Jeremiah 41:1
In the seventh month, Ishmael son of Nethaniah, the son of Elishama, who was a member of the royal family and one of the king’s chief officers, came with ten men to Gedaliah son of Ahikam at Mizpah, and they ate a meal together there.
2 Then Ishmael son of Nethaniah and the ten men who were with him got up and struck down Gedaliah son of Ahikam, the son of Shaphan, with the sword, killing the one whom the king of Babylon had appointed to govern the land.
3 Ishmael also killed all the Jews who were with Gedaliah at Mizpah, as well as the Chaldean soldiers who were there.
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- BSB
- In the seventh month, Ishmael son of Nethaniah, the son of Elishama, who was a member of the royal family and one of the king’s chief officers, came with ten men to Gedaliah son of Ahikam at Mizpah, and they ate a meal together there.
- KJV
- 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.
- WEB
- Now in the seventh month, Ishmael the son of Nethaniah, the son of Elishama, of the royal offspring and one of the chief officers of the king, and ten men with him, came to Gedaliah the son of Ahikam to Mizpah; and there they ate bread together in Mizpah.
- ASV
- Now it came to pass in the seventh month, that Ishmael the son of Nethaniah, the son of Elishama, of the seed royal and [one of] the chief officers of the king, and ten men with him, came unto Gedaliah the son of Ahikam to Mizpah; and there they did eat bread together in Mizpah.
- DARBY
- And it came to pass in the seventh month, that Ishmael the son of Nethaniah the son of Elishama, of the royal seed, and [one] of the king's chief men, and ten men with him, came to Gedaliah the son of Ahikam unto Mizpah, and there they ate bread together, in Mizpah.
- BLB
- And it came to pass in the seventh month [that] Ishmael son of Nethaniah son of Elishama, of the royal seed and of the officers of the king, and ten men with him, came to Gedaliah son of Ahikam at Mizpah. And there they ate bread together in Mizpah.
- ÅB
- Men i den syvende måned kom Ismael, sønn av Netanja, Elisamas sønn, en mann av kongelig byrd, en av kongens stormenn, og ti menn med ham til Gedalja, Akikams sønn, i Mispa, og de holdt måltid sammen der i Mispa.
- OTB
- I den sjuende måneden kom Ismael, sønn av Netanja, sønn av Elisjama, som var av kongelig ætt og en av kongens offiserer, til Gedalja, sønn av Akikam, i Mispa med ti menn. Mens de spiste brød sammen der,
- B1930
- Men i den syvende måned kom Ismael, sønn av Netanja, Elisamas sønn, en mann av kongelig byrd, en av kongens stormenn, og ti menn med ham til Gedalja, Akikams sønn, i Mispa, og de holdt måltid sammen der i Mispa.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Jeremiah 40:8
they came to Gedaliah at Mizpah—Ishmael son of Nethaniah, Johanan and Jonathan the sons of Kareah, Seraiah son of Tanhumeth, the sons of Ephai the Netophathite, and Jezaniah son of the Maacathite—they and their men.
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Even my close friend whom I trusted, the one who shared my bread, has lifted up his heel against me.
Read in contextJeremiah 40:6
So Jeremiah went to Gedaliah son of Ahikam at Mizpah and stayed with him among the people who were left in the land.
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What causes conflicts and quarrels among you? Don’t they come from the passions at war within you?
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So the officials went to the king in the courtyard. And having stored the scroll in the chamber of Elishama the scribe, they reported everything to the king.
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They repay me evil for good, and hatred for my love.
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