But ten men who were found among them said to Ishmael, “Do not put us to death; for we have (A)stores of wheat, barley, oil and honey hidden in the field.” So he refrained and did not put them to death along with their companions.

Now as for the cistern where Ishmael had cast all the corpses of the men whom he had struck down [a]because of Gedaliah, it was the (B)one that King Asa had made on (C)account of Baasha, king of Israel; Ishmael the son of Nethaniah filled it with the slain. 10 Then Ishmael took captive all the (D)remnant of the people who were in Mizpah, the (E)king’s daughters and all the people who were left in Mizpah, whom Nebuzaradan the captain of the bodyguard had put under the charge of Gedaliah the son of Ahikam; thus Ishmael the son of Nethaniah took them captive and proceeded to cross over to the sons of (F)Ammon.

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Footnotes

  1. Jeremiah 41:9 Or by the side of