But Ishmael son of Nethaniah and eight of his men escaped from Johanan and went to the Ammonites.
Parallel translations
- WEB But Ishmael the son of Nethaniah escaped from Johanan with eight men, and went to the children of Ammon.
- KJV But Ishmael the son of Nethaniah escaped from Johanan with eight men, 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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- Prov 28:17A man burdened by bloodguilt will flee into the Pit; let no one support him.
- Job 21:30Indeed, the evil man is spared from the day of calamity, delivered from the day of wrath.
- 1 Sam 30:17And David struck them down from twilight until the evening of the next day. Not a man escaped, except four hundred young men who fled, riding off on camels.
- 1 Kgs 20:20and each one struck down his opponent. So the Arameans fled, with the Israelites in pursuit. But Ben-hadad king of Aram escaped on horseback with the cavalry.
- Acts 28:4When the islanders saw the creature hanging from his hand, they said to one another, “Surely this man is a murderer. Although he was saved from the sea, Justice has not allowed him to live.”
- 2 Kgs 25:25In the seventh month, however, Ishmael son of Nethaniah, the son of Elishama, who was a member of the royal family, came with ten men and struck down and killed Gedaliah, along with the Judeans and Chaldeans who were with him at Mizpah.
- Eccl 8:11–12When the sentence for a crime is not speedily executed, the hearts of men become fully set on doing evil.
- Jer 41:2Then Ishmael son of Nethaniah and the ten men who were with him got up and struck down Gedaliah son of Ahikam, the son of Shaphan, with the sword, killing the one whom the king of Babylon had appointed to govern the land.
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