KJV ORIGINAL
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.
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✦ MADE SIMPLE
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.
⚡ THE BOTTOM LINE
A place built for protection became a mass grave — sometimes our safeguards become reminders of our worst moments.
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