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href="/jeremiah/41-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span>On the second day after the murder of Gedaliah, when no one yet knew about it, <A name="6"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/jeremiah/41-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span>eighty 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. <A name="7"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/jeremiah/41-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span>And Ishmael son of Nethaniah went out from Mizpah to meet them, weeping as he went. <p class="reg"> When Ishmael encountered the men, he said, “Come to Gedaliah son of Ahikam.” <A name="8"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/jeremiah/41-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span>And when they came into the city, Ishmael son of Nethaniah and the men with him slaughtered them and threw them into a cistern. <A name="9"></a><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/jeremiah/41-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span>But 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. <A name="10"></a><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/jeremiah/41-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span>Now 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. <A name="11"></a><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/jeremiah/41-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span>Then 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. <A name="12"></a><p class="hdg">Johanan Rescues the Captives<p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/jeremiah/41-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span>When 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, <A name="13"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/jeremiah/41-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span>they took all their men and went to fight Ishmael son of Nethaniah. And they found him near the great pool in Gibeon. <A name="14"></a><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/jeremiah/41-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span>When all the people with Ishmael saw Johanan son of Kareah and all the commanders of the army with him, they rejoiced, <A name="15"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/jeremiah/41-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span>and all the people whom Ishmael had taken captive at Mizpah turned and went over to Johanan son of Kareah. <A name="16"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/jeremiah/41-15.htm"><b>15</b></a></span>But Ishmael son of Nethaniah and eight of his men escaped from Johanan and went to the Ammonites. <A name="17"></a><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/jeremiah/41-16.htm"><b>16</b></a></span>Then 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<span class="fn"><a href="#fn">b</a></span> he had brought back from Gibeon. <A name="18"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/jeremiah/41-17.htm"><b>17</b></a></span>And they went and stayed in Geruth Chimham, near Bethlehem, in order to proceed into Egypt <span class="reftext"><a href="/jeremiah/41-18.htm"><b>18</b></a></span>to escape the Chaldeans.<span class="fn"><a href="#fn">c</a></span> 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.</p><A name="fn"></a><div id="fnlink"><br /><br /><b>Footnotes:</b><br><br><span class="fnverse">3</span> <span class="footnotesbot">a</span> Or <i>Babylonian</i><span class="thin"> </span><br><span class="fnverse">16</span> <span class="footnotesbot">b</span> Or <i>eunuchs</i><span class="thin"> </span><br><span class="fnverse">18</span> <span class="footnotesbot">c</span> That is, the Babylonians<br><br /></div><br /></div></div><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center">The Berean Bible (<a href=http://berean.bible>www.Berean.Bible</a>) <a href=http://bereanbible.com>Berean Study Bible (BSB)</a> © 2016, 2020 by <a href=http://biblehub.com>Bible Hub</a> and <a href=http://berean.bible>Berean.Bible</a>. 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