Jeremiah 41 · Verse 10

Jeremiah 41:10

Then Ishmael carried away captive all the residue of the people that were in Mizpah, even the king’s daughters, and all the people that remained in Mizpah, whom Nebuzar–adan the captain of the guard had committed to Gedaliah the son of Ahikam: and Ishmael the son of Nethaniah carried them away captive, and departed to go over to the Ammonites.
Jeremiah 41:10, King James Version

Jeremiah 41:10 in other translations

BSBThen Ishmael took captive all the remnant of the people of Mizpah—the daughters of the king along with all the others who remained in Mizpah—over whom Nebuzaradan captain of the guard had appointed Gedaliah son of Ahikam. Ishmael son of Nethaniah took them captive and set off to cross over to the Ammonites.
WEBThen Ishmael carried away captive all of the people who were left in Mizpah, even the king’s daughters, and all the people who remained in Mizpah, whom Nebuzaradan the captain of the guard had committed to Gedaliah the son of Ahikam. Ishmael the son of Nethaniah carried them away captive, and departed to go over to the children of Ammon.
ASVThen Ishmael carried away captive all the residue of the people that were in Mizpah, even the king’s daughters, and all the people that remained in Mizpah, whom Nebuzaradan the captain of the guard had committed to Gedaliah the son of Ahikam; Ishmael the son of Nethaniah carried them away captive, and departed to go over to the children of Ammon.
YLTAnd Ishmael taketh captive all the remnant of the people who are in Mizpah, the daughters of the king, and all the people who are left in Mizpah, whom Nebuzar-Adan, chief of the executioners, hath committed to Gedaliah son of Ahikam, and Ishmael son of Nethaniah taketh them captive, and goeth to pass over unto the sons of Ammon.
DARBYAnd Ishmael carried away captive all the remnant of the people that were in Mizpah, the king's daughters, and all the people that remained in Mizpah, whom Nebuzar-adan the captain of the body-guard had committed to Gedaliah the son of Ahikam: Ishmael the son of Nethaniah carried them away captive, and departed to go over to the children of Ammon.
BBEThen Ishmael took away as prisoners all the rest of the people who were in Mizpah, the king's daughters and all the people still in Mizpah, whom Nebuzaradan, the captain of the armed men, had put under the care of Gedaliah, the son of Ahikam: Ishmael, the son of Nethaniah, took them away prisoners with the purpose of going over to the children of Ammon.
WebsterThen Ishmael carried away captive all the residue of the people that were in Mizpah, even the king's daughters, and all the people that remained in Mizpah, whom Nebuzar-adan the captain of the guard had committed to Gedaliah the son of Ahikam: and Ishmael the son of Nethaniah carried them away captive, and departed to go over to the Ammonites.

What does Jeremiah 41:10 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
10. the king's daughters--(Jr 43:6). Zedekiah's. Ishmael must have got additional followers (whom the hope of gain attracted), besides those who originally set out with him (Jr 41:1), so as to have been able to carry off all the residue of the people. He probably meant to sell them as slaves to the Ammonites (see on Jr 40:14).

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown, 1871 · public domain

Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 10 Carried away captive - He took all these that he might sell them for slaves among the Ammonites.

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Jeremiah 41:1-10

Ishmael murders Gedaliah. (Jr 41:1-10) Johanan recovers the captives, and purposes to retire to Egypt. (Jr 41:11-18) Verses 1-10 Those who hate the worshippers of God, often put on the appearance of piety, that they may the easier hurt them. As death often meets men where they least expect it, we should continually search whether we are in such a state and frame of mind, as we would wish to be found in when called…

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Jeremiah 41:10 in the original Hebrew

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וַיִּ֣שְׁבְּ\׀vai.Yishband he took captiveH7617
יִ֠שְׁמָעֵאלYish.ma.'elIshmaelH3458
אֶת\־'et-<obj.>H853
כָּל\־kol-allH3605
שְׁאֵרִ֨יתshe.'e.Rit[the] rest ofH7611
הָעָ֜םha.'Amthe peopleH5971
אֲשֶׁ֣ר'a.SherwhichH834
בַּמִּצְפָּ֗הba.mitz.Pah[was] in <the> MizpahH4709
אֶת\־'et-<obj.>H853
בְּנ֤וֹתbe.Not[the] daughters ofH1323
הַמֶּ֙לֶךְ֙ha.Me.lekhthe kingH4428
וְאֶת\־ve.'Etand <obj.>H853
כָּל\־kol-allH3605
הָעָם֙ha.'Amthe peopleH5971
הַנִּשְׁאָרִ֣יםha.nish.'a.Rimwho remainedH7604
בַּמִּצְפָּ֔הba.mitz.Pahat <the> MizpahH4709
אֲשֶׁ֣ר'a.SherwhomH834
הִפְקִ֗ידhif.Kidhe had appointedH6485
נְבֽוּזַרְאֲדָן֙ne.vu.zar.'a.DanNebuzaradanH5018
רַב\־rav-[the] chief ofH7227
טַבָּחִ֔יםta.ba.Chim[the] bodyguardsH2876
אֶת\־'et-withH854
גְּדַלְיָ֖הוּge.dal.Ya.huGedaliahH1436
בֶּן\־ben-[the] son ofH1121
אֲחִיקָ֑ם'a.chi.KamAhikamH296
וַיִּשְׁבֵּם֙vai.yish.Bemand he took captive themH7617
יִשְׁמָעֵ֣אלyish.ma.'ElIshmaelH3458
בֶּן\־ben-[the] son ofH1121
נְתַנְיָ֔הne.tan.YahNethaniahH5418
וַיֵּ֕לֶךְvai.Ye.lekhand he wentH1980
לַעֲבֹ֖רla.'a.Vorto pass overH5674
אֶל\־'el-toH413
בְּנֵ֥יbe.Nei[the] people ofH1121
עַמּֽוֹן\׃\ \סa.MonAmmonH5983

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Cross references for Jeremiah 41:10

  • Jeremiah 40:14

    And said unto him, Dost thou certainly know that Baalis the king of the Ammonites hath sent Ishmael the son of Nethaniah to slay thee? But Gedaliah the son of Ahikam believed them not.

  • Jeremiah 40:7

    Now when all the captains of the forces which were in the fields, even they and their men, heard that the king of Babylon had made Gedaliah the son of Ahikam governor in the land, and had committed unto him men, and women, and children, and of the poor of the land, of them that were not carried away captive to Babylon;

  • Nehemiah 2:19

    But when Sanballat the Horonite, and Tobiah the servant, the Ammonite, and Geshem the Arabian, heard it, they laughed us to scorn, and despised us, and said, What is this thing that ye do? will ye rebel against the king?

  • Nehemiah 2:10

    When Sanballat the Horonite, and Tobiah the servant, the Ammonite, heard of it, it grieved them exceedingly that there was come a man to seek the welfare of the children of Israel.

  • Jeremiah 40:11-12

    Likewise when all the Jews that were in Moab, and among the Ammonites, and in Edom, and that were in all the countries, heard that the king of Babylon had left a remnant of Judah, and that he had set over them Gedaliah the son of Ahikam the son of Shaphan; Even all the Jews returned out of all places whither they were driven, and came to the land of Judah, to Gedaliah, unto Mizpah, and gathered wine and summer fruits very much.

  • Nehemiah 6:17-18

    Moreover in those days the nobles of Judah sent many letters unto Tobiah, and the letters of Tobiah came unto them. For there were many in Judah sworn unto him, because he was the son in law of Shechaniah the son of Arah; and his son Johanan had taken the daughter of Meshullam the son of Berechiah.

  • Jeremiah 39:6

    Then the king of Babylon slew the sons of Zedekiah in Riblah before his eyes: also the king of Babylon slew all the nobles of Judah.

  • Jeremiah 44:12-14

    And I will take the remnant of Judah, that have set their faces to go into the land of Egypt to sojourn there, and they shall all be consumed, and fall in the land of Egypt; they shall even be consumed by the sword and by the famine: they shall die, from the least even unto the greatest, by the sword and by the famine: and they shall be an execration, and an astonishment, and a curse, and a reproach. For I will punish them that dwell in the land of Egypt, as I have punished Jerusalem, by the sword, by the famine, and by the pestilence: So that none of the remnant of Judah, which are gone into the land of Egypt to sojourn there, shall escape or remain, that they should return into the land of Judah, to the which they have a desire to return to dwell there: for none shall return but such as shall escape.

  • Jeremiah 22:30

    Thus saith the Lord, Write ye this man childless, a man that shall not prosper in his days: for no man of his seed shall prosper, sitting upon the throne of David, and ruling any more in Judah.

  • Nehemiah 4:7-8

    But it came to pass, that when Sanballat, and Tobiah, and the Arabians, and the Ammonites, and the Ashdodites, heard that the walls of Jerusalem were made up, and that the breaches began to be stopped, then they were very wroth, And conspired all of them together to come and to fight against Jerusalem, and to hinder it.

  • Nehemiah 13:4-8

    And before this, Eliashib the priest, having the oversight of the chamber of the house of our God, was allied unto Tobiah: And he had prepared for him a great chamber, where aforetime they laid the meat offerings, the frankincense, and the vessels, and the tithes of the corn, the new wine, and the oil, which was commanded to be given to the Levites, and the singers, and the porters; and the offerings of the priests. But in all this time was not I at Jerusalem: for in the two and thirtieth year of Artaxerxes king of Babylon came I unto the king, and after certain days obtained I leave of the king: And I came to Jerusalem, and understood of the evil that Eliashib did for Tobiah, in preparing him a chamber in the courts of the house of God. …

  • Jeremiah 43:5-7

    But Johanan the son of Kareah, and all the captains of the forces, took all the remnant of Judah, that were returned from all nations, whither they had been driven, to dwell in the land of Judah; Even men, and women, and children, and the king’s daughters, and every person that Nebuzar–adan the captain of the guard had left with Gedaliah the son of Ahikam the son of Shaphan, and Jeremiah the prophet, and Baruch the son of Neriah. So they came into the land of Egypt: for they obeyed not the voice of the Lord: thus came they even to Tahpanhes.

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all the.
40:11,12
even.
22:30; 39:6; 43:5-7; 44:12-14
whom.
40:7
to the.
40:14; Ne 2:10,19; 4:7,8; 6:17,18; 13:4-8

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Context

  • Jeremiah 41:9

    Now the pit wherein Ishmael had cast all the dead bodies of the men, whom he had slain because of Gedaliah, was it which Asa the king had made for fear of Baasha king of Israel: and Ishmael the son of Nethaniah filled it with them that were slain.

  • Jeremiah 41:10

    Then Ishmael carried away captive all the residue of the people that were in Mizpah, even the king’s daughters, and all the people that remained in Mizpah, whom Nebuzar–adan the captain of the guard had committed to Gedaliah the son of Ahikam: and Ishmael the son of Nethaniah carried them away captive, and departed to go over to the Ammonites.

  • Jeremiah 41:11

    But when Johanan the son of Kareah, and all the captains of the forces that were with him, heard of all the evil that Ishmael the son of Nethaniah had done,

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Jeremiah 41:10 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909
Después llevó Ismael cautivo á todo el resto del pueblo que estaba en Mizpa; á las hijas del rey, y á todo el pueblo que en Mizpa había quedado, el cual había Nabuzaradán capitán de la guardia encargado á Gedalías hijo de Ahicam. Llevólos pues cautivos Ismael hijo de Nethanías, y se fué para pasarse á los hijos de Ammón.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885
Et Ismaël emmena captif tout le reste du peuple qui était à Mitspa, les filles du roi, et tous ceux du peuple qui étaient demeurés de reste à Mitspa, que Nebuzaradan, chef des gardes, avait confiés à Guedalia, fils d’Akhikam: Ismaël, fils de Nethania, les emmena captifs, et s’en alla pour passer vers les fils d’Ammon.
German
Elberfelder 1871
Und Ismael führte den ganzen Überrest des Volkes, der in Mizpa war, gefangen weg: die Königstöchter und alles Volk, welches in Mizpa übriggeblieben war, welches Nebusaradan, der Oberste der Trabanten, Gedalja, dem Sohne Achikams, anvertraut hatte; und Ismael, der Sohn Nethanjas, führte sie gefangen weg und zog hin, um zu den Kindern Ammon hinüberzugehen.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate
Et captivas duxit Ismahel omnes reliquias populi qui erant in Masphath, filias regis, et universum populum qui remanserat in Masphath, quos commendaverat Nabuzardan princeps militiæ, Godoliæ filio Ahicam: et cepit eos Ismahel filius Nathaniæ, et abiit ut transiret ad filios Ammon.