The Bible Verse By Verse Continued...

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Jeremiah 41:12 (NKJV)
they took all the men and went to fight with Ishmael the son of Nethaniah; and they found him by the great pool that is in Gibeon.

 

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Jeremiah 41:13 (ESV)
And when all the people who were with Ishmael saw Johanan the son of Kareah and all the leaders of the forces with him, they rejoiced.

 

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Jeremiah 41:14 (NKJV)
Then all the people whom Ishmael had carried away captive from Mizpah turned around and came back, and went to Johanan the son of Kareah.

 

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Jeremiah 41:15 (NIV)

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

 

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Jeremiah 41:16 (NIV)

Then Johanan son of Kareah and all the army officers who were with him led away all the people of Mizpah who had survived, whom Johanan had recovered from Ishmael son of Nethaniah after Ishmael had assassinated Gedaliah son of Ahikam – the soldiers, women, children and court officials he had recovered from Gibeon.

 

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Jeremiah 41:17 (CSB)

They left, stopping in Geruth Chimham, which is near Bethlehem, in order to make their way into Egypt,

 

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Jeremiah 41:18 (CSB)

away from the Chaldeans. For they feared them because Ishmael son of Nethaniah had struck down Gedaliah
son of Ahikam, whom the king of Babylon had appointed over the land.

 

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Jeremiah 42:1 (KJV)
Then all the captains of the forces, and Johanan the son of Kareah, and Jezaniah the son of Hoshaiah, and all the people from the least even unto the greatest, came near,

 

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Jeremiah 42:2 (NKJV)
and said to Jeremiah the prophet, “Please, let our petition be acceptable to you, and pray for us to the LORD your God, for all this remnant (since we are left but a few of many, as you can see),

 

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Jeremiah 42:3 (NIV)

Pray that the Lord your God will tell us where we should go and what we should do.’

 

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Jeremiah 42:4 (NIV)

‘I have heard you,’ replied Jeremiah the prophet. ‘I will certainly pray to the Lord your God as you have requested;
I will tell you everything the Lord says and will keep nothing back from you.’

 

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Jeremiah 42:5 (BSB)
Then they said to Jeremiah, “May the LORD be a true and faithful witness against us if we do not act upon every word that the LORD your God sends you to tell us.

 

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Jeremiah 42:6 (BSB)
Whether it is pleasant or unpleasant, we will obey the voice of the LORD our God to whom we are sending you, so that it may go well with us, for we will obey the voice of the LORD our God!”

 

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Jeremiah 42:7 (KJV)
And it came to pass after ten days, that the word of the LORD came unto Jeremiah.

 

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Jeremiah 42:8 (BSB)
and he summoned Johanan son of Kareah, all the commanders of the forces who were with him, and all the people from the least to the greatest.

 

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Jeremiah 42:9 (NKJV)
and said to them, “Thus says the LORD, the God of Israel, to whom you sent me to present your petition before Him:

 

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Jeremiah 42:10 (NKJV)
‘If you will still remain in this land, then I will build you and not pull you down, and I will plant you and not pluck you up. For I relent concerning the disaster that I have brought upon you.

 

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Jeremiah 42:11 (KJV)
Be not afraid of the king of Babylon, of whom ye are afraid; be not afraid of him, saith the LORD: for I am with you to save you, and to deliver you from his hand.

 

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Jeremiah 42:12 (NKJV)
And I will show you mercy, that he may have mercy on you and cause you to return to your own land.’

 

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Jeremiah 42:13 (KJV)
But if ye say, We will not dwell in this land, neither obey the voice of the LORD your God,