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Jeremiah 41 Summary
Ishmael's Treachery and Murder at Mizpah
Ishmael, a royal prince, came to Gedaliah the governor with ten men and murdered him while eating bread together at Mizpah. Ishmael then killed all the Jews and Chaldeans present, and when eighty men from Shechem and Shiloh came bringing offerings to the house of the Lord, Ishmael deceitfully invited them to Gedaliah, then slew them and cast their bodies into a pit. After capturing the remaining people of Mizpah, including the king's daughters, Ishmael fled with captives toward the Ammonites, but Johanan the son of Kareah pursued him and recovered the captives.
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Jeremiah 41:1-2
“Now it came to pass in the seventh month, that Ishmael the son of Nethaniah the son of Elishama, of the seed royal, and the princes of the king, even ten men with him, came unto Gedaliah the son of Ahikam to Mizpah; and there they did eat bread together in Mizpah.”
Jeremiah 41:4-7
“And it came to pass the second day after he had slain Gedaliah, and no man knew it,”
Jeremiah 41:10
“Then Ishmael carried away captive all the residue of the people that were in Mizpah, even the king's daughters, and all the people that remained in Mizpah, whom Nebuzar-adan the captain of the guard had committed to Gedaliah the son of Ahikam: and Ishmael the son of Nethaniah carried them away captive, and departed to go over to the Ammonites.”
Jeremiah 41:11-15
“But when Johanan the son of Kareah, and all the captains of the forces that were with him, heard of all the evil that Ishmael the son of Nethaniah had done,”
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