Jeremiah 41:4-9
English Standard Version
4 On the day after the murder of Gedaliah, before anyone knew of it, 5 eighty men arrived from (A)Shechem and (B)Shiloh and (C)Samaria, with (D)their beards shaved and (E)their clothes torn, and (F)their bodies gashed, (G)bringing grain offerings and incense to present at the temple of the Lord. 6 And Ishmael the son of Nethaniah came out from (H)Mizpah to meet them, weeping as he came. As he met them, he said to them, “Come in to Gedaliah the son of Ahikam.” 7 When they came into the city, Ishmael the son of Nethaniah and the men with him slaughtered them and cast them into a cistern. 8 But there were ten men among them who said to Ishmael, “Do not put us to death, for we have (I)stores of wheat, barley, oil, and honey hidden in the fields.” So he refrained and did not put them to death with their companions.
9 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 (J)King Asa had made for defense against (K)Baasha king of Israel; Ishmael the son of Nethaniah filled it with the slain.
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- Jeremiah 41:9 Hebrew by the hand of
Jeremiah 41:4-9
Lexham English Bible
The Massacre of the Mourners
4 And then[a] on the second day of the killing of Gedaliah—and no one[b] knew— 5 then men came from Shechem, from Shiloh, and from Samaria, eighty men with shaven beards[c] and torn garments, who had cut themselves with blades, having[d] grain offerings[e] and frankincense in their hands[f] to bring to the temple[g] of Yahweh. 6 And Ishmael the son of Nethaniah came out to meet them from Mizpah, weeping as he came.[h] And then[i] as he was meeting them, he said to them, “Come to Gedaliah, the son of Ahikam.” 7 And then,[j] the moment of their coming to the middle of the city, then Ishmael the son of Nethaniah, along with[k] the men who were with him, slaughtered[l] them and threw them to the middle of the pit.[m] 8 But ten men were found among them, and they said to Ishmael, “You must not kill us, for we have[n] hidden treasures in the field, wheat, and barley, and oil, and honey. So he refrained and he did not kill them in the midst of their fellow countrymen. 9 Now the pit[o] into which Ishmael threw all the corpses of the men whom he had killed along with[p] Gedaliah was the same one that King Asa had made because of Baasha the king of Israel, who was against him. Ishmael the son of Nethaniah filled it with the slain ones.
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- Jeremiah 41:4 Literally “And it was”
- Jeremiah 41:4 Literally “not a man”
- Jeremiah 41:5 Hebrew “beard”
- Jeremiah 41:5 Literally “and”
- Jeremiah 41:5 Hebrew “grain offering”
- Jeremiah 41:5 Hebrew “hand”
- Jeremiah 41:5 Literally “house”
- Jeremiah 41:6 Literally “coming he came and weeping”
- Jeremiah 41:6 Literally “And it was”
- Jeremiah 41:7 Literally “And it was”
- Jeremiah 41:7 Literally “and”
- Jeremiah 41:7 The Hebrew verb is singular
- Jeremiah 41:7 Or “cistern”
- Jeremiah 41:8 Literally “there is to us”
- Jeremiah 41:9 Or “cistern”
- Jeremiah 41:9 Literally “by the hand of”
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