Jeremiah
Jeremiah 41
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Jeremiah 41 — Scripture text (King James Version)
Now it came to pass in the seventh month, that the son of the son of , of the seed royal, and the princes of the king, even ten men with him, came unto the son of to ; and there they did eat bread together in . Then arose the son of , and the ten men that were with him, and smote the son of the son of with the , and slew him, whom the king of had made governor over the land. also slew all the that were with him, even with , at , and the that were found there, and the men of war. And it came to pass the second day after he had slain , and no man knew it, That there came certain from , from , and from , 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. And the son of went forth from to meet them, weeping all along as he went: and it came to pass, as he met them, he said unto them, Come to the son of . And it was so, when they came into the midst of the city, that the son of slew them, and cast them into the midst of the pit, he, and the men that were with him. But ten men were found among them that said unto , 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. Now the pit wherein had cast all the dead bodies of the men, whom he had slain because of , was it which the king had made for fear of king of : and the son of filled it with them that were slain. Then carried away captive all the residue of the people that were in , even the king’s daughters, and all the people that remained in , whom -adan the captain of the guard had committed to the son of : and the son of carried them away captive, and departed to go over to the . But when the son of , and all the captains of the forces that were with him, heard of all the evil that the son of had done, Then they took all the men, and went to fight with the son of , and found him by the great waters that are in . Now it came to pass, that when all the people which were with saw the son of , and all the captains of the forces that were with him, then they were glad. So all the people that had carried away captive from cast about and returned, and went unto the son of . But the son of escaped from with eight men, and went to the . Then took the son of , and all the captains of the forces that were with him, all the of the people whom he had recovered from the son of , from , after that he had slain the son of , even mighty men of war, and the women, and the children, and the eunuchs, whom he had brought again from : And they departed, and dwelt in the habitation of , which is by , to go to enter into , Because of the : for they were afraid of them, because the son of had slain the son of , whom the king of made governor in the land.