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Jeremiah 41:3-5
International Children’s Bible
Jeremiah 41:3-5
International Children’s Bible
3 Ishmael killed all the Jews with Gedaliah at Mizpah, too. He also killed the Babylonian soldiers who were there with Gedaliah.
4-5 The day after Gedaliah was murdered, 80 men came to Mizpah. They were bringing grain offerings and incense to the Temple of the Lord. Those 80 men had shaved off their beards, torn their clothes and cut themselves.[a] They came from Shechem, Shiloh and Samaria. None of them knew that Gedaliah had been murdered.
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- 41:4-5 shaved . . . themselves The men did this to show they were sad about the Temple in Jerusalem being destroyed.
Jeremiah 41:3-5
New International Version
Jeremiah 41:3-5
New International Version
3 Ishmael also killed all the men of Judah who were with Gedaliah at Mizpah, as well as the Babylonian[a] soldiers who were there.
4 The day after Gedaliah’s assassination, before anyone knew about it, 5 eighty men who had shaved off their beards,(A) torn their clothes(B) and cut(C) themselves came from Shechem,(D) Shiloh(E) and Samaria,(F) bringing grain offerings and incense(G) with them to the house of the Lord.(H)
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- Jeremiah 41:3 Or Chaldean
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