Jeremiah 41:15

But Ishmael the son of Nethanyah escaped with eight men from the presence of Jochanan, and he went to the children of 'Ammon.

Leeser Tanakh

In The King James Version

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

In Context

14And all the people that Ishmael had carried away captive from Mizpah turned about and returned, and went unto Jochanan the son of Kareach.

16Then took Jochanan the son of Kareach, and all the captains of the armies that were with him, all the remnant of the people whom he had recovered from Ishmael the son of Nethanyah, from Mizpah, after he had slain Gedalyah the son of Achikam, the adult males, the men of war, and the women, and the children, and the eunuchs, whom he had brought back from Gib'on;

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Cross References

1 Kings 20:20And they slew every one his man; and the Syrians fled, and Israel pursued them: and Ben-hadad the king of Syria escaped on a horse with the horsemen.

Job 21:30That the bad man is reserved for the day of calamity, [that the wicked] are carried forward to the day of wrath.

Ecclesiastes 8:11Because the punishment against evil deeds is not executed speedily, therefore is the heart of the sons of men filled up in them to do evil.

Matthew Henry on Jeremiah 41:12-18

Johanan Pursues Ishmael; Ishmael's Retreat. ( b. c. 588.) 11 But when Johanan the son of Kareah, and all the captains of the forces that were with him, heard of all the evil that Ishmael the son of Nethaniah had done, 12 Then they took all the men, and went to fight with Ishmael the son of Nethaniah, and found him by the great waters that are in Gibeon. 13 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… Read the whole commentary →

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