Jeremiah 41:15

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

Geneva Bible 1599

In The King James Version

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

In Context

14So all the people, that Ishmael had caryed away captiue from Mizpah, returned and came againe, and went vnto Iohanan the sonne of Kareah.

16Then tooke Iohanan the sonne of Kareah, and all the captaines of the hoste that were with him, all the remnant of the people, whom Ishmael the sonne of Nethaniah had caried away captiue from Mizpah, (after that he had slaine Gedaliah the sonne of Ahikam) euen the strong men of warre, and the women, and the children, and the eunuches, whom hee had brought againe from Gibeon:

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Cross References

1 Kings 20:20And they slew euery one his enemie: and the Aramites fled, and Israel pursued them: but Ben-hadad ye King of Aram escaped on an horse with his horsemen.

Job 21:30But the wicked is kept vnto the day of destruction, and they shall be brought forth to the day of wrath.

Ecclesiastes 8:11Because sentence against an euill worke is not executed speedily, therefore the heart of the children of men is fully set in them to doe euill.

Acts 28:4Nowe when ye Barbarians saw the worme hang on his hand, they said among themselues, This man surely is a murtherer, whom, though he hath escaped the sea, yet Vengeance hath not suffered to liue.

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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