Jeremiah 41:15

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“But Ishmael son of Nethaniah and eight of his men escaped from Johanan and went to the Ammonites.”

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BSBPD

“But Ishmael son of Nethaniah and eight of his men escaped from Johanan and went to the Ammonites.”

Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)
KJVPD

“But Ishmael the son of Nethaniah escaped from Johanan with eight men, and went to the Ammonites.”

King James Version · Public Domain
ASVPD

“But Ishmael the son of Nethaniah escaped from Johanan with eight men, and went to the children of Ammon.”

American Standard Version · Public Domain
YLTPD

“And Ishmael son of Nethaniah hath escaped, with eight men, from the presence of Johanan, and he goeth unto the sons of Ammon.”

Young's Literal Translation · Public Domain
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Cross references

Other passages that echo Jeremiah 41:15 — 8 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  1. 1 Samuel 30:17And David struck them down from twilight until the evening of the next day. Not a man escaped, except four hundred young men who fled, riding off on camels.
  2. 1 Kings 20:20and each one struck down his opponent. So the Arameans fled, with the Israelites in pursuit. But Ben-hadad king of Aram escaped on horseback with the cavalry.
  3. 2 Kings 25:25In the seventh month, however, Ishmael son of Nethaniah, the son of Elishama, who was a member of the royal family, came with ten men and struck down and killed Gedaliah, along with the Judeans and Chaldeans who were with him at Mizpah.
  4. Job 21:30Indeed, the evil man is spared from the day of calamity, delivered from the day of wrath.
  5. Proverbs 28:17A man burdened by bloodguilt will flee into the Pit; let no one support him.
  6. Ecclesiastes 8:11When the sentence for a crime is not speedily executed, the hearts of men become fully set on doing evil.
  7. Jeremiah 41:2Then Ishmael son of Nethaniah and the ten men who were with him got up and struck down Gedaliah son of Ahikam, the son of Shaphan, with the sword, killing the one whom the king of Babylon had appointed to govern the land.
  8. Acts 28:4When the islanders saw the creature hanging from his hand, they said to one another, “Surely this man is a murderer. Although he was saved from the sea, Justice has not allowed him to live.”

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