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Jeremiah 41:9 (NLT)

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⁹ The cistern where Ishmael dumped the bodies of the men he murdered was the large one dug by King Asa when he fortified Mizpah to protect himself against King Baasha of Israel. Ishmael son of Nethaniah filled it with corpses.

Definition(s):
Asa (Eh-sa): physician; cure
Ishmael (Ish-mehl): God that hears
Ishmael (Ish-ma-el): God that hears
Mizpah (Miz-pa): Mizpeh, a watch-tower; speculation
Nethaniah (Neth-an-eye-a): the gift of the Lord