Verse 18
Jeremiah 41:18
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because of the Chaldeans: for they were afraid of them, because Ishmael the son of Nethaniah had slain 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 it came to pass in the seventh month, that Ishmael the son of Nethaniah, the son of Elishama, of...
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Then arose Ishmael the son of Nethaniah, and the ten men that were with him, and smote Gedaliah the...
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Ishmael also slew all the Jews that were with him, even with Gedaliah, at Mizpah, and the Chaldeans...
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And it came to pass the second day after he had slain Gedaliah, and no man knew it,
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that there came certain from Shechem, from Shiloh, and from Samaria, even fourscore men, having thei...
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And Ishmael the son of Nethaniah went forth from Mizpah to meet them, weeping all along as he went:...
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And it was so, when they came into the midst of the city, that Ishmael the son of Nethaniah slew the...
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But ten men were found among them that said unto Ishmael, Slay us not: for we have stores hidden in...
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Now the pit wherein Ishmael cast all the dead bodies of the men whom he had slain, by the side of Ge...
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Then Ishmael carried away captive all the residue of the people that were in Mizpah, even the king’s...
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But when Johanan the son of Kareah, and all the captains of the forces that were with him, heard of...
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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 it came to pass that when all the people which were with Ishmael saw Johanan the son of Kareah,...
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So all the people that Ishmael had carried away captive from Mizpah cast about and returned, and wen...
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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 took Johanan the son of Kareah, and all the captains of the forces that were with him, all the...
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and they departed, and dwelt 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 sla...