Study it in the app“that men came from Shechem, from Shiloh, and from Samaria, eighty men, with their beards shaved and their garments torn and cutting themselves, with a grain offering and frankincense in their hand to bring to the house of YHWH.”
that menוַ אֲנָשִׁיםcameיָּבֹאוּfrom Shechem,מִשְּׁכֶםfrom Shiloh,מִשִּׁלוֹand from Samaria,וּמִשֹּׁמְרוֹןeightyשְׁמֹנִיםmen,אִישׁwith their beards shavedמְגֻלְּחֵי זָקָןand their garments tornוּקְרֻעֵי בְגָדִיםand cutting themselves,וּמִתְגֹּדְדִיםwith a grain offeringוּמִנְחָהand frankincenseוּלְבוֹנָהin their handבְּיָדָםto bringלְהָבִיאto the houseבֵּיתof YHWH.יְהוָה
man
An adult male person; also each man of a people, a trade or a place.
Where else “anashim” appearscome
To come, arrive: "days are coming".
Where else “yavou” appearsShechem
See it on the mapWhere else “shechem” appearsShiloh
See it on the mapWhere else “shilo” appearsSamaria
See it on the mapWhere else “shomron” appearseighty
Eighty.
Where else “shemonim” appearsshave
Shave. The Egyptians came before the king shaved.
Where else “megulche” appearsbeard
Beard; also the chin.
Where else “zakan” appearstear
To rip one's clothes in great grief.
Where else “kerue” appearsgarment
A garment with which someone covers the body, or a blanket for warmth.
Where else “vegadim” appearscut oneself
Gashing one's skin as a sign of mourning, a pagan custom.
Where else “mitgoddim” appearsgrain offering
The grain offering.
Where else “mincha” appearsfrankincense
Frankincense: a white resin that gives off sweet-smelling smoke when burned.
Where else “levona” appearshand
The part of the body with which one takes, gives and works; also what one does.
Where else “yada” appearstemple
The temple: "the house of YHWH".
Where else “bet” appearsYHWH
The personal name of the God of Israel, written in Hebrew with four letters, Y-H-W-H, without vowels. Out of reverence Jews stopped pronouncing it and read "Adonai" (Lord), so many Bibles put "the LORD" or "Jehovah". This translation keeps the four letters. The name is related to the verb "to be" (Exodus 3:14-15). He is not a god other than Elohim: "YHWH Elohim" is the same Creator God, called by his name.
Where else “yehva” appearsSigns of mourning; perhaps for the destruction of the temple (cf. 16:6; Leviticus 19:27-28).
Other books that tell the same thing or quote these words.
Gedaliah the governor
An account told more fully or more briefly in one of the books.
Jeremiah 40:5–41:18
40:5And as he had not yet turned back, he said, “Go back to Gedaliah son of Ahikam son of Shaphan, whom the king of Babylon has appointed over the cities of Judah, and live with him among the people; or wherever it is right in your eyes to go, go.” And the chief of the guard gave him provisions and a gift, and let him go. 40:6So Jeremiah went to Gedaliah son of Ahikam at Mizpah, and he lived with him among the people who were left in the land. 40:7And all the chiefs of the forces who were in the field, they and their men, heard that the king of Babylon had appointed Gedaliah son of Ahikam in the land, and that he had entrusted to him men and women and little ones, and some of the poor of the land, of those who had not been carried into exile to Babylon; 40:8and they came to Gedaliah at Mizpah: Ishmael son of Nethaniah, and Johanan and Jonathan, sons of Kareah, and Seraiah son of Tanhumeth, and the sons of Ephai the Netophathite, and Jezaniah son of the Maacathite, they and their men. 40:9And Gedaliah son of Ahikam son of Shaphan swore to them and to their men, saying, “Do not fear to serve the Chaldeans. Live in the land and serve the king of Babylon, and it will go well with you. 40:10As for me, look, I am living at Mizpah to stand before the Chaldeans who come to us; but you, gather wine and summer fruit and oil, and put them in your vessels, and live in your cities that you have taken.” 40:11Likewise, all the Jews who were in Moab and among the sons of Ammon and in Edom and who were in all the lands, heard that the king of Babylon had given a remnant to Judah, and that he had appointed over them Gedaliah son of Ahikam son of Shaphan. 40:12Then all the Jews returned from all the places where they had been driven, and they came to the land of Judah, to Gedaliah at Mizpah, and they gathered wine and summer fruit in great abundance. 40:13And Johanan son of Kareah and all the chiefs of the forces who were in the field came to Gedaliah at Mizpah, 40:14and they said to him, “Do you really know that Baalis king of the sons of Ammon has sent Ishmael son of Nethaniah to strike you dead?” But Gedaliah son of Ahikam did not believe them. 40:15Then Johanan son of Kareah said to Gedaliah in secret at Mizpah, saying, “Let me go, please, and strike Ishmael son of Nethaniah, and no one will know. Why should he strike you dead, and all Judah be scattered, who are gathered to you, and the remnant of Judah perish?” 40:16But Gedaliah son of Ahikam said to Johanan son of Kareah, “Do not do this thing, for you are speaking falsehood about Ishmael.” 41:1And it happened in the seventh month that Ishmael son of Nethaniah son of Elishama came, of the royal offspring, and the great men of the king, and ten men with him, to Gedaliah son of Ahikam at Mizpah; and they ate bread together there at Mizpah. 41:2Then Ishmael son of Nethaniah arose, and the ten men who were with him, and they struck Gedaliah son of Ahikam son of Shaphan with the sword and put him to death, whom the king of Babylon had appointed in the land. 41:3Also all the Jews who were with him, with Gedaliah, at Mizpah, and the Chaldeans who were found there, the men of war, Ishmael struck down. 41:4And it happened, on the second day after he had put Gedaliah to death, and no one knew it, 41:5that men came from Shechem, from Shiloh, and from Samaria, eighty men, with their beards shaved and their garments torn and cutting themselves, with a grain offering and frankincense in their hand to bring to the house of YHWH. 41:6And Ishmael son of Nethaniah went out to meet them from Mizpah, going along and weeping; and it happened, when he met them, he said to them, “Come to Gedaliah son of Ahikam.” 41:7And it happened, when they came into the midst of the city, that Ishmael son of Nethaniah slaughtered them and threw them into the cistern, he and the men who were with him. 41:8But ten men were found among them who said to Ishmael, “Do not put us to death, for we have hidden treasures in the field, wheat and barley and oil and honey.” So he refrained, and did not put them to death among their brothers. 41:9Now the cistern where Ishmael had thrown all the corpses of the men whom he had struck down along with Gedaliah was the one that King Asa had made because of Baasha king of Israel; that one Ishmael son of Nethaniah filled with the slain. 41:10Then Ishmael took captive all the remnant of the people who were at Mizpah, the daughters of the king and all the people who were left at Mizpah, whom Nebuzaradan the chief of the guard had entrusted to Gedaliah son of Ahikam; Ishmael son of Nethaniah took them captive and went to cross over to the sons of Ammon. 41:11And Johanan son of Kareah and all the chiefs of the forces who were with him heard of all the evil that Ishmael son of Nethaniah had done, 41:12and they took all the men and went to fight with Ishmael son of Nethaniah, and they found him by the great waters that are in Gibeon.
22As for the people who were left in the land of Judah, whom Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon had left, he appointed over them Gedaliah son of Ahikam son of Shaphan. 23All the chiefs of the forces, they and the men, heard that the king of Babylon had appointed Gedaliah, and they came to Gedaliah at Mizpah: Ishmael son of Nethaniah, Johanan son of Kareah, Seraiah son of Tanhumeth the Netophathite, and Jaazaniah son of the Maacathite, they and their men. 24Gedaliah swore to them and to their men and said to them, “Do not fear the servants of the Chaldeans. Live in the land and serve the king of Babylon, and it will go well with you.” 25And it happened in the seventh month that Ishmael son of Nethaniah son of Elishama, of the royal offspring, came, and ten men with him, and they struck Gedaliah, and he died, and the Jews and the Chaldeans who were with him at Mizpah. 26All the people, from the small to the great, and the chiefs of the forces arose and went to Egypt, for they were afraid of the Chaldeans.
1Shechem
Today: Tell Balata ruins, near Nablus, West Bank
A city in the hills of central Israel, between Mount Ebal and Mount Gerizim, about 30 miles (50 km) north of Jerusalem.
Abram came there when he entered Canaan, and God promised him the land (Gen 12:6-7). Joshua gathered all Israel there to renew the covenant (Josh 24:1).
2Shiloh
Today: Khirbet Seilun (Tel Shiloh), West Bank
A town in the hills of Ephraim, about 19 miles (30 km) north of Jerusalem.
The tabernacle stood there in the days of Joshua and Eli (Josh 18:1; 1 Sam 1:3). Hannah prayed there, and Samuel was born (1 Sam 1:9-20).
3Samaria
Today: northern West Bank (Sebastia, Samaria hills)
A city and region in central Israel, between Judea and Galilee.
Omri founded the city as capital of the northern kingdom (1 Kgs 16:24); the Assyrians conquered it (2 Kgs 17:6). Jesus passed through the region, and Philip preached there (John 4:4; Acts 8:5).
4And it happened, on the second day after he had put Gedaliah to death, and no one knew it,
5 · This verse (above)
6And Ishmael son of Nethaniah went out to meet them from Mizpah, going along and weeping; and it happened, when he met them, he said to them, “Come to Gedaliah son of Ahikam.”
