Jeremiah 40:15

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Modern

Then Johanan son of Kareah spoke privately to Gedaliah at Mizpah. “Let me go and kill Ishmael son of Nethaniah,” he said. “No one will know it. Why should he take your life and scatter all the people of Judah who have gathered to you, so that the remnant of Judah would perish?”

Traditional

Then Johanan the son of Kareah spake to Gedaliah in Mizpah secretly, saying, Let me go, I pray thee, and I will slay Ishmael the son of Nethaniah, and no man shall know it: wherefore should he slay thee, that all the Jews which are gathered unto thee should be scattered, and the remnant in Judah perish?

Literal

And Johanan son of Kareah spoke to Gedaliah in secret in Mizpah, saying: “Let me go, please, and I will strike Ishmael son of Nethaniah, and not a man will know.” Why should he strike you, so that all Judah who are gathered to you should be scattered and the remnant of Judah should perish?

Latin

Johanan autem filius Caree dixit ad Godoliam seorsum in Masphath, loquens: Ibo, et percutiam Ismahel filium Nathaniæ, nullo sciente, ne interficiat animam tuam, et dissipentur omnes Judæi qui congregati sunt ad te, et peribunt reliquiæ Juda.

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English

Then Johanan son of Kareah spoke privately to Gedaliah at Mizpah. “Let me go and kill Ishmael son of Nethaniah,” he said. “No one will know it. Why should he take your life and scatter all the people of Judah who have gathered to you, so that the remnant of Judah would perish?”

Notes

Theme notes and profiles

Baruch Jeremiah

Events

Prophecies of Jeremiahc. 628 BC

Related verses

1 Samuel 26:8
Abishai said to David, “Today God has delivered your enemy into your hand. Now, therefore, please let me thrust the spear through him into the ground with one stroke. I will not need to strike him twice!”
2 Samuel 21:17
But Abishai son of Zeruiah came to his aid, struck the Philistine, and killed him. Then David’s men swore to him, “You must never again go out with us to battle, so that the lamp of Israel may not be extinguished.”
Job 31:31
…if the men of my house have not said, ‘Who is there who has not had his fill?’—
Jeremiah 42:2
Jeremiah the prophet and said, “May our petition come before you; pray to the LORD your God on behalf of this entire remnant. For few of us remain of the many, as you can see with your own eyes.
Jeremiah 12:3–4
But You know me, O LORD; You see me and test my heart toward You. Drag away the wicked like sheep to the slaughter and set them apart for the day of carnage.
1 Samuel 24:4
So David’s men said to him, “This is the day about which the LORD said to you, ‘Behold, I will deliver your enemy into your hand, that you may do with him as you wish.’” Then David crept up and stealthily cut off a corner of Saul’s robe.
Ezekiel 33:24–29
“Son of man, those living in the ruins in the land of Israel are saying, ‘Abraham was only one man, yet he possessed the land. But we are many; surely the land has been given to us as a possession.’
John 11:50
You do not realize that it is better for you that one man die for the people than that the whole nation perish.”
2 Samuel 18:3
But the people pleaded, “You must not go out! For if we have to flee, they will not care about us. Even if half of us die, they will not care. But you are worth ten thousand of us. It is better now if you support us from the city.”

People

Gedaliah: Appointed governor of Judah by Babylonians; assassinated by Ishmael Ishmael: Assassinated Gedaliah the governor; led captives to Ammon Johanan: A Judean military leader after the fall of Jerusalem Judah: Israelite tribe, kingdom, and province Kareah: Father of Johanan and Jonathan Nethaniah: Father of Ishmael

Places

Mizpah: A city in Benjamin; a place of gathering and judgment

Glossary

Ahikam Ammon, Ammonites Book of Jeremiah Ishmael Johanan Kareah Nethaniah Rabbah of the Ammonites

Topics

Ahikam: Son of Shaphan Citizens: Wicked: Ishmael Ishmael: Assassinated Gedaliah, Governor of Judah Under King of Babylon, and Takes Many Jews Captive Johanan: A Jewish Captain: Warns Gedaliah Against Ishmael Mizpah: Temporarily the Capitol of the Country After the People of Israel had been Carried Away Captive Nethaniah: Father of Ishmael Prophecies Concerning Israel: Gedaliah Was Conspired Against and Assassinated by Ishmael Warned of the Conspiracy of Ishmael by Johanan, and the Captains of his Army

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