Jeremiah 41:4-6

New Century Version

⁴The day after Gedaliah was murdered, before anyone knew about it, ⁵eighty men came to Mizpah bringing grain offerings and incense to the Temple of the Lord. Those men from Shechem, Shiloh, and Samaria had shaved off their beards, torn their clothes, and cut themselves.^[a] ⁶Ishmael son of Nethaniah went out from Mizpah to meet them, crying as he walked. When he met them, he said, “Come with me to meet Gedaliah son of Ahikam.”

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Footnotes

41:5 shaved . . . themselves The men did this to show they were sad about the Temple in Jerusalem being destroyed.

Jeremiah 41:4-6

New International Version

⁴The day after Gedaliah’s assassination, before anyone knew about it, ⁵eighty men who had shaved off their beards,^(A) torn their clothes^(B) and cut^(C) themselves came from Shechem,^(D) Shiloh^(E) and Samaria,^(F) bringing grain offerings and incense^(G) with them to the house of the Lord.^(H) ⁶Ishmael son of Nethaniah went out from Mizpah to meet them, weeping^(I) as he went. When he met them, he said, “Come to Gedaliah son of Ahikam.”^(J)

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Jeremiah 41:4-6

King James Version

⁴And it came to pass the second day after he had slain Gedaliah, and no man knew it,

⁵That there came certain from Shechem, from Shiloh, and from Samaria, 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.

⁶And Ishmael the son of Nethaniah went forth from Mizpah to meet them, weeping all along as he went: and it came to pass, as he met them, he said unto them, Come to Gedaliah the son of Ahikam.

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