But Ishmael the son of Nethaniah escaped from Johanan with eight men, and went to the children of Ammon.
Parallel translations
- KJV But Ishmael the son of Nethaniah escaped from Johanan with eight men, and went to the Ammonites.
- BSB But Ishmael son of Nethaniah and eight of his men escaped from Johanan and went to the Ammonites.
- NKJV But Ishmael the son of Nethaniah escaped from Johanan with eight men and went to the Ammonites.
- NASB But Ishmael the son of Nethaniah escaped from Johanan with eight men, and went to the sons of Ammon.
- NLT Meanwhile, Ishmael and eight of his men escaped from Johanan into the land of Ammon.
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Quick answer
Ishmael escapes with eight men to the Ammonites. The murderer flees, though his crimes remain under God's reckoning.
Overview
Losing his captives, Ishmael slips away with a handful of followers to take refuge among the Ammonites who had backed his plot. His escape leaves justice seemingly incomplete in human terms. Yet Scripture assures that no evil ultimately escapes God's judgment, even when earthly punishment is delayed.
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Cross-references · 8
- Prov 28:17A man who is tormented by life blood will be a fugitive until death; no one will support him.
- Job 21:30that the evil man is reserved to the day of calamity, That they are led out to the day of wrath?
- 1 Sam 30:17David struck them from the twilight even to the evening of the next day. Not a man of them escaped from there, except four hundred young men, who rode on camels and fled.
- 1 Kgs 20:20They each killed his man. The Syrians fled, and Israel pursued them. Ben Hadad the king of Syria escaped on a horse with horsemen.
- Acts 28:4When the natives saw the creature hanging from his hand, they said to one another, “No doubt this man is a murderer, whom, though he has escaped from the sea, yet Justice has not allowed to live.”
- 2 Kgs 25:25But in the seventh month, Ishmael the son of Nethaniah, the son of Elishama, of the royal offspring came, and ten men with him, and struck Gedaliah, so that he died, with the Jews and the Chaldeans that were with him at Mizpah.
- Eccl 8:11–12Because sentence against an evil work is not executed speedily, therefore the heart of the sons of men is fully set in them to do evil.
- Jer 41:2Then Ishmael the son of Nethaniah arose, and the ten men who were with him, and struck Gedaliah the son of Ahikam the son of Shaphan with the sword, and killed him, whom the king of Babylon had made governor over the land.
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