Jeremiah 41:2 Made Simple

KJV ORIGINAL

Then arose Ishmael the son of Nethaniah, and the ten men that were with him, and smote Gedaliah the son of Ahikam the son of Shaphan with the sword, and slew him, whom the king of Babylon had made governor over the land.

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✦ MADE SIMPLE

Then Ishmael (son of Nethaniah) and his ten guys got up and attacked Gedaliah with swords, killing him. This was the same Gedaliah that the king of Babylon had put in charge of the land.

⚡ THE BOTTOM LINE

Sometimes the people closest to power are the ones who destroy it.

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The pit where Ishmael dumped all the bodies of the people he killed — the ones who died because of what happened to Gedaliah — was actually a cistern that King Asa had built way back when he was worried about King Baasha of Israel attacking. Now Ishmael just filled that same pit with all the people he murdered.

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