Jeremiah 41:7
Jeremiah 41:7-8 The Message (MSG)
But as soon as they were inside the city, Ishmael son of Nethaniah and his henchmen slaughtered the pilgrims and dumped the bodies in a cistern. Ten of the men talked their way out of the massacre. They bargained with Ishmael, “Don’t kill us. We have a hidden store of wheat, barley, olive oil, and honey out in the fields.” So he held back and didn’t kill them with their fellow pilgrims.
Jeremiah 41:7 King James Version (KJV)
And it was so, when they came into the midst of the city, that Ishmael the son of Nethaniah slew them, and cast them into the midst of the pit, he, and the men that were with him.
Jeremiah 41:7 New American Standard Bible - NASB 1995 (NASB1995)
Yet it turned out that as soon as they came inside the city, Ishmael the son of Nethaniah and the men that were with him slaughtered them and cast them into the cistern.
Jeremiah 41:7 New Century Version (NCV)
So they went into Mizpah. Then Ishmael son of Nethaniah and his men killed seventy of them and threw the bodies into a deep well.
Jeremiah 41:7 American Standard Version (ASV)
And it was so, when they came into the midst of the city, that Ishmael the son of Nethaniah slew them, and cast them into the midst of the pit, he, and the men that were with him.
Jeremiah 41:7 New International Version (NIV)
When they went into the city, Ishmael son of Nethaniah and the men who were with him slaughtered them and threw them into a cistern.
Jeremiah 41:7 New King James Version (NKJV)
So it was, when they came into the midst of the city, that Ishmael the son of Nethaniah killed them and cast them into the midst of a pit, he and the men who were with him.
Jeremiah 41:7 Amplified Bible (AMP)
Yet when they came into the city, Ishmael the son of Nethaniah and the men who were with him slaughtered them and threw them into the cistern (underground water reservoir).
Jeremiah 41:7 New Living Translation (NLT)
But as soon as they were all inside the town, Ishmael and his men killed all but ten of them and threw their bodies into a cistern.