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## Jeremiah 41:6-8 in Context (Verses 3–11 KJV)
 
 [3 ](/kjv/jeremiah/41/3) Ishmael also slew all the Jews that were with him, *even* with Gedaliah, at Mizpah, and the Chaldeans that were found there, *and* the men of war.
 
 [4 ](/kjv/jeremiah/41/4) And it came to pass the second day after he had slain Gedaliah, and no man knew *it*,
 
 [5 ](/kjv/jeremiah/41/5) That there came certain from Shechem, from Shiloh, and from Samaria, *even* fourscore men, having their beards shaven, and their clothes rent, and having cut themselves, with offerings and incense in their hand, to bring *them* to the house of the LORD.
 
 [6 ](/kjv/jeremiah/41/6) And Ishmael the son of Nethaniah went forth from Mizpah to meet them, weeping all along as he went: and it came to pass, as he met them, he said unto them, Come to Gedaliah the son of Ahikam.*
 
 [7 ](/kjv/jeremiah/41/7) And it was *so*, when they came into the midst of the city, that Ishmael the son of Nethaniah slew them, *and cast them* into the midst of the pit, he, and the men that *were* with him.
 
 [8 ](/kjv/jeremiah/41/8) But ten men were found among them that said unto Ishmael, Slay us not: for we have treasures in the field, of wheat, and of barley, and of oil, and of honey. So he forbare, and slew them not among their brethren.
 
 [9 ](/kjv/jeremiah/41/9) Now the pit wherein Ishmael had cast all the dead bodies of the men, whom he had slain because of Gedaliah, *was* it which Asa the king had made for fear of Baasha king of Israel: *and* Ishmael the son of Nethaniah filled it with *them that were* slain.*
 
 [10 ](/kjv/jeremiah/41/10) Then Ishmael carried away captive all the residue of the people that *were* in Mizpah, *even* the king’s daughters, and all the people that remained in Mizpah, whom Nebuzar-adan the captain of the guard had committed to Gedaliah the son of Ahikam: and Ishmael the son of Nethaniah carried them away captive, and departed to go over to the Ammonites.
 
 [11 ](/kjv/jeremiah/41/11) ¶ But when Johanan the son of Kareah, and all the captains of the forces that *were* with him, heard of all the evil that Ishmael the son of Nethaniah had done,
 
[Jeremiah 40](/kjv/jeremiah/40) [Jeremiah 42](/kjv/jeremiah/42)

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