Jeremiah 41:15-17
1599 Geneva Bible
15 But Ishmael the son of Nethaniah, escaped from Johanan with eight men, and went to the [a]Ammonites.
16 Then took Johanan the son of Kareah, and all the captains of the host that were with him, all the remnant of the people, whom Ishmael the son of Nethaniah had carried away captive from Mizpah, (after that he had slain Gedaliah the son of Ahikam) even the strong men of war, and the women, and the children, and the eunuchs, whom he had brought again from Gibeon.
17 And they departed and dwelt in Geruth [b]Chimham, which is by Bethlehem, to go and to enter into Egypt,
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- Jeremiah 41:15 For Baalis the king of the Ammonites was the cause of this murder.
- Jeremiah 41:17 Which place David of old had given to Chimham the son of Barzillai the Gileadite, 2 Sam. 19:38.
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