Verse 18
Jeremiah 41:18
New Living Translation
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They were afraid of what the Babylonians would do when they heard that Ishmael had killed Gedaliah, the governor appointed by the Babylonian king.
Original Language Text
hebrew
מִ/פְּנֵי֙ הַ/כַּשְׂדִּ֔ים כִּ֥י יָרְא֖וּ מִ/פְּנֵי/הֶ֑ם כִּֽי הִכָּ֞ה יִשְׁמָעֵ֣אל בֶּן נְתַנְיָ֗ה אֶת גְּדַלְיָ֨הוּ֙ בֶּן אֲחִיקָ֔ם אֲשֶׁר הִפְקִ֥יד מֶֽלֶךְ בָּבֶ֖ל בָּ/אָֽרֶץ
English Translation
Because they feared the Chaldeans, for Ishmael the son of Nethaniah struck Gedaliah the son of Ahikam, whom the king of Babylon had appointed in the land.
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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...
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Ishmael and his ten men suddenly jumped up, drew their swords, and killed Gedaliah, whom the king of...
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Ishmael also killed all the Judeans and the Babylonian soldiers who were with Gedaliah at Mizpah.
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The next day, before anyone had heard about Gedaliah’s murder,
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eighty men arrived from Shechem, Shiloh, and Samaria to worship at the Temple of the LORD. They had...
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Ishmael left Mizpah to meet them, weeping as he went. When he reached them, he said, “Oh, come and s...
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But as soon as they were all inside the town, Ishmael and his men killed all but ten of them and thr...
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The other ten had talked Ishmael into letting them go by promising to bring him their stores of whea...
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9
The cistern where Ishmael dumped the bodies of the men he murdered was the large one dug by King Asa...
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10
Then Ishmael made captives of the king’s daughters and the other people who had been left under Geda...
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But when Johanan son of Kareah and the other military leaders heard about Ishmael’s crimes,
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they took all their men and set out to stop him. They caught up with him at the large pool near Gibe...
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The people Ishmael had captured shouted for joy when they saw Johanan and the other military leaders...
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And all the captives from Mizpah escaped and began to help Johanan.
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Meanwhile, Ishmael and eight of his men escaped from Johanan into the land of Ammon.
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Then Johanan son of Kareah and the other military leaders took all the people they had rescued in Gi...
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They took them all to the village of Geruth-kimham near Bethlehem, where they prepared to leave for...
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They were afraid of what the Babylonians would do when they heard that Ishmael had killed Gedaliah,...