Thematic Bible
Jeremiah 41:1 (show verse)
In the seventh month Ishmael son of Nethaniah and grandson of Elishama, a descendant of the royal family and of the king's officers went with ten men to Gedaliah, son of Ahikam, at Mizpah. They ate together at Mizpah.
Jeremiah 41:2 (show verse)
Ishmael, son of Nethaniah, and the ten men who were with him got up, drew their swords, and killed Gedaliah, son of Ahikam and grandson of Shaphan. So they assassinated the man whom the king of Babylon had appointed to govern the land.
Jeremiah 41:3 (show verse)
Ishmael also killed all the Jews who were with Gedaliah at Mizpah as well as the Babylonian soldiers that he found there.
Jeremiah 41:4 (show verse)
The day after the murder of Gedaliah, before anyone knew about it,
Jeremiah 41:5 (show verse)
Eighty men arrived from Shechem, Shiloh, and Samaria. Their beards were shaved off, their clothes were torn, and cuts were on their bodies. They brought grain offerings and incense to Jehovah's Temple.
Jeremiah 41:6 (show verse)
Ishmael, son of Nethaniah, left Mizpah to meet them. He was crying as he went. When he met them, he said to them: Come to Gedaliah, son of Ahikam.
Jeremiah 41:7 (show verse)
When they came into the city, Ishmael, son of Nethaniah, and his men slaughtered them and threw them into a cistern.
Jeremiah 41:8 (show verse)
Ten men from the group pleaded with Ishmael: Do not kill us! We have wheat, barley, olive oil, and honey hidden in the country. So he left them alone and did not kill them along with the others.
Jeremiah 41:9 (show verse)
The cistern where Ishmael threw all the bodies of the men he had killed was the same one that King Asa made as a part of his defense against King Baasha of Israel. Ishmael, son of Nethaniah, filled it with the bodies.
Jeremiah 41:10 (show verse)
Then Ishmael took captive the rest of the people who were at Mizpah. He captured the king's daughters and all the other people who had been left at Mizpah. They were the people whom Nebuzaradan the captain of the guard had put under the control of Gedaliah son of Ahikam. Ishmael son of Nethaniah took them captive and left for Ammon.
Jeremiah 41:11 (show verse)
When Kareah's son Johanan and all the army commanders who were with him heard about all the crimes Ishmael son of Nethaniah did,
Jeremiah 41:12 (show verse)
they took all their men and went to fight Ishmael. They caught up with him at the large pool in Gibeon.
Jeremiah 41:13 (show verse)
When all the people who were with Ishmael saw Kareah's son Johanan and all the army commanders who were with him, they were glad.
Jeremiah 41:14 (show verse)
Then all the people Ishmael had taken captive at Mizpah turned and ran to Kareah's son Johanan.
Jeremiah 41:15 (show verse)
Ishmael and eight of his men escaped from Johanan and fled to Ammon.
Jeremiah 41:16 (show verse)
Then Kareah's son Johanan and all the army commanders who were with him brought back the rest of the people of Mizpah whom he had rescued from Ishmael, son of Nethaniah, after Ishmael had killed Gedaliah, son of Ahikam. Johanan brought back men, women, children, soldiers, and commanders from Gibeon.
Jeremiah 41:17 (show verse)
When they left Gibeon, they stayed near Bethlehem at Geruth Kimham on their way to Egypt.
Jeremiah 41:18 (show verse)
They were afraid of the Babylonians because Ishmael had killed Gedaliah whom the king of Babylon had appointed to govern the land.