Jeremiah 41:14
in Jeremiah 41and all the people whom Ishmael had taken captive at Mizpah turned and went over to Johanan son of Kareah.
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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
So all the people that Ishmael had carried away captive from Mizpah turned about and came back, and went unto Johanan the son of Kareah.
KJV
So all the people that Ishmael had carried away captive from Mizpah cast about and returned, and went unto Johanan the son of Kareah.
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This verse in Jeremiah 41
Commentary
1 note on this verseThis site's exposition
heard of all the evil that Ishmael the son of Nethaniah had done
on Jeremiah 41:11-15
Johanan and the other captains hear of Ishmael's massacre and pursue him, overtaking him at the great waters of Gibeon, and when the captive people see Johanan's forces they turn back to him with relief. Keil notes the captives' quick defection shows they went with Ishmael by force rather than sympathy, glad for rescue rather than resistant to it. Ishmael himself escapes with only eight men to the Ammonites, Baalis's territory offering him refuge from the vengeance Johanan's larger force could have exacted.
The words behind it
14 Hebrew wordsEvery Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.
| Hebrew | Sound | Meaning | Word study | In the Bible |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| וַיָּסֹ֙בּוּ֙ | vaiyasobu | and they turned round | H5437 → | 161 times |
| כָּל־ | kol- | all | H3605 → | 5413 times |
| הָעָ֔ם | haam | the people | H5971 → | 1873 times |
| אֲשֶׁר־ | ʾasher- | which | H834 → | 5497 times |
| שָׁבָ֥ה | shavah | he had taken captive | H7617 → | 47 times |
| יִשְׁמָעֵ֖אל | yishmael | Ishmael | H3458 → | 48 times |
| מִן־ | min- | from | H4480 → | 1188 times |
| הַמִּצְפָּ֑ה | hamitzpah | <the> Mizpah | H4709 → | 40 times |
| וַיָּשֻׁ֙בוּ֙ | vaiyashuvu | and they turned back | H7725 → | 1056 times |
| וַיֵּ֣לְכ֔וּ | vaiyelekhu | and they went | H1980 → | 1546 times |
| אֶל־ | ʾel- | to | H413 → | 5510 times |
| יֽוֹחָנָ֖ן | yochanan | Johanan | H3110 → | 22 times |
| בֶּן־ | ben- | [the] son of | H1121 → | 4930 times |
| קָרֵֽחַ׃ | kareach | Kareah | H7143 → | 14 times |
וַיָּסֹ֙בּוּ֙and they turned round
vaiyasobuH5437 →161 times
כָּל־all
kol-H3605 →5413 times
הָעָ֔םthe people
haamH5971 →1873 times
אֲשֶׁר־which
ʾasher-H834 →5497 times
שָׁבָ֥הhe had taken captive
shavahH7617 →47 times
יִשְׁמָעֵ֖אלIshmael
yishmaelH3458 →48 times
מִן־from
min-H4480 →1188 times
הַמִּצְפָּ֑ה<the> Mizpah
hamitzpahH4709 →40 times
וַיָּשֻׁ֙בוּ֙and they turned back
vaiyashuvuH7725 →1056 times
וַיֵּ֣לְכ֔וּand they went
vaiyelekhuH1980 →1546 times
אֶל־to
ʾel-H413 →5510 times
יֽוֹחָנָ֖ןJohanan
yochananH3110 →22 times
בֶּן־[the] son of
ben-H1121 →4930 times
קָרֵֽחַ׃Kareah
kareachH7143 →14 times
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
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This page draws on Carl Friedrich Keil, The Prophecies of Jeremiah and John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament.