Now the cistern into which Ishmael had thrown all the bodies of the men whom he had struck down along with[a] Gedaliah was the large cistern that (A)King Asa had made for defense against (B)Baasha king of Israel; Ishmael the son of Nethaniah filled it with the slain. 10 Then Ishmael took captive all the rest of the people who were in Mizpah, (C)the king's daughters and all the people who were left at Mizpah, whom (D)Nebuzaradan, the captain of the guard, had committed to Gedaliah the son of Ahikam. Ishmael the son of Nethaniah took them captive and set out to cross over to (E)the Ammonites.

11 But when (F)Johanan the son of Kareah and (G)all the leaders of the forces with him heard of all the evil that Ishmael the son of Nethaniah had done,

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  1. Jeremiah 41:9 Hebrew by the hand of

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