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Then Ishmael killed all the Judeans who were with Gedaliah at Mizpah, along with[a] the Chaldeans who were found there, the soldiers.[b]

The Massacre of the Mourners

And then[c] on the second day of the killing of Gedaliah—and no one[d] knew— then men came from Shechem, from Shiloh, and from Samaria, eighty men with shaven beards[e] and torn garments, who had cut themselves with blades, having[f] grain offerings[g] and frankincense in their hands[h] to bring to the temple[i] of Yahweh.

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Footnotes

  1. Jeremiah 41:3 Literally “and”
  2. Jeremiah 41:3 Literally “the men of the war”
  3. Jeremiah 41:4 Literally “And it was”
  4. Jeremiah 41:4 Literally “not a man”
  5. Jeremiah 41:5 Hebrew “beard”
  6. Jeremiah 41:5 Literally “and”
  7. Jeremiah 41:5 Hebrew “grain offering”
  8. Jeremiah 41:5 Hebrew “hand”
  9. Jeremiah 41:5 Literally “house”