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Jeremiah 41:5

SamariaShechemShiloh
Grief

3 Ishmael also killed all the Jews who were with Gedaliah at Mizpah, as well as the Chaldean soldiers who were there.

4 On the second day after the murder of Gedaliah, when no one yet knew about it,

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.

6 And Ishmael son of Nethaniah went out from Mizpah to meet them, weeping as he went. When Ishmael encountered the men, he said, “Come to Gedaliah son of Ahikam.”

7 And when they came into the city, Ishmael son of Nethaniah and the men with him slaughtered them and threw them into a cistern.

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BSB
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.
KJV
That there came certain from Shechem, from Shiloh, and from Samaria, even fourscore men, having their beards shaven, and their clothes rent, and having cut themselves, with offerings and incense in their hand, to bring them to the house of the LORD.
WEB
men came from Shechem, from Shiloh, and from Samaria, even eighty men, having their beards shaved and their clothes torn, and having cut themselves, with meal offerings and frankincense in their hand, to bring them to the LORD’s house.
ASV
that there came men from Shechem, from Shiloh, and from Samaria, even fourscore men, having their beards shaven and their clothes rent, and having cut themselves, with meal-offerings and frankincense in their hand, to bring them to the house of Jehovah.
DARBY
that there came men from Shechem, from Shiloh, and from Samaria, eighty men, having their beards shaven and their clothes rent, and having cut themselves; with oblations and incense in their hand, to bring them to the house of Jehovah.
BLB
that certain men came from Shechem, from Shiloh, and from Samaria, eighty men with their beards shaved and torn clothes and having cut themselves, and with offering and incense in their hands, to bring in [to] the house of YHWH.
ÅB
kom det menn fra Sikem, fra Silo og Samaria, åtti menn med avraket skjegg og sønderrevne klær og med flenger i kjøttet[^1], og de hadde med seg matoffer og virak for å bære det til Herrens hus.
OTB
kom åtti menn fra Sikem, Sjilo og Samaria med skjegget barbert, klærne revet i stykker og kroppene skåret, med grødeoffer og røkelse til Herrens hus.
B1930
kom det menn fra Sikem, fra Silo og Samaria, åtti menn med avraket skjegg og sønderrevne klær og med flenger i kjøttet, og de hadde med sig matoffer og virak for å bære det til Herrens hus. / < JER 16, 6.>

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  • 1 Kings 16:24

    He bought the hill of Samaria from Shemer for two talents of silver and built a city there, calling it Samaria after the name of Shemer, who had owned the hill.

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  • Deuteronomy 14:1

    You are sons of the LORD your God; do not cut yourselves or shave your foreheads on behalf of the dead,

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  • Joshua 18:1

    Then the whole congregation of Israel assembled at Shiloh and set up the Tent of Meeting there. And though the land was subdued before them,

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  • 2 Kings 25:9

    He burned down the house of the LORD, the royal palace, and all the houses of Jerusalem—every significant building.

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  • 1 Kings 12:1

    Then Rehoboam went to Shechem, for all Israel had gone there to make him king.

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  • Genesis 33:18

    After Jacob had come from Paddan-aram, he arrived safely at the city of Shechem in the land of Canaan, and he camped just outside the city.

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  • Judges 9:1

    Now Abimelech son of Jerubbaal went to his mother’s brothers at Shechem and said to them and to all the clan of his mother,

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  • Isaiah 15:2

    Dibon goes up to its temple to weep at its high places. Moab wails over Nebo, as well as over Medeba. Every head is shaved, every beard is cut off.

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