Verse 18
Jeremiah 41:18
World English Bible
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because of the Chaldeans; for they were afraid of them, because Ishmael the son of Nethaniah had killed Gedaliah the son of Ahikam, whom the king of Babylon made governor over the land.
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
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Now in the seventh month, Ishmael the son of Nethaniah, the son of Elishama, of the royal offspring...
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Then Ishmael the son of Nethaniah arose, and the ten men who were with him, and struck Gedaliah the...
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Ishmael also killed all the Jews who were with him, with Gedaliah, at Mizpah, and the Chaldeans who...
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The second day after he had killed Gedaliah, and no man knew it,
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men came from Shechem, from Shiloh, and from Samaria, even eighty men, having their beards shaved an...
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Ishmael the son of Nethaniah went out from Mizpah to meet them, weeping all along as he went: and as...
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It was so, when they came into the middle of the city, that Ishmael the son of Nethaniah killed them...
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But ten men were found among those who said to Ishmael, “Don’t kill us; for we have stores hidden in...
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Now the pit in which Ishmael cast all the dead bodies of the men whom he had killed, by the side of...
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Then Ishmael carried away captive all the of the people who were left in Mizpah, even the king’s dau...
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But when Johanan the son of Kareah, and all the captains of the forces who were with him, heard of a...
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then they took all the men, and went to fight with Ishmael the son of Nethaniah, and found him by th...
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Now when all the people who were with Ishmael saw Johanan the son of Kareah, and all the captains of...
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So all the people who Ishmael had carried away captive from Mizpah turned about and came back, and w...
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But Ishmael the son of Nethaniah escaped from Johanan with eight men, and went to the children of Am...
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Then Johanan the son of Kareah and all the captains of the forces who were with him took all the rem...
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They departed and lived in Geruth Chimham, which is by Bethlehem, to go to enter into Egypt
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because of the Chaldeans; for they were afraid of them, because Ishmael the son of Nethaniah had kil...