Jeremiah 40:8

Good News Translation

So Ishmael son of Nethaniah, Johanan son of Kareah, Seraiah son of Tanhumeth, the sons of Ephai from Netophah, and Jezaniah from Maacah went with their men to Gedaliah at Mizpah.

Cross References

2 Samuel 10:6

The Ammonites realized that they had made David their enemy, so they hired twenty thousand Syrian soldiers from Bethrehob and Zobah, twelve thousand men from Tob, and the king of Maacah with a thousand men.

2 Samuel 10:8

The Ammonites marched out and took up their position at the entrance to Rabbah, their capital city, while the others, both the Syrians and the men from Tob and Maacah, took up their position in the open countryside.

2 Kings 25:23

When the Judean officers and soldiers who had not surrendered heard about this, they joined Gedaliah at Mizpah. These officers were Ishmael son of Nethaniah, Johanan son of Kareah, Seraiah son of Tanhumeth from the town of Netophah, and Jezaniah from Maacah.

2 Kings 25:25

But in the seventh month of that year, Ishmael, the son of Nethaniah and grandson of Elishama, a member of the royal family, went to Mizpah with ten men, attacked Gedaliah, and killed him. He also killed the Israelites and Babylonians who were there with him.

1 Chronicles 2:48

Caleb had another concubine, Maacah, who bore him two sons, Sheber and Tirhanah.

1 Chronicles 2:54

Salma, the founder of Bethlehem, was the ancestor of the people of Netophath, of Atroth Beth Joab, and of the Zorites, who were one of the two clans in Manahath. (

Ezra 2:2

Their leaders were Zerubbabel, Joshua, Nehemiah, Seraiah, Reelaiah, Mordecai, Bilshan, Mispar, Bigvai, Rehum, and Baanah. This is the list of the clans of Israel, with the number of those from each clan who returned from exile:

Nehemiah 7:26

People whose ancestors had lived in the following towns also returned: Bethlehem and Netophah - 188 Anathoth - 128 Beth Azmaveth - 42 Kiriath Jearim, Chephirah, and Beeroth - 743 Ramah and Geba - 621 Michmash - 122 Bethel and Ai - 123 The other Nebo - 52 The other Elam - 1,254 Harim - 320 Jericho - 345 Lod, Hadid, and Ono - 721 Senaah - 3,930

Jeremiah 37:15

They were furious with me and had me beaten and locked up in the house of Jonathan, the court secretary, whose house had been made into a prison.

Jeremiah 37:20

And now, Your Majesty, I beg you to listen to me and do what I ask. Please do not send me back to the prison in Jonathan's house. If you do, I will surely die there.”

Jeremiah 38:26

Just tell them you were begging me not to send you back to prison to die there.”

Jeremiah 40:11

Meanwhile, all the Israelites who were in Moab, Ammon, Edom, and other countries, heard that the king of Babylonia had allowed some Israelites to stay on in Judah and that he had made Gedaliah their governor.

Jeremiah 40:13

After this, Johanan and the leaders of the soldiers who had not surrendered came to Gedaliah at Mizpah

Jeremiah 40:14

and said to him, “Don't you know that King Baalis of Ammon has sent Ishmael to murder you?” But Gedaliah did not believe it.

Jeremiah 40:15

Then Johanan said privately to him, “Let me go and kill Ishmael, and no one will know who did it. Why should he be allowed to murder you? That would cause all the Jews who have gathered around you to be scattered, and it would bring disaster on all the people who are left in Judah.”

Jeremiah 40:6

I went to stay with Gedaliah in Mizpah and lived among the people who were left in the land.

Jeremiah 41:1

In the seventh month of that year, Ishmael, the son of Nethaniah and grandson of Elishama, a member of the royal family and one of the king's chief officers, went to Mizpah with ten men to see Governor Gedaliah. While they were all eating a meal together,

Jeremiah 41:11

Johanan and all the army leaders with him heard of the crime that Ishmael had committed.

Jeremiah 41:2

Ishmael and the ten men with him pulled out their swords and killed Gedaliah.

Jeremiah 42:1

Then all the army leaders, including Johanan son of Kareah and Azariah son of Hoshaiah, came with people of every class

Jeremiah 42:8

so I called together Johanan, all the army leaders who were with him, and all the other people.

Jeremiah 43:2

Then Azariah son of Hoshaiah and Johanan son of Kareah and all the other arrogant men said to me, “You are lying. The Lord our God did not send you to tell us not to go and live in Egypt.

Jeremiah 43:5

Then Johanan and all the army officers took everybody left in Judah away to Egypt, together with all the people who had returned from the nations where they had been scattered:

Deuteronomy 3:14

Jair, from the tribe of Manasseh, took the entire region of Argob, that is, Bashan, as far as the border of Geshur and Maacah. He named the villages after himself, and they are still known as the villages of Jair.)

Joshua 12:5

His kingdom included Mount Hermon, Salecah, and all of Bashan as far as the boundaries of Geshur and Maacah, as well as half of Gilead, as far as the territory of King Sihon of Heshbon.