Verse 4

Jeremiah 41:4

New Living Translation

4 The next day, before anyone had heard about Gedaliah’s murder,

Original Language Text

hebrew

וַ/יְהִ֛י בַּ/יּ֥וֹם הַ/שֵּׁנִ֖י לְ/הָמִ֣ית אֶת גְּדַלְיָ֑הוּ וְ/אִ֖ישׁ לֹ֥א יָדָֽע

English Translation

And it happened on the second day to kill Gedaliah, and no man knew.

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Chapter 41 Context

1 But in midautumn of that year, Ishmael son of Nethaniah and grandson of Elishama, who was a member o... Focus ↗

2 Ishmael and his ten men suddenly jumped up, drew their swords, and killed Gedaliah, whom the king of... Focus ↗

3 Ishmael also killed all the Judeans and the Babylonian soldiers who were with Gedaliah at Mizpah. Focus ↗

4 The next day, before anyone had heard about Gedaliah’s murder,

5 eighty men arrived from Shechem, Shiloh, and Samaria to worship at the Temple of the LORD. They had... Focus ↗

6 Ishmael left Mizpah to meet them, weeping as he went. When he reached them, he said, “Oh, come and s... Focus ↗

7 But as soon as they were all inside the town, Ishmael and his men killed all but ten of them and thr... Focus ↗

8 The other ten had talked Ishmael into letting them go by promising to bring him their stores of whea... Focus ↗

9 The cistern where Ishmael dumped the bodies of the men he murdered was the large one dug by King Asa... Focus ↗

10 Then Ishmael made captives of the king’s daughters and the other people who had been left under Geda... Focus ↗

11 But when Johanan son of Kareah and the other military leaders heard about Ishmael’s crimes, Focus ↗

12 they took all their men and set out to stop him. They caught up with him at the large pool near Gibe... Focus ↗

13 The people Ishmael had captured shouted for joy when they saw Johanan and the other military leaders... Focus ↗

14 And all the captives from Mizpah escaped and began to help Johanan. Focus ↗

15 Meanwhile, Ishmael and eight of his men escaped from Johanan into the land of Ammon. Focus ↗

16 Then Johanan son of Kareah and the other military leaders took all the people they had rescued in Gi... Focus ↗

17 They took them all to the village of Geruth-kimham near Bethlehem, where they prepared to leave for... Focus ↗

18 They were afraid of what the Babylonians would do when they heard that Ishmael had killed Gedaliah,... Focus ↗

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