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then men came from Shechem, from Shiloh, and from Samaria, eighty men with shaven beards[a] and torn garments, who had cut themselves with blades, having[b] grain offerings[c] and frankincense in their hands[d] to bring to the temple[e] of Yahweh. And Ishmael the son of Nethaniah came out to meet them from Mizpah, weeping as he came.[f] And then[g] as he was meeting them, he said to them, “Come to Gedaliah, the son of Ahikam.” And then,[h] the moment of their coming to the middle of the city, then Ishmael the son of Nethaniah, along with[i] the men who were with him, slaughtered[j] them and threw them to the middle of the pit.[k]

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Footnotes

  1. Jeremiah 41:5 Hebrew “beard”
  2. Jeremiah 41:5 Literally “and”
  3. Jeremiah 41:5 Hebrew “grain offering”
  4. Jeremiah 41:5 Hebrew “hand”
  5. Jeremiah 41:5 Literally “house”
  6. Jeremiah 41:6 Literally “coming he came and weeping”
  7. Jeremiah 41:6 Literally “And it was”
  8. Jeremiah 41:7 Literally “And it was”
  9. Jeremiah 41:7 Literally “and”
  10. Jeremiah 41:7 The Hebrew verb is singular
  11. Jeremiah 41:7 Or “cistern”

eighty men who had shaved off their beards,(A) torn their clothes(B) and cut(C) themselves came from Shechem,(D) Shiloh(E) and Samaria,(F) bringing grain offerings and incense(G) with them to the house of the Lord.(H) Ishmael son of Nethaniah went out from Mizpah to meet them, weeping(I) as he went. When he met them, he said, “Come to Gedaliah son of Ahikam.”(J) When they went into the city, Ishmael son of Nethaniah and the men who were with him slaughtered them and threw them into a cistern.(K)

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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.

And Ishmael the son of Nethaniah went forth from Mizpah to meet them, weeping all along as he went: and it came to pass, as he met them, he said unto them, Come to Gedaliah the son of Ahikam.

And it was so, when they came into the midst of the city, that Ishmael the son of Nethaniah slew them, and cast them into the midst of the pit, he, and the men that were with him.

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