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    Jeremiah 41

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    At Mizpah, Ishmael shares a meal with Gedaliah, kills him, weeps his way toward mourning pilgrims, and fills a cistern with the slain.

    The meal and the mourning processionvv. 1–10

    Ishmael son of Nethaniah arrives at Mizpah with ten men and eats with Gedaliah, the governor appointed by the king of Babylon. The next day, while the murder is still unknown, eighty mourning men come bearing offerings for the house of the LORD. Ishmael goes out weeping, invites them to Gedaliah, and then turns the invitation into a massacre. Ten men produce an unusually practical secret: wheat, barley, oil, and honey hidden in a field. Their bargain works. The rest, along with Gedaliah and others killed at Mizpah, go into the large cistern Asa had made against Baasha.

    The captives change sidesvv. 11–15

    Johanan son of Kareah and the commanders hear what Ishmael has done and bring their men to fight him. They find him near the great pool in Gibeon. Ishmael’s captives see Johanan and the commanders, rejoice, and turn away from Ishmael. Ishmael himself escapes with eight men to the Ammonites—a narrow ending for a very crowded crime.

    A frightened road toward Egyptvv. 16–18

    Johanan and the commanders recover the remnant from Ishmael: soldiers, women, children, and court officials. They stay at Geruth Chimham near Bethlehem, intending to proceed into Egypt. The reason is fear of the Chaldeans, sharpened by the killing of Gedaliah, whom the king of Babylon had appointed over the land.

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    1. Jer 41:1In the seventh month, Ishmael son of Nethaniah, the son of Elishama, who was a member of the royal family and one of the king’s chief officers, came with ten men to Gedaliah son of Ahikam at Mizpah, and they ate a meal together there.

    2. Jer 41:2Then Ishmael son of Nethaniah and the ten men who were with him got up and struck down Gedaliah son of Ahikam, the son of Shaphan, with the sword, killing the one whom the king of Babylon had appointed to govern the land.

    3. Jer 41:3Ishmael also killed all the Jews who were with Gedaliah at Mizpah, as well as the Chaldean soldiers who were there.

    4. Jer 41:4On the second day after the murder of Gedaliah, when no one yet knew about it,

    5. Jer 41:5eighty men who had shaved off their beards, torn their garments, and cut themselves came from Shechem, Shiloh, and Samaria, carrying grain offerings and frankincense for the house of the LORD.

    6. Jer 41:6And Ishmael son of Nethaniah went out from Mizpah to meet them, weeping as he went. When Ishmael encountered the men, he said, “Come to Gedaliah son of Ahikam.”

    7. Jer 41:7And when they came into the city, Ishmael son of Nethaniah and the men with him slaughtered them and threw them into a cistern.

    8. Jer 41:8But ten of the men among them said to Ishmael, “Do not kill us, for we have hidden treasure in the field—wheat, barley, oil, and honey!” So he refrained from killing them with the others.

    9. Jer 41:9Now the cistern into which Ishmael had thrown all the bodies of the men he had struck down along with Gedaliah was a large one that King Asa had made for fear of Baasha king of Israel. Ishmael son of Nethaniah filled it with the slain.

    10. Jer 41:10Then Ishmael took captive all the remnant of the people of Mizpah—the daughters of the king along with all the others who remained in Mizpah—over whom Nebuzaradan captain of the guard had appointed Gedaliah son of Ahikam. Ishmael son of Nethaniah took them captive and set off to cross over to the Ammonites.

    11. Jer 41:11When Johanan son of Kareah and all the commanders of the armies with him heard of all the crimes that Ishmael son of Nethaniah had committed,

    12. Jer 41:12they took all their men and went to fight Ishmael son of Nethaniah. And they found him near the great pool in Gibeon.

    13. Jer 41:13When all the people with Ishmael saw Johanan son of Kareah and all the commanders of the army with him, they rejoiced,

    14. Jer 41:14and all the people whom Ishmael had taken captive at Mizpah turned and went over to Johanan son of Kareah.

    15. Jer 41:15But Ishmael son of Nethaniah and eight of his men escaped from Johanan and went to the Ammonites.

    16. Jer 41:16Then Johanan son of Kareah and all the commanders of the armies with him took the whole remnant of the people from Mizpah whom he had recovered from Ishmael son of Nethaniah after Ishmael had killed Gedaliah son of Ahikam: the soldiers, women, children, and court officials he had brought back from Gibeon.

    17. Jer 41:17And they went and stayed in Geruth Chimham, near Bethlehem, in order to proceed into Egypt

    18. Jer 41:18to escape the Chaldeans. For they were afraid of the Chaldeans because Ishmael son of Nethaniah had struck down Gedaliah son of Ahikam, whom the king of Babylon had appointed over the land.

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    • 51 Kings 16:24He bought the hill of Samaria from Shemer for two talents of silver and built a city there, calling it Samaria after the name of Shemer, who had owned the hill.
    • 1Jeremiah 40:8they came to Gedaliah at Mizpah—Ishmael son of Nethaniah, Johanan and Jonathan the sons of Kareah, Seraiah son of Tanhumeth, the sons of Ephai the Netophathite, and Jezaniah son of the Maacathite—they and their men.
    • 22 Kings 25:25In the seventh month, however, Ishmael son of Nethaniah, the son of Elishama, who was a member of the royal family, came with ten men and struck down and killed Gedaliah, along with the Judeans and Chaldeans who were with him at Mizpah.
    • 5Deuteronomy 14:1You are sons of the LORD your God; do not cut yourselves or shave your foreheads on behalf of the dead,
    • 52 Kings 25:9He burned down the house of the LORD, the royal palace, and all the houses of Jerusalem—every significant building.
    • 5Joshua 18:1Then the whole congregation of Israel assembled at Shiloh and set up the Tent of Meeting there. And though the land was subdued before them,
    • 10Jeremiah 40:14and said to him, “Are you aware that Baalis king of the Ammonites has sent Ishmael son of Nethaniah to take your life?” But Gedaliah son of Ahikam did not believe them.
    • 122 Samuel 2:13So Joab son of Zeruiah and the servants of David marched out and met them by the pool of Gibeon. And the two groups took up positions on opposite sides of the pool.
    • 18Jeremiah 40:5But before Jeremiah turned to go, Nebuzaradan added, “Return to Gedaliah son of Ahikam, the son of Shaphan, whom the king of Babylon has appointed over the cities of Judah, and stay with him among the people, or go anywhere else that seems right.” Then the captain of the guard gave him a ration and a gift and released him.
    • 1Psalms 41:9Even my close friend whom I trusted, the one who shared my bread, has lifted up his heel against me.
    • 1Jeremiah 40:6So Jeremiah went to Gedaliah son of Ahikam at Mizpah and stayed with him among the people who were left in the land.
    • 5Genesis 33:18After Jacob had come from Paddan-aram, he arrived safely at the city of Shechem in the land of Canaan, and he camped just outside the city.
    • 5Judges 9:1Now Abimelech son of Jerubbaal went to his mother’s brothers at Shechem and said to them and to all the clan of his mother,
    • 10Jeremiah 40:7When all the commanders and men of the armies in the field heard that the king of Babylon had appointed Gedaliah son of Ahikam over the land and that he had put him in charge of the men, women, and children who were the poorest of the land and had not been exiled to Babylon,
    • 15Proverbs 28:17A man burdened by bloodguilt will flee into the Pit; let no one support him.
    • 15Job 21:30Indeed, the evil man is spared from the day of calamity, delivered from the day of wrath.

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