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    5 others in the registry answer to the name Ishmael. Every Ishmael in the Bible

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    Ishmael

    יִשְׁמָעֵאל

    Ishmael, son of Nethaniah, assassinated Gedaliah the governor and led captives to Ammon before being pursued by Johanan.

    verses
    21
    first named
    2 Kings 25:23
    last named
    Jeremiah 41:18
    period
    Divided Monarchy
    role
    Jeremiah's adversary

    Description

    Who was Ishmael?

    In the words of STEPBible TIPNR:

    Ishmael, the son of Nethaniah, was a member of the royal family of Judah (2Ki.25.25). After the Babylonians destroyed Jerusalem and appointed Gedaliah as governor over the remnant, Ishmael and other army officers came to Gedaliah at Mizpah (2Ki.25.23; Jer.40.8).

    Despite being warned of Ishmael's treacherous intentions (Jer.40.13-16), Gedaliah welcomed him. However, Ishmael, acting under the orders of Baalis, king of the Ammonites, assassinated Gedaliah and his men (2Ki.25.25; Jer.41.1-3).

    Ishmael then led captives, including the king's daughters, from Mizpah toward Ammon (Jer.41.10). When Johanan and the other leaders heard of Ishmael's actions, they pursued him. Ishmael's captives were rescued, but he escaped to the Ammonites with eight men (Jer.41.11-15).

    Ishmael's treachery further devastated the remnant of Judah after the Babylonian conquest. His actions led the survivors to flee to Egypt out of fear of Babylonian reprisals (Jer.41.16-18), directly disobeying God's command through Jeremiah (Jer.42-43).

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    Every entity the graph places in a stated relation with this one, grouped by the kind of link. Each relation is authored once and its inverse derived, so both ends always agree. Rows marked “registry” come from the identity spine rather than from a verse, and a row marked “which bearer is the source’s decision” is one where the name could have meant more than one person. The last group is not a relation at all — it counts the events two entities stand in together.

    How the graph connects Ishmael10 of 13 entities the graph connects to Ishmael, in 3 groups: kinship 1, company 3, events 6. Kinship, company and ground are stated relations; events counts the acts two entities stand in together and is not a relation. Each mark is sized by how many verses name that entity and labelled with the link and the count, so the grouping and the size are both readable without colour. Distance from the centre carries nothing.NethaniahChild of · 16 versesKinshipIshmael and Ten Men’s killing of Gedaliah, Jews With Gedaliah, and Chaldean SoldiersTook part in · 5 versesIshmael and Men With Ishmael’s slaughter of Eighty Men and GedaliahTook part in · 2 versesIshmael’s captivity of Remnant People Of MizpahTook part in · 2 versesCompanyAmmon2 events · 123 versesChaldea1 event · 90 versesMizpah10 events · 50 versesGedaliah9 events · 26 versesJohanan8 events · 15 versesJezaniah2 events · 4 versesEventsIshmael

    The 10 best-attested of 13 are drawn. All 13 are listed below.

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    The places the claims about this person reach, drawn where the gazetteer locates them. A point is where a row puts them and never where tradition does; no line joins two points, because the rows state where and not in what order.

    Where the story of Ishmael happensAll 2 places the claims about Ishmael reach, on a map of the world the text moves through, framed to them: Mizpah, Ammon. Each dot is a coordinate from the gazetteer, sized by how many rows put Ishmael there. The coastline is a modern one, simplified; no border, road or settlement of any period is drawn, and no line joins two points, because the rows state where and not in what order.MizpahAmmon
    Divided MonarchyAll 2 places the claims about Ishmael reach

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    Where to read it

    Every verse of the text carried here that names this entity — 21, across 2 books. The name is written 23 times in them.

    1. 2 Kings2 verses

      25:2325:25

    2. Jeremiah19 verses

      40:840:1440:1540:1641:141:241:341:641:741:841:941:1041:1141:1241:1341:1441:1541:1641:18

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    Not the direct relations above — these are one hop further out, ranked so that a rare shared connection outweighs a common one. Descriptions by STEPBible TIPNR.

    via Ishmael and Ten Men’s killing of Gedaliah, Jews With Gedaliah, and Chaldean Soldiers and Ishmael and Men With Ishmael’s slaughter of Eighty Men and GedaliahGedaliahAppointed governor of Judah by Babylonians; assassinated by Ishmael.via Ishmael’s captivity of Remnant People Of Mizpah and Ishmael and Ten Men’s killing of Gedaliah, Jews With Gedaliah, and Chaldean SoldiersMizpahA city in Benjamin; a place of gathering and judgmentvia Ishmael’s captivity of Remnant People Of MizpahCaptivityCaptivity is a concept gathering 20 labelled instances in the text.via NethaniahElishamaGrandfather of Ishmael, who assassinated Gedaliah.via Ishmael and Men With Ishmael’s slaughter of Eighty Men and GedaliahSlaughterSlaughter is a concept gathering 54 labelled instances in the text.via Ishmael and Ten Men’s killing of Gedaliah, Jews With Gedaliah, and Chaldean SoldiersKillingKilling is a concept gathering 151 labelled instances in the text.via Ishmael and Ten Men’s killing of Gedaliah, Jews With Gedaliah, and Chaldean SoldiersMurderMurder is a concept gathering 9 labelled instances in the text.

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