Jeremiah 41:15

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

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KJV

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

ASV

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

YLT

And Ishmael son of Nethaniah hath escaped, with eight men, from the presence of Johanan, and he goeth unto the sons of Ammon.

DBT

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

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But Ishmael the son of Nethaniah escaped from Johanan with eight men,.... Of the ten he brought with hin), Jer 41:1; two of them being slain in this skirmish, or taken by Johanan, or they fled another way: and went to the Ammonites; who had put him upon, or however encouraged and assisted him in, his wicked attempts; though he returned to them not according to their wishes, nor with that honour and glory he thought to have done.

John Gill· Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763)reformed

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Job 21:30
Indeed, the evil man is spared from the day of calamity, delivered from the day of wrath.
Proverbs 28:17
A man burdened by bloodguilt will flee into the Pit; let no one support him.
1 Samuel 30:17
And 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 Kings 20:20
and 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.
2 Kings 25:25
In 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.
Acts 28:4
When 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.”
Jeremiah 41:2
Then 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.
Ecclesiastes 8:11–12
When the sentence for a crime is not speedily executed, the hearts of men become fully set on doing evil.
Jeremiah 43:5
Instead, Johanan son of Kareah and all the commanders of the forces took the whole remnant of Judah, those who had returned to the land of Judah from all the nations to which they had been scattered,

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Who & where

PersonPatriarchsIshmaelAbraham's son by Hagar — blessed and made a great nation, but not the covenant heir; Paul's figure of the flesh (Gal 4:21–31).

About this book

The Prophet Jeremiah — Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866), public domain

Jeremiah — The weeping prophet of Judah's final generation — 627 BC call under Josiah to the 586 BC fall of Jerusalem and into Egyptian exile. Fifty-two chapters of lament, confrontation, and covenant promise, with the New Covenant glimpsed at the book's theological apex.

Canon: Old Testament
Author: Jeremiah, son of Hilkiah, of the priestly family of Anathoth (1:1); Baruch the scribe assisted with dictation (36:4, 45:1)
Date: Ministry c. 627–580 BC; book compiled during and after the 586 BC exile

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Proverbs 28:17
A man burdened by bloodguilt will flee into the Pit; let no one support him.
leads to
- Genesis 9:6
  Whoever sheds the blood of man, by man his blood will be shed; for in His own image God has made mankind.
- Exodus 21:14
  But if a man schemes and acts willfully against his neighbor to kill him, you must take him away from My altar to be put to death.
- 1 Kings 21:19
  Tell him that this is what the LORD says: ‘Have you not murdered a man and seized his land?’ Then tell him that this is also what the LORD says: ‘In the place where…
Through
Job 21:30
Indeed, the evil man is spared from the day of calamity, delivered from the day of wrath.
leads to
- Proverbs 16:4
  The LORD has made everything for His purpose— even the wicked for the day of disaster.
- 2 Peter 2:9–17
  if all this is so, then the Lord knows how to rescue the godly from trials and to hold the unrighteous for punishment on the day of judgment.
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2 Kings 25:25
In 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…
leads to
- Zechariah 7:5
  “Ask all the people of the land and the priests, ‘When you fasted and mourned in the fifth and seventh months for these seventy years, was it really for Me that you fasted?
- Zechariah 8:19
  “This is what the LORD of Hosts says: The fasts of the fourth, the fifth, the seventh, and the tenth months will become times of joy and gladness, cheerful feasts for the house of…
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1 Samuel 30:17
And 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.
leads to
- 1 Samuel 11:11
  The next day Saul organized the troops into three divisions, and during the morning watch they invaded the camp of the Ammonites and slaughtered them, until the hottest part of the day. And the…

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