Jeremiah 41:9-11

Contemporary English Version

⁹The well that he filled with bodies^[a] had been dug by King Asa^[b] of Judah to store rainwater, because he was afraid that King Baasha^[c] of Israel might surround Mizpah and keep the people from getting to their water supply.

¹⁰Nebuzaradan, King Nebuchadnezzar's^[d] officer in charge of the guard, had left King Zedekiah's^[e] daughters and many other people at Mizpah, and he had put Gedaliah in charge of them. But now Ishmael took them all prisoner and led them toward Ammon, on the other side of the Jordan River.

¹¹Johanan and the other army officers heard what Ishmael had done.

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Footnotes

41.9 with bodies: One ancient translation; Hebrew “with bodies of those killed by Gedaliah.”
41.9 Asa: Ruled 911–870 b.c.
41.9 Baasha: Ruled 909–886 b.c.
41.10 Nebuchadnezzar's: See the note at 21.2.
41.10 Zedekiah's: See the note at 1.3.

Jeremiah 41:9-11

New International Version

⁹Now the cistern where he threw all the bodies of the men he had killed along with Gedaliah was the one King Asa^(A) had made as part of his defense^(B) against Baasha^(C) king of Israel. Ishmael son of Nethaniah filled it with the dead.

¹⁰Ishmael made captives of all the rest of the people^(D) who were in Mizpah—the king’s daughters^(E) along with all the others who were left there, over whom Nebuzaradan commander of the imperial guard had appointed Gedaliah son of Ahikam. Ishmael son of Nethaniah took them captive and set out to cross over to the Ammonites.^(F)

¹¹When Johanan^(G) son of Kareah and all the army officers who were with him heard about all the crimes Ishmael son of Nethaniah had committed,

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