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But after they were inside the town, Ishmael ordered his soldiers to kill them and throw their bodies into a well. He let ten of the men live, because they offered to give him supplies of wheat, barley, olive oil, and honey they had hidden in a field. The well that he filled with bodies[a] had been dug by King Asa[b] of Judah to store rainwater, because he was afraid that King Baasha[c] of Israel might surround Mizpah and keep the people from getting to their water supply.

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Footnotes

  1. 41.9 with bodies: One ancient translation; Hebrew “with bodies of those killed by Gedaliah.”
  2. 41.9 Asa: Ruled 911–870 b.c.
  3. 41.9 Baasha: Ruled 909–886 b.c.

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