"But Ishmael the son of Nethaniah escaped from Johanan with eight men, and went to the Ammonites." — Jeremiah 41:15

Jeremiah 41:15 · KJV

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

— Jeremiah 41:15

So all the people that Ishmael had carried away captive from Mizpah cast about and returned, and went unto Johanan the son of Kareah.

Verse 16

Then took Johanan the son of Kareah, and all the captains of the forces that {were} with him, all the remnant of the people whom he had recovered from Ishmael the son of Nethaniah, from Mizpah, after {that} he had slain Gedaliah the son of Ahikam, {even} mighty men of war, and the women, and the children, and the eunuchs, whom he had brought again from Gibeon:

Jeremiah 41 — Context

Now it came to pass, {that} when all the people which {were} with Ishmael saw Johanan the son of Kareah, and all the captains of the forces that {were} with him, then they were glad.

So all the people that Ishmael had carried away captive from Mizpah cast about and returned, and went unto Johanan the son of Kareah.

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

And they departed, and dwelt in the habitation of Chimham, which is by Bethlehem, to go to enter into Egypt,

Cross References

Proverbs 28:17

A man that doeth violence to the blood of {any} person shall flee to the pit; let no man stay him.

Job 21:30

That the wicked is reserved to the day of destruction? they shall be brought forth to the day of wrath. {wrath: Heb. wraths}

1 Kings 20:20

And they slew every one his man: and the Syrians fled; and Israel pursued them: and Benhadad the king of Syria escaped on an horse with the horsemen.

1 Samuel 30:17

And David smote them from the twilight even unto the evening of the next day: and there escaped not a man of them, save four hundred young men, which rode upon camels, and fled. {the next...: Heb. their morrow}

Ecclesiastes 8:11-12

Because 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.

Jeremiah 41:2

Then arose Ishmael the son of Nethaniah, and the ten men that were with him, and smote Gedaliah the son of Ahikam the son of Shaphan with the sword, and slew him, whom the king of Babylon had made governor over the land.

2 Kings 25:25

But it came to pass in the seventh month, that Ishmael the son of Nethaniah, the son of Elishama, of the seed royal, came, and ten men with him, and smote Gedaliah, that he died, and the Jews and the Chaldees that were with him at Mizpah. {royal: Heb. of the kingdom}

Acts 28:4

And when the barbarians saw the {venomous} beast hang on his hand, they said among themselves, No doubt this man is a murderer, whom, though he hath escaped the sea, yet vengeance suffereth not to live.