Jeremiah 41:7-9
Revised Standard Version
7 When they came into the city, Ish′mael the son of Nethani′ah and the men with him slew them, and cast them into a cistern. 8 But there were ten men among them who said to Ish′mael, “Do not kill us, for we have stores of wheat, barley, oil, and honey hidden in the fields.” So he refrained and did not kill them with their companions.
9 Now the cistern into which Ish′mael cast all the bodies of the men whom he had slain was the large cistern[a] which King Asa had made for defense against Ba′asha king of Israel; Ish′mael the son of Nethani′ah filled it with the slain.
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- Jeremiah 41:9 Gk: Heb he had slain by the hand of Gedaliah
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