Ishmael also struck down all the Jews who were with him, that is, with Gedaliah at Mizpah, and the Chaldeans who were found there, the men of war.
Parallel translations
- WEB Ishmael also killed all the Jews who were with him, with Gedaliah, at Mizpah, and the Chaldeans who were found there, the men of war.
- KJV Ishmael also slew all the Jews that were with him, even with Gedaliah, at Mizpah, and the Chaldeans that were found there, and the men of war.
- BSB Ishmael also killed all the Jews who were with Gedaliah at Mizpah, as well as the Chaldean soldiers who were there.
- NASB Ishmael also struck and killed all the Jews who were with him, that is with Gedaliah in Mizpah, and the Chaldeans who were found there, the men of war.
- NLT Ishmael also killed all the Judeans and the Babylonian soldiers who were with Gedaliah at Mizpah.
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Ishmael also kills the Jews with Gedaliah and the Babylonian soldiers present. The bloodshed spreads beyond the governor to a wider massacre.
Overview
Not content with one murder, Ishmael slaughters Gedaliah's companions and the Chaldean garrison, ensuring open rebellion against Babylon. The killing reveals the depth of his malice and political recklessness. This atrocity deepens the remnant's peril and exposes the violence that fills the human heart apart from the restraint of God's grace.
Cross-references & the web
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- Jer 41:11–12But when Johanan the son of Kareah, and all the captains of the forces who were with him, heard of all the evil that Ishmael the son of Nethaniah had done,
- Lam 1:2She weeps bitterly in the night, and her tears are on her cheeks; among all her lovers she has no one to comfort her: All her friends have dealt treacherously with her; they have become her enemies.
- Eccl 9:18Wisdom is better than weapons of war; but one sinner destroys much good.
- 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.
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