Jeremiah 41:1, Ishmael, treacherously killing Gedaliah and others, purposes with the residue to flee unto the Ammonites; Jeremiah 41:11, Johanan recovers the captives, and is minded to flee into Egypt.
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Jeremiah 41
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perpetrating such villanies as here we find committed. Such base,
barbarous, bloody work is here done by men who by their birth should
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