Thematic Bible
Jeremiah 41:1 (show verse)
Now in the seventh month Ishmael the son of Nethaniah, the son of Elishama, of the royal family [of David] and one of the princes of the king, came [at the instigation of the Ammonites] with ten men to Gedaliah the son of Ahikam in Mizpah. As they were eating a meal together there in Mizpah,
Elishama » Probably identical with number four
Gedaliah » Governor appointed by nebucbadnezzar after carrying the jews into captivity » Killed by ishmael
Homicide » Instances of felonious » Ishmael
Ishmael » A son of nethaniah » Assassinated gedaliah, governor of judah under king of babylon, and takes many jews captive
Israel » Gedaliah » Assassinated » Ishmael
Mizpah » A city » Allotted » tribe of Benjamin » Temporary » Capital
Nethaniah » Father of ishmael
Gedaliah » Governor appointed by nebucbadnezzar after carrying the jews into captivity » Killed by ishmael
Homicide » Instances of felonious » Ishmael
Ishmael » A son of nethaniah » Assassinated gedaliah, governor of judah under king of babylon, and takes many jews captive
Israel » Gedaliah » Assassinated » Ishmael
Mizpah » A city » Allotted » tribe of Benjamin » Temporary » Capital
Nethaniah » Father of ishmael
Jeremiah 41:2 (show verse)
Ishmael the son of Nethaniah and the ten men who were with him got up and struck down Gedaliah the son of Ahikam, the son of Shaphan, with the sword and killed the one whom the king of Babylon had appointed [governor] over the land.
Gedaliah » Governor appointed by nebucbadnezzar after carrying the jews into captivity » Killed by ishmael
Homicide » Instances of felonious » Ishmael
Ishmael » A son of nethaniah » Assassinated gedaliah, governor of judah under king of babylon, and takes many jews captive
Israel » Gedaliah » Assassinated » Ishmael
Mizpah » A city » Allotted » tribe of Benjamin » Temporary » Capital
Nethaniah » Father of ishmael
Shaphan » The father of ahikam and the grandfather of gedaliah
Homicide » Instances of felonious » Ishmael
Ishmael » A son of nethaniah » Assassinated gedaliah, governor of judah under king of babylon, and takes many jews captive
Israel » Gedaliah » Assassinated » Ishmael
Mizpah » A city » Allotted » tribe of Benjamin » Temporary » Capital
Nethaniah » Father of ishmael
Shaphan » The father of ahikam and the grandfather of gedaliah
Jeremiah 41:3 (show verse)
Ishmael also killed all the Jews who were [at the banquet] with Gedaliah at Mizpah, in addition to the Chaldean soldiers who were there.
Gedaliah » Governor appointed by nebucbadnezzar after carrying the jews into captivity » Killed by ishmael
Homicide » Instances of felonious » Ishmael
Ishmael » A son of nethaniah » Assassinated gedaliah, governor of judah under king of babylon, and takes many jews captive
Israel » Gedaliah » Assassinated » Ishmael
Mizpah » A city » Allotted » tribe of Benjamin » Temporary » Capital
Homicide » Instances of felonious » Ishmael
Ishmael » A son of nethaniah » Assassinated gedaliah, governor of judah under king of babylon, and takes many jews captive
Israel » Gedaliah » Assassinated » Ishmael
Mizpah » A city » Allotted » tribe of Benjamin » Temporary » Capital
Jeremiah 41:4 (show verse)
Now it happened on the second day after the killing of Gedaliah, before anyone knew about it,
Gedaliah » Governor appointed by nebucbadnezzar after carrying the jews into captivity » Killed by ishmael
Homicide » Instances of felonious » Ishmael
Ishmael » A son of nethaniah » Assassinated gedaliah, governor of judah under king of babylon, and takes many jews captive
Mizpah » A city » Allotted » tribe of Benjamin » Temporary » Capital
Homicide » Instances of felonious » Ishmael
Ishmael » A son of nethaniah » Assassinated gedaliah, governor of judah under king of babylon, and takes many jews captive
Mizpah » A city » Allotted » tribe of Benjamin » Temporary » Capital
Jeremiah 41:5 (show verse)
that eighty men came from Shechem, from Shiloh, and from Samaria with their beards shaved off and their clothes torn and their bodies cut, carrying in their hands grain offerings and incense to present at the [site of the] house of the Lord [in Jerusalem].
Beards » In affliction » Was shorn
Gedaliah » Governor appointed by nebucbadnezzar after carrying the jews into captivity » Killed by ishmael
Homicide » Instances of felonious » Ishmael
Idolatry » Other customs of » Cutting the flesh
Incense » Offered in idolatrous worship
Ishmael » A son of nethaniah » Assassinated gedaliah, governor of judah under king of babylon, and takes many jews captive
Mizpah » A city » Allotted » tribe of Benjamin » Temporary » Capital
Mourning » For the dead » Cutting the flesh
Shechem » Also called sychar, a city of refuge in mount ephraim » Men of, killed by ishmael
Shiloh » City of ephraim, north of beth-el, and on the highway from beth-el to shechem » Devoted men from, killed by ishmael
Gedaliah » Governor appointed by nebucbadnezzar after carrying the jews into captivity » Killed by ishmael
Homicide » Instances of felonious » Ishmael
Idolatry » Other customs of » Cutting the flesh
Incense » Offered in idolatrous worship
Ishmael » A son of nethaniah » Assassinated gedaliah, governor of judah under king of babylon, and takes many jews captive
Mizpah » A city » Allotted » tribe of Benjamin » Temporary » Capital
Mourning » For the dead » Cutting the flesh
Shechem » Also called sychar, a city of refuge in mount ephraim » Men of, killed by ishmael
Shiloh » City of ephraim, north of beth-el, and on the highway from beth-el to shechem » Devoted men from, killed by ishmael
Jeremiah 41:6 (show verse)
Then Ishmael the son of Nethaniah went out from Mizpah to meet them, weeping [false tears] as he went. As he met them, he said to them, “Come to Gedaliah the son of Ahikam!”
Gedaliah » Governor appointed by nebucbadnezzar after carrying the jews into captivity » Killed by ishmael
Homicide » Instances of felonious » Ishmael
Ishmael » A son of nethaniah » Assassinated gedaliah, governor of judah under king of babylon, and takes many jews captive
Mizpah » A city » Allotted » tribe of Benjamin » Temporary » Capital
Nethaniah » Father of ishmael
Shiloh » City of ephraim, north of beth-el, and on the highway from beth-el to shechem » Devoted men from, killed by ishmael
Homicide » Instances of felonious » Ishmael
Ishmael » A son of nethaniah » Assassinated gedaliah, governor of judah under king of babylon, and takes many jews captive
Mizpah » A city » Allotted » tribe of Benjamin » Temporary » Capital
Nethaniah » Father of ishmael
Shiloh » City of ephraim, north of beth-el, and on the highway from beth-el to shechem » Devoted men from, killed by ishmael
Jeremiah 41:7 (show verse)
Yet when they came into the city, Ishmael the son of Nethaniah and the men who were with him slaughtered them and threw them into the cistern (underground water reservoir).
Gedaliah » Governor appointed by nebucbadnezzar after carrying the jews into captivity » Killed by ishmael
Homicide » Instances of felonious » Ishmael
Ishmael » A son of nethaniah » Assassinated gedaliah, governor of judah under king of babylon, and takes many jews captive
Mizpah » A city » Allotted » tribe of Benjamin » Temporary » Capital
Nethaniah » Father of ishmael
Shiloh » City of ephraim, north of beth-el, and on the highway from beth-el to shechem » Devoted men from, killed by ishmael
Homicide » Instances of felonious » Ishmael
Ishmael » A son of nethaniah » Assassinated gedaliah, governor of judah under king of babylon, and takes many jews captive
Mizpah » A city » Allotted » tribe of Benjamin » Temporary » Capital
Nethaniah » Father of ishmael
Shiloh » City of ephraim, north of beth-el, and on the highway from beth-el to shechem » Devoted men from, killed by ishmael
Jeremiah 41:8 (show verse)
But ten men who were among them said to Ishmael, “Do not kill us! We have stores of wheat and barley and oil and honey hidden in the field.” So he stopped and did not kill them along with their companions.
Barley » Palestine
Gedaliah » Governor appointed by nebucbadnezzar after carrying the jews into captivity » Killed by ishmael
Ishmael » A son of nethaniah » Assassinated gedaliah, governor of judah under king of babylon, and takes many jews captive
Mizpah » A city » Allotted » tribe of Benjamin » Temporary » Capital
Shiloh » City of ephraim, north of beth-el, and on the highway from beth-el to shechem » Devoted men from, killed by ishmael
Gedaliah » Governor appointed by nebucbadnezzar after carrying the jews into captivity » Killed by ishmael
Ishmael » A son of nethaniah » Assassinated gedaliah, governor of judah under king of babylon, and takes many jews captive
Mizpah » A city » Allotted » tribe of Benjamin » Temporary » Capital
Shiloh » City of ephraim, north of beth-el, and on the highway from beth-el to shechem » Devoted men from, killed by ishmael
Jeremiah 41:9 (show verse)
Now the cistern into which Ishmael had thrown all the corpses of the men whom he had killed along with Gedaliah was the one which King Asa [of Judah] had made [about three hundred years earlier] on account of King Baasha of Israel [believing that Baasha would lay siege to Mizpah]. Ishmael the son of Nethaniah filled it with [the bodies of] those who were killed.
Baasha » King of israel
Gedaliah » Governor appointed by nebucbadnezzar after carrying the jews into captivity » Killed by ishmael
Ishmael » A son of nethaniah » Assassinated gedaliah, governor of judah under king of babylon, and takes many jews captive
Mizpah » A city » Allotted » tribe of Benjamin » Temporary » Capital
Nethaniah » Father of ishmael
Shiloh » City of ephraim, north of beth-el, and on the highway from beth-el to shechem » Devoted men from, killed by ishmael
Gedaliah » Governor appointed by nebucbadnezzar after carrying the jews into captivity » Killed by ishmael
Ishmael » A son of nethaniah » Assassinated gedaliah, governor of judah under king of babylon, and takes many jews captive
Mizpah » A city » Allotted » tribe of Benjamin » Temporary » Capital
Nethaniah » Father of ishmael
Shiloh » City of ephraim, north of beth-el, and on the highway from beth-el to shechem » Devoted men from, killed by ishmael
Jeremiah 41:10 (show verse)
Then Ishmael took captive all the rest of the people who were in Mizpah—even the king’s daughters (ladies of the court) and all the people who remained in Mizpah, whom Nebuzaradan the captain of the bodyguard had put under the charge of Gedaliah the son of Ahikam. Ishmael the son of Nethaniah took them captive and crossed over [the Jordan] to [meet his allies] the Ammonites.
Ammonites » Kings of baalis
Gedaliah » Governor appointed by nebucbadnezzar after carrying the jews into captivity » Killed by ishmael
Ishmael » A son of nethaniah » Assassinated gedaliah, governor of judah under king of babylon, and takes many jews captive
Mizpah » A city » Allotted » tribe of Benjamin » Temporary » Capital
Nethaniah » Father of ishmael
Gedaliah » Governor appointed by nebucbadnezzar after carrying the jews into captivity » Killed by ishmael
Ishmael » A son of nethaniah » Assassinated gedaliah, governor of judah under king of babylon, and takes many jews captive
Mizpah » A city » Allotted » tribe of Benjamin » Temporary » Capital
Nethaniah » Father of ishmael
Jeremiah 41:11 (show verse)
But when Johanan the son of Kareah and all the commanders of the forces that were with him heard of the murderous behavior of Ishmael the son of Nethaniah,
gibeon » A city » A city of the hivites » Ishmael, the son of nethaniah, defeated at, by johanan
Ishmael » A son of nethaniah » Assassinated gedaliah, governor of judah under king of babylon, and takes many jews captive
Johanan » Jewish captain » Ishmael defeated by
Kareah » Father of johanan
Mizpah » A city » Allotted » tribe of Benjamin » Temporary » Capital
Nethaniah » Father of ishmael
Ishmael » A son of nethaniah » Assassinated gedaliah, governor of judah under king of babylon, and takes many jews captive
Johanan » Jewish captain » Ishmael defeated by
Kareah » Father of johanan
Mizpah » A city » Allotted » tribe of Benjamin » Temporary » Capital
Nethaniah » Father of ishmael
Jeremiah 41:12 (show verse)
they took all their men and went to fight with Ishmael the son of Nethaniah and found him by the great pool in Gibeon.
gibeon » Pool of
gibeon » A city » A city of the hivites » Ishmael, the son of nethaniah, defeated at, by johanan
Ishmael » A son of nethaniah » Defeated by johanan, and put to flight
Johanan » Jewish captain » Ishmael defeated by
Mizpah » A city » Allotted » tribe of Benjamin » Temporary » Capital
Nethaniah » Father of ishmael
gibeon » A city » A city of the hivites » Ishmael, the son of nethaniah, defeated at, by johanan
Ishmael » A son of nethaniah » Defeated by johanan, and put to flight
Johanan » Jewish captain » Ishmael defeated by
Mizpah » A city » Allotted » tribe of Benjamin » Temporary » Capital
Nethaniah » Father of ishmael
Jeremiah 41:13 (show verse)
Now when all the [captive] people who were with Ishmael saw Johanan the son of Kareah and all the commanders of the forces that were with him, they were glad.
gibeon » A city » A city of the hivites » Ishmael, the son of nethaniah, defeated at, by johanan
Ishmael » A son of nethaniah » Defeated by johanan, and put to flight
Johanan » Jewish captain » Ishmael defeated by
Kareah » Father of johanan
Mizpah » A city » Allotted » tribe of Benjamin » Temporary » Capital
Ishmael » A son of nethaniah » Defeated by johanan, and put to flight
Johanan » Jewish captain » Ishmael defeated by
Kareah » Father of johanan
Mizpah » A city » Allotted » tribe of Benjamin » Temporary » Capital
Jeremiah 41:14 (show verse)
So all the people whom Ishmael had taken captive from Mizpah turned around and came back, and joined Johanan the son of Kareah.
gibeon » A city » A city of the hivites » Ishmael, the son of nethaniah, defeated at, by johanan
Ishmael » A son of nethaniah » Defeated by johanan, and put to flight
Israel » Fear » Refuge » Egypt
Johanan » Jewish captain » Ishmael defeated by
Kareah » Father of johanan
Mizpah » A city » Allotted » tribe of Benjamin » Temporary » Capital
Ishmael » A son of nethaniah » Defeated by johanan, and put to flight
Israel » Fear » Refuge » Egypt
Johanan » Jewish captain » Ishmael defeated by
Kareah » Father of johanan
Mizpah » A city » Allotted » tribe of Benjamin » Temporary » Capital
Jeremiah 41:15 (show verse)
But Ishmael the son of Nethaniah escaped from Johanan with eight men and went to join the Ammonites.
Jeremiah 41:16 (show verse)
Then Johanan the son of Kareah and all the commanders of the forces that were with him took from Mizpah all the people whom he had rescued from Ishmael the son of Nethaniah, after Ishmael had killed Gedaliah the son of Ahikam: the soldiers, the women, the children, and the high officials whom Johanan had brought back from Gibeon.
Jeremiah 41:17 (show verse)
And they went and stayed in Geruth [the lodging place of] Chimham, which is near Bethlehem, intending to go to Egypt
Jeremiah 41:18 (show verse)
because of the Chaldeans; for they were afraid of them because Ishmael the son of Nethaniah had killed Gedaliah the son of Ahikam, whom the king of Babylon had appointed [governor] over the land [and whose death the king might avenge].