"Ishmael also slew all the Jews that were with him, {even} with Gedaliah, at Mizpah, and the Chaldeans that were found th…" — Jeremiah 41:3

Jeremiah 41:3 · 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.”

— Jeremiah 41:3

Verse 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.

Verse 4

And it came to pass the second day after he had slain Gedaliah, and no man knew {it},

Jeremiah 41 — Context

Now it came to pass in the seventh month, {that} Ishmael the son of Nethaniah the son of Elishama, of the seed royal, and the princes of the king, even ten men with him, came unto Gedaliah the son of Ahikam to Mizpah; and there they did eat bread together in Mizpah.

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.

And it came to pass the second day after he had slain Gedaliah, and no man knew {it},

That there came certain from Shechem, from Shiloh, and from Samaria, {even} fourscore men, having their beards shaven, and their clothes rent, and having cut themselves, with offerings and incense in their hand, to bring {them} to the house of the LORD.

Cross References

Ecclesiastes 9:18

Wisdom {is} better than weapons of war: but one sinner destroyeth much good.

Jeremiah 41:11-12

But when Johanan the son of Kareah, and all the captains of the forces that {were} with him, heard of all the evil that Ishmael the son of Nethaniah had done,

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}

Lamentations 1:2

She weepeth sore in the night, and her tears {are} on her cheeks: among all her lovers she hath none to comfort {her}: all her friends have dealt treacherously with her, they are become her enemies.