
^(AE)Save my soul from the wicked with ^(AF)Your sword,
¹⁴From people by ^(AG)Your hand, Lord,
From people ^[g]of the world, ^(AH)whose portion is in this life,
And whose belly You ^(AI)fill with Your treasure;
They are satisfied with children,
And leave their abundance to their babies.
¹⁵As for me, I shall ^(AJ)behold Your face in righteousness;
^(AK)I shall be satisfied with Your ^(AL)likeness when I awake.