Jeremiah 41:5

New International Reader's Version

On that day 80 men came from Shechem, Shiloh and Samaria. They had shaved off their beards. They had torn their clothes. And they had cut themselves. They brought grain offerings and incense with them. They took them to the Lord’s house.

Cross References

Genesis 33:18

After Jacob came from Paddan Aram, he arrived safely at the city of Shechem in Canaan. He camped where he could see the city.

Genesis 34:2

Hamor, the Hivite, was the ruler of that area. When his son Shechem saw Dinah, he took her and raped her.

Genesis 37:12

Joseph’s brothers had gone to take care of their father’s flocks near Shechem.

2 Samuel 10:4

So Hanun grabbed David’s messengers. He shaved off half of each man’s beard. He cut their clothes off just below the waist and left them half naked. Then he sent them away.

1 Kings 12:1

Rehoboam went to the city of Shechem. All the Israelites had gone there to make him king.

1 Kings 12:25

Jeroboam built up the walls of Shechem. It was in the hill country of Ephraim. Jeroboam made Shechem his home. From there he went out and built up Peniel.

1 Kings 16:24

He bought the hill of Samaria from Shemer. He weighed out 150 pounds of silver for it. Then he built a city on the hill. He called it Samaria. He named it after Shemer. Shemer had owned the hill before him.

1 Kings 16:29

Ahab became king of Israel. It was in the 38th year that Asa was king of Judah. Ahab ruled over Israel in Samaria for 22 years. He was the son of Omri.

2 Kings 25:9

Nebuzaradan set the Lord’s temple on fire. He also set fire to the royal palace and all the houses in Jerusalem. He burned down every important building.

1 Chronicles 19:4

So Hanun grabbed David’s messengers. He shaved them. He cut off their clothes just below the waist and left them half naked. Then he sent them away.

Psalm 102:14

The stones of your destroyed city are priceless to us. Even its dust brings deep concern to us.

Psalm 78:60

He deserted the holy tent at Shiloh. He left the tent he had set up among his people.

Isaiah 15:2

The people of Dibon go up to their temple to worship. They go to their high places to weep. The people of Moab cry over the cities of Nebo and Medeba. All their heads are shaved. All their beards have been cut off.

Jeremiah 16:6

“Important and unimportant people alike will die in this land. Their bodies will not be buried. No one will mourn for them. No one will cut themselves or shave their head for the dead.

Jeremiah 41:4

On the next day, people still hadn’t found out that Gedaliah had been murdered.

Jeremiah 47:5

The people of Gaza will be so sad they will shave their heads. And Ashkelon’s people will be silent. You who remain on the plain, how long will you cut yourselves?

Jeremiah 48:37

Every head is shaved. Every beard is cut off. Every hand is cut. And every waist is covered with the clothes of sadness.

Jeremiah 7:12

“ ‘ “Go now to the town of Shiloh. Go to the place where I first made a home for my Name. See what I did to it because of the evil things my people Israel were doing.

Jeremiah 7:14

So what I did to Shiloh I will now do to the house where my Name is. It is the temple you trust in. It is the place I gave to you and your people of long ago.

Joel 2:13

Don’t just tear your clothes to show how sad you are. Let your hearts be broken. Return to the Lord your God. He is gracious. He is tender and kind. He is slow to get angry. He is full of love. He won’t bring his judgment. He won’t destroy you.

Deuteronomy 14:1

You are the children of the Lord your God. Don’t cut yourselves to honor the dead. Don’t shave the front of your heads to honor the dead.

Joshua 18:1

The whole community of Israel gathered together at Shiloh. They set up the tent of meeting there. The country was brought under their control.

Joshua 24:32

The Israelites had brought Joseph’s bones up from Egypt. They buried his bones at Shechem in the piece of land Jacob had bought. He had bought it from the sons of Hamor. He had paid 100 pieces of silver for it. Hamor was the father of Shechem. That piece of land became the share that belonged to Joseph’s children after him.

Judges 18:31

The people of Dan continued to use the statue Micah had made. They used it during the whole time the house of God was in Shiloh.

Judges 9:1

Abimelek was the son of Jerub-Baal. He went to his mother’s brothers in Shechem. He spoke to them and to all the members of his mother’s family group. He said,

1 Samuel 1:7

Peninnah teased Hannah year after year. Every time Hannah would go up to the house of the Lord, Elkanah’s other wife would tease her. She would keep doing it until Hannah cried and wouldn’t eat.