OLD TESTAMENT · VERSE 18

Jeremiah 41:18

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because of the Chaldeans; for they were afraid of them, because Ishmael the son of Nethaniah had killed Gedaliah the son of Ahikam, whom the king of Babylon made governor over the land.

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Jeremiah 41:15–18

15

But Ishmael the son of Nethaniah escaped from Johanan with eight men, and went to the children of Ammon.

16

Then Johanan the son of Kareah and all the captains of the forces who were with him took all the remnant of the people whom he had recovered from Ishmael the son of Nethaniah, from Mizpah, after he had killed Gedaliah the son of Ahikam—the men of war, with the women, the children, and the eunuchs, whom he had brought back from Gibeon.

17

They departed and lived in Geruth Chimham, which is by Bethlehem, to go to enter into Egypt

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because of the Chaldeans; for they were afraid of them, because Ishmael the son of Nethaniah had killed Gedaliah the son of Ahikam, whom the king of Babylon made governor over the land.

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