Jeremiah 41:9

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Now the pit in which Ishmael cast all the dead bodies of the men whom he had killed, by the side of Gedaliah (the same was who which Asa the king had made for fear of Baasha king of Israel), Ishmael the son of Nethaniah filled it with those who were killed.

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The Assyrian and Babylonian ExileThe kingdoms of Judah and Israel with the routes of the Assyrian and Babylonian captivities.

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Mizpah, north of Jerusalem, was Judah’s Babylonian-administered center under Gedaliah; its ancient cistern, built by King Asa during conflict with Baasha of Israel, became the site where Ishmael disposed of his victims. The surrounding places trace the chapter’s

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Jeremiah 41:9 mentions Ammon, Babylon, Bethlehem, Chaldea, Egypt, Geruth Chimham, Gibeon, Jerusalem, Mizpah, Samaria, Shechem and Shiloh.

Photo of Ammon — Ammon · Berthold Werner

Photo of Babylon — Babylon · Radomir Vrbovsky

Photo of Bethlehem — Bethlehem · Berthold Werner

Photo of Chaldea — Chaldea · M.Lubinski from Iraq,USA.