Jeremiah 41:1-10
ISHMAEL SLAYS GEDALIAH... [ Continue Reading ]
ISHMAEL SLAYS GEDALIAH... [ Continue Reading ]
Now it came to pass in the seventh month, only about two months after the destruction of Jerusalem and the appointment of Gedaliah as governor, THAT ISHMAEL, THE SON OF NETHA-NIAH, THE SON OF ELISHAMA, OF THE SEED ROYAL AND THE PRINCES OF THE KING, he belonged to a side-line of the house of David an... [ Continue Reading ]
Then arose Ishmael, the son of Neth-aniah, while he and his men were partaking of this hospitality, AND THE TEN MEN THAT WERE WITH HIM, AND SMOTE GEDALIAH, THE SON OF AHIKAM, THE SON OF SHAPHAN, WITH THE SWORD AND SLEW HIM, or, literally, "so he slew him," WHOM THE KING OF BABYLON HAD MADE GOVERNOR... [ Continue Reading ]
Ishmael also slew all the Jews that were with him, even with Gedaliah, at Mizpah, the armed men who had placed themselves at the disposal of the governor, AND THE CHALDEANS THAT WERE FOUND THERE, various officials of the Babylonian government, AND THE MEN OF WAR, who were evidently unprepared for su... [ Continue Reading ]
And it came to pass the second day after he had slain Gedaliah, and no man knew it, news of the murder not having reached any other part of the country as yet,... [ Continue Reading ]
that there came certain from Shechem, from Shiloh, and from Samaria, three cities farther north in the province, EVEN FOURSCORE MEN, HAVING THEIR BEARDS SHAVEN, as a sign of deep mourning, AND THEIR CLOTHES RENT, AND HAVING CUT THEMSELVES, such incisions into the skin being forbidden to the children... [ Continue Reading ]
And Ishmael, the son of Nethaniah, whose scouts had undoubtedly informed him of their coming, WENT FORTH FROM MIZPAH TO MEET THEM, WEEPING ALL ALONG AS HE WENT, pretending to weep, as they did, over the ruin of the Temple; AND IT CAME TO PASS, AS HE MET THEM, HE SAID UNTO THEM, COME TO GEDALIAH, THE... [ Continue Reading ]
And it was so, when they came into the midst of the city, still without the slightest suspicion regarding the ruse employed by Ishmael, THAT ISHMAEL, THE SON OF NETHANIAH, SLEW THEM, murdered them in cold blood, AND CAST THEM INTO THE MIDST OF THE PIT, which was either the trench about the city or a... [ Continue Reading ]
But ten men were found among them, the eighty who fell into Ishmael's trap, THAT SAID UNTO ISHMAEL, SLAY US NOT, FOR WE HAVE TREASURES IN THE FIELD, OF WHEAT, AND OF BARLEY, AND OF OIL, AND OF HONEY, for it was customary for men to hide their stores of grain and fruit in underground bins during trou... [ Continue Reading ]
Now, the pit wherein Ishmael had cast all the dead bodies of the men whom he had slain because of Gedaliah, literally, "at the hand of Gedaliah," that is, next to Gedaliah, whom he had first cast into this trench or cistern, WAS IT WHICH ASA, THE KING, HAD MADE FOR FEAR OF BAASHA, KING OF ISRAEL, Cf... [ Continue Reading ]
Then Ishmael carried away captive all the residue of the people that were in Mizpah, even the king's daughters, all the princesses of the royal household, including the daughters of Zedekiah, AND ALL THE PEOPLE THAT REMAINED IN MIZPAH, WHOM NEBUZAR-ADAN, THE CAPTAIN OF THE GUARD, HAD COMMITTED TO GE... [ Continue Reading ]
But when Johanan, the son of Kareah, and all the captains of the forces that were with him, who had warned Gedaliah against Ishmael, HEARD OF ALL THE EVIL THAT ISHMAEL, THE SON OF NETHANIAH, HAD DONE,... [ Continue Reading ]
THE PREPARATIONS TO EMIGRATE TO EGYPT... [ Continue Reading ]
then they took all the men, quickly summoning them upon receiving the sad news, AND WENT TO FIGHT WITH ISHMAEL, THE SON OF NETHANIAH, AND FOUND HIM BY THE GREAT WATERS THAT ARE IN GIBEON, only a few miles northeast of Mizpah. The disposing of the seventy slain men and the gathering of the people of... [ Continue Reading ]
Now it came to pass that, when all the people which were with Ishmael saw Johanan, the son of Kareah, and all the captains of the forces that were with him, then they were glad, for the prospect of being sold into slavery was not pleasant.... [ Continue Reading ]
So all the people that Ishmael had carried away captive from Mizpah cast about, they came around, they circled back, AND RETURNED AND WENT UNTO JOHANAN, THE SON OF KAREAH, they took this opportunity of joining the forces of their deliverer, since Ishmael was now engaged in defending himself against... [ Continue Reading ]
But Ishmael, the son of Nethaniah, escaped from Johanan, upon the latter's determined attack, WITH EIGHT MEN AND WENT TO THE AMMONITES, two of his men evidently having fallen in the fight.... [ Continue Reading ]
Then took Johanan, the son of Kareah, and all the captains of the forces that were with him all the remnant of the people whom he had recovered from Ishmael, the son of Nethaniah, rescuing them out of his hand, FROM MIZPAH, AFTER THAT HE HAD SLAIN GEDALIAH, THE SON OF AHIKAM, EVEN MIGHTY MEN OF WAR,... [ Continue Reading ]
and they departed and dwelt in the habitation of Chimham, a khan or caravansary, where large companies of travelers stopped for the night, WHICH IS BY BETHLEHEM, TO GO TO ENTER INTO EGYPT,... [ Continue Reading ]
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 in the land, they feared that they would be implicated in Ishmael's treason or in some way be held responsible for it. It would... [ Continue Reading ]