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Johanan Rescues the Captives

Jeremiah 41:15

In 11 translations

BSB
But Ishmael son of Nethaniah and eight of his men escaped from Johanan and went to the Ammonites.
KJV
But Ishmael the son of Nethaniah escaped from Johanan with eight men, and went to the Ammonites.
WEB
But Ishmael the son of Nethaniah escaped from Johanan with eight men, and went to the children of Ammon.
ASV
But Ishmael the son of Nethaniah escaped from Johanan with eight men, and went to the children of Ammon.
LSV
And Ishmael son of Nethaniah has escaped, with eight men, from the presence of Johanan, and he goes to the sons of Ammon.
YLT
And Ishmael son of Nethaniah hath escaped, with eight men, from the presence of Johanan, and he goeth unto the sons of Ammon.
DBY
But Ishmael the son of Nethaniah escaped from Johanan with eight men, and went to the children of Ammon.
DRC
But Ismahel the son of Nathanias fled with eight men, from the face of Johanan, and went to the children of Ammon.
GNV
But Ishmael the sonne of Nethaniah, escaped from Iohanan with eight men, and went to the Ammonites.
JPS
But Ishmael the son of Nethaniah escaped from Johanan with eight men, and went to the children of Ammon.
LXXE48:15
But Ismael escaped with eight men and went to the children of Ammon.

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Original-language editions

WLC
וְיִשְׁמָעֵ֣אל בֶּן־נְתַנְיָ֗ה נִמְלַט֙ בִּשְׁמֹנָ֣ה אֲנָשִׁ֔ים מִפְּנֵ֖י יֽוֹחָנָ֑ן וַיֵּ֖לֶךְ אֶל־בְּנֵ֥י עַמּֽוֹן׃
LXX-Br48:15
Καὶ Ἰσμαὴλ ἐσώθη σὺν ὀκτὼ ἀνθρώποις, καὶ ᾤχετο πρὸς τοὺς υἱοὺς Ἀμμών.

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👤 Ishmael👤 Johanan👤 Nethaniah◆ Prophecies of Jeremiah

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Cross-references most cited first

  • Proverbs 28:17A man burdened by bloodguilt will flee into the Pit; let no one support him.
  • Job 21:30Indeed, the evil man is spared from the day of calamity, delivered from the day of wrath.
  • 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.
  • 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 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…
  • Ecclesiastes 8:11–12When the sentence for a crime is not speedily executed, the hearts of men become fully set on doing evil. Although a sinner does evil a hundred times and still lives long, yet I also know that it will go well with…
  • 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.”
  • 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…

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  • 48:15 in some Bibles
  • 41:15 in most Bibles

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