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Jeremiah 41:4-9
Legacy Standard Bible
Jeremiah 41:4-9
Legacy Standard Bible
4 Now it happened on the [a]next day after putting Gedaliah to death, when no one knew about it, 5 that eighty men (A)came from (B)Shechem, from (C)Shiloh, and from (D)Samaria with (E)their beards shaved off and their clothes torn and [b]their bodies (F)gashed, having grain offerings and frankincense in their hands to bring to the (G)house of Yahweh. 6 Then Ishmael the son of Nethaniah went out from Mizpah to meet them, (H)weeping as he went; and it happened that as he encountered them, he said to them, “Come to Gedaliah the son of Ahikam!” 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 (I)slaughtered them and cast them into the cistern. 8 But ten men who were found among them said to Ishmael, “Do not put us to death; for we have (J)stores of wheat, barley, oil, and honey hidden in the field.” So he refrained and did not put them to death along with their [c]companions.
9 Now as for the cistern where Ishmael had cast all the corpses of the men whom he had struck down [d]because of Gedaliah, it was the (K)one that King Asa had made on (L)account of Baasha, king of Israel; Ishmael the son of Nethaniah filled it with the slain.
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- Jeremiah 41:4 Or second
- Jeremiah 41:5 Lit having cut themselves
- Jeremiah 41:8 Lit brothers
- Jeremiah 41:9 Or by the side of
Jeremiah 41:4-9
Revised Standard Version
Jeremiah 41:4-9
Revised Standard Version
4 On the day after the murder of Gedali′ah, before any one knew of it, 5 eighty men arrived from Shechem and Shiloh and Samar′ia, with their beards shaved and their clothes torn, and their bodies gashed, bringing cereal offerings and incense to present at the temple of the Lord. 6 And Ish′mael the son of Nethani′ah came out from Mizpah to meet them, weeping as he came. As he met them, he said to them, “Come in to Gedali′ah the son of Ahi′kam.” 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
Jeremiah 41:4-9
New International Version
Jeremiah 41:4-9
New International Version
4 The day after Gedaliah’s assassination, before anyone knew about it, 5 eighty men who had shaved off their beards,(A) torn their clothes(B) and cut(C) themselves came from Shechem,(D) Shiloh(E) and Samaria,(F) bringing grain offerings and incense(G) with them to the house of the Lord.(H) 6 Ishmael son of Nethaniah went out from Mizpah to meet them, weeping(I) as he went. When he met them, he said, “Come to Gedaliah son of Ahikam.”(J) 7 When they went into the city, Ishmael son of Nethaniah and the men who were with him slaughtered them and threw them into a cistern.(K) 8 But ten of them said to Ishmael, “Don’t kill us! We have wheat and barley, olive oil and honey, hidden in a field.”(L) So he let them alone and did not kill them with the others. 9 Now the cistern where he threw all the bodies of the men he had killed along with Gedaliah was the one King Asa(M) had made as part of his defense(N) against Baasha(O) king of Israel. Ishmael son of Nethaniah filled it with the dead.
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