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Jer 41:3 Strong Concordance Ishmael [03458] also slew [05221] all the Jews [03064] that were with him, even with Gedaliah [01436], at Mizpah [04709], and the Chaldeans [03778] that were found [04672] there, and the men [0582] of war [04421].
  King James Ishmael also slew all the Jews that were with him, even with Gedaliah, at Mizpah, and the Chaldeans that were found there, and the men of war.

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A Commentary, Critical, Practical, and Explanatory on the Old and New Testaments, by Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset and David Brown [1882]
slew all the Jews--namely, the attendants and ministers of Gedaliah; or, the military alone, about his person; translate, "even (not 'and,' as English Version) the men of war." The main portion of the people with Gedaliah, including Jeremiah, Ishmael carried away captive (Jer 41:10, Jer 41:16).
 
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16 Then took [03947] Johanan [03110] the son [01121] of Kareah [07143], and all the captains [08269] of the forces [02428] that were with him, all the remnant [07611] of the people [05971] whom he had recovered [07725] from Ishmael [03458] the son [01121] of Nethaniah [05418], from Mizpah [04709], after [0310] that he had slain [05221] Gedaliah [01436] the son [01121] of Ahikam [0296], even mighty [01397] men [0582] of war [04421], and the women [0802], and the children [02945], and the eunuchs [05631], whom he had brought again [07725] from Gibeon [01391]:
10 Then Ishmael [03458] carried away captive [07617] all the residue [07611] of the people [05971] that were in Mizpah [04709], even the king's [04428] daughters [01323], and all the people [05971] that remained [07604] in Mizpah [04709], whom Nebuzaradan [05018] the captain [07227] of the guard [02876] had committed [06485] to Gedaliah [01436] the son [01121] of Ahikam [0296]: and Ishmael [03458] the son [01121] of Nethaniah [05418] carried them away captive [07617], and departed [03212] to go over [05674] to the Ammonites [01121] [05983].