יִשְׁמָעֵאל

Genesis 16:11 יִשְׁמָעֵ֔אל Ishmael

The angel of the LORD proceeded: “Behold, you have conceived and will bear a son. And you shall name him Ishmael, for the LORD has heard your cry of affliction.

Here: A sentence-name: 'El (God) hears' or 'May God hear.' Every time someone said the boy's name, they would be retelling what happened at the spring.

Genesis 16:15 יִשְׁמָעֵֽאל׃ Ishmael

And Hagar bore Abram a son, and Abram gave the name Ishmael to the son she had borne.

Genesis 16:16 יִשְׁמָעֵ֖אל Ishmael

Abram was eighty-six years old when Hagar bore Ishmael to him.

Genesis 17:18 יִשְׁמָעֵ֖אל Ishmael

And Abraham said to God, “O that Ishmael might live under Your blessing!”

Genesis 17:20 וּֽלְיִשְׁמָעֵ֘אל and to Ishmael

As for Ishmael, I have heard you, and I will surely bless him; I will make him fruitful and multiply him greatly. He will become the father of twelve rulers, and I will make him into a great nation.

Here: The name means "God hears" (or "may God hear"). Placed first for emphasis: "and as for Ishmael", picking up Abraham's plea in 17:18, "Oh that Ishmael might live before you!"

Genesis 17:23 יִשְׁמָעֵ֣אל Ishmael

On that very day Abraham took his son Ishmael and all those born in his household or purchased with his money—every male among the members of Abraham’s household—and he circumcised them, just as God had told him.

Genesis 17:25 וְיִשְׁמָעֵ֣אל and Ishmael

and his son Ishmael was thirteen;

Genesis 17:26 וְיִשְׁמָעֵ֖אל and Ishmael

Abraham and his son Ishmael were circumcised on the same day.

Genesis 25:9 וְיִשְׁמָעֵאל֙ and Ishmael

His sons Isaac and Ishmael buried him in the cave of Machpelah near Mamre, in the field of Ephron son of Zohar the Hittite.

Here: "And Ishmael" (the name means "God hears"). The firstborn, son of Hagar, sent away in chapter 21, is here present beside his brother at the father's grave.

Genesis 25:12 יִשְׁמָעֵ֖אל Ishmael

This is the account of Abraham’s son Ishmael, whom Hagar the Egyptian, Sarah’s maidservant, bore to Abraham.

Genesis 25:13 יִשְׁמָעֵ֔אל יִשְׁמָעֵאל֙ Ishmael

These are the names of the sons of Ishmael in the order of their birth: Nebaioth the firstborn of Ishmael, then Kedar, Adbeel, Mibsam,

Genesis 25:16 יִשְׁמָעֵאל֙ Ishmael

These were the sons of Ishmael, and these were their names by their villages and encampments—twelve princes of their tribes.

Here: 'God hears.' The name recalls the angel's word to Hagar (Gen 16:11) that God had heard her distress. The verse shows that hearing turned into a large people.

Genesis 25:17 יִשְׁמָעֵ֔אל Ishmael

Ishmael lived a total of 137 years. Then he breathed his last and died, and was gathered to his people.

Genesis 28:9 יִשְׁמָעֵ֑אל יִשְׁמָעֵ֨אל Ishmael

Esau went to Ishmael and married Mahalath, the sister of Nebaioth and daughter of Abraham’s son Ishmael, in addition to the wives he already had.

Genesis 36:3 יִשְׁמָעֵ֖אל Ishmael

and Basemath daughter of Ishmael and sister of Nebaioth.

2 Kings 25:23 וְיִשְׁמָעֵ֣אל and Ishmael

When all the commanders of the armies and their men heard that the king of Babylon had appointed Gedaliah as governor, they came to Gedaliah at Mizpah—Ishmael son of Nethaniah, Johanan son of Kareah, Seraiah son of Tanhumeth the Netophathite, and Jaazaniah son of the Maacathite, as well as their men.

2 Kings 25:25 יִשְׁמָעֵ֣אל Ishmael

In the seventh month, however, Ishmael son of Nethaniah, the son of Elishama, who was a member of the royal family, came with ten men and struck down and killed Gedaliah, along with the Judeans and Chaldeans who were with him at Mizpah.

1 Chronicles 1:28 וְיִשְׁמָעֵֽאל׃ ס and Ishmael

The sons of Abraham were Isaac and Ishmael.

1 Chronicles 1:29 יִשְׁמָעֵאל֙ Ishmael

These are their genealogies: Nebaioth the firstborn of Ishmael, then Kedar, Adbeel, Mibsam,

1 Chronicles 1:31 יִשְׁמָעֵֽאל׃ ס Ishmael

Jetur, Naphish, and Kedemah. These were the sons of Ishmael.

1 Chronicles 8:38 וְיִשְׁמָעֵ֣אל and Ishmael

Azel had six sons, and these were their names: Azrikam, Bocheru, Ishmael, Sheariah, Obadiah, and Hanan. All these were the sons of Azel.

1 Chronicles 9:44 וְיִשְׁמָעֵ֣אל and Ishmael

And Azel had six sons, and these were their names: Azrikam, Bocheru, Ishmael, Sheariah, Obadiah, and Hanan. These were the sons of Azel.

2 Chronicles 19:11 יִשְׁמָעֵ֜אל Ishmael

Note that Amariah, the chief priest, will be over you in all that pertains to the LORD, and Zebadiah son of Ishmael, the ruler of the house of Judah, in all that pertains to the king. And the Levites will serve as officers before you. Act resolutely; may the LORD be with the upright!”

2 Chronicles 23:1 וּלְיִשְׁמָעֵ֣אל and to Ishmael

Then in the seventh year, Jehoiada strengthened himself and made a covenant with the commanders of hundreds—with Azariah son of Jeroham, Ishmael son of Jehohanan, Azariah son of Obed, Maaseiah son of Adaiah, and Elishaphat son of Zichri.

Ezra 10:22 יִשְׁמָעֵ֣אל Ishmael

From the descendants of Pashhur: Elioenai, Maaseiah, Ishmael, Nethanel, Jozabad, and Elasah.

Jeremiah 40:8 וְיִשְׁמָעֵ֣אל and Ishmael

they came to Gedaliah at Mizpah—Ishmael son of Nethaniah, Johanan and Jonathan the sons of Kareah, Seraiah son of Tanhumeth, the sons of Ephai the Netophathite, and Jezaniah son of the Maacathite—they and their men.

Here: He is named first, perhaps because of his royal blood (41:1). He is the man who will murder Gedaliah in chapter 41, so heading the list is ominous for any reader who knows the story.

Jeremiah 40:14 יִשְׁמָעֵ֣אל Ishmael

and said to him, “Are you aware that Baalis king of the Ammonites has sent Ishmael son of Nethaniah to take your life?” But Gedaliah son of Ahikam did not believe them.

Jeremiah 40:15 יִשְׁמָעֵ֣אל Ishmael

Then Johanan son of Kareah spoke privately to Gedaliah at Mizpah. “Let me go and kill Ishmael son of Nethaniah,” he said. “No one will know it. Why should he take your life and scatter all the people of Judah who have gathered to you, so that the remnant of Judah would perish?”

Jeremiah 40:16 יִשְׁמָעֵֽאל׃ ס Ishmael

But Gedaliah son of Ahikam said to Johanan son of Kareah, “Do not do such a thing! What you are saying about Ishmael is a lie.”

Jeremiah 41:1 יִשְׁמָעֵ֣אל Ishmael

In the seventh month, Ishmael son of Nethaniah, the son of Elishama, who was a member of the royal family and one of the king’s chief officers, came with ten men to Gedaliah son of Ahikam at Mizpah, and they ate a meal together there.

Here: A Judean army commander already named among those who came to Gedaliah in 40:8. He is not Abraham's son, though he shares the name.

Jeremiah 41:2 יִשְׁמָעֵ֨אל Ishmael

Then Ishmael son of Nethaniah and the ten men who were with him got up and struck down Gedaliah son of Ahikam, the son of Shaphan, with the sword, killing the one whom the king of Babylon had appointed to govern the land.

Jeremiah 41:3 יִשְׁמָעֵֽאל׃ Ishmael

Ishmael also killed all the Jews who were with Gedaliah at Mizpah, as well as the Chaldean soldiers who were there.

Jeremiah 41:6 יִשְׁמָעֵ֨אל Ishmael

And Ishmael son of Nethaniah went out from Mizpah to meet them, weeping as he went. When Ishmael encountered the men, he said, “Come to Gedaliah son of Ahikam.”

Jeremiah 41:7 יִשְׁמָעֵ֤אל Ishmael

And when they came into the city, Ishmael son of Nethaniah and the men with him slaughtered them and threw them into a cistern.

Jeremiah 41:8 יִשְׁמָעֵאל֙ Ishmael

But ten of the men among them said to Ishmael, “Do not kill us, for we have hidden treasure in the field—wheat, barley, oil, and honey!” So he refrained from killing them with the others.

Here: Ishmael son of Nethaniah, a member of the royal family (41:1). He had just murdered the governor Gedaliah. The name means "God hears." The text does not comment on that, but it is a grim irony here: the ten men's plea is heard because of food, not because of mercy.

Jeremiah 41:9 יִשְׁמָעֵאל֙ יִשְׁמָעֵ֥אל Ishmael

Now the cistern into which Ishmael had thrown all the bodies of the men he had struck down along with Gedaliah was a large one that King Asa had made for fear of Baasha king of Israel. Ishmael son of Nethaniah filled it with the slain.

Jeremiah 41:10 יִ֠שְׁמָעֵאל יִשְׁמָעֵ֣אל Ishmael

Then Ishmael took captive all the remnant of the people of Mizpah—the daughters of the king along with all the others who remained in Mizpah—over whom Nebuzaradan captain of the guard had appointed Gedaliah son of Ahikam. Ishmael son of Nethaniah took them captive and set off to cross over to the Ammonites.

Jeremiah 41:11 יִשְׁמָעֵ֖אל Ishmael

When Johanan son of Kareah and all the commanders of the armies with him heard of all the crimes that Ishmael son of Nethaniah had committed,

Jeremiah 41:12 יִשְׁמָעֵ֣אל Ishmael

they took all their men and went to fight Ishmael son of Nethaniah. And they found him near the great pool in Gibeon.

Here: Ishmael, a member of the Judean royal family (41:1). He murdered Gedaliah, the governor Babylon had appointed. This is not Ishmael son of Abraham. The name, 'God hears', was common.

Jeremiah 41:13 יִשְׁמָעֵ֔אל Ishmael

When all the people with Ishmael saw Johanan son of Kareah and all the commanders of the army with him, they rejoiced,

Jeremiah 41:14 יִשְׁמָעֵ֖אל Ishmael

and all the people whom Ishmael had taken captive at Mizpah turned and went over to Johanan son of Kareah.

Jeremiah 41:15 וְיִשְׁמָעֵ֣אל and Ishmael

But Ishmael son of Nethaniah and eight of his men escaped from Johanan and went to the Ammonites.

Jeremiah 41:16 יִשְׁמָעֵ֤אל Ishmael

Then Johanan son of Kareah and all the commanders of the armies with him took the whole remnant of the people from Mizpah whom he had recovered from Ishmael son of Nethaniah after Ishmael had killed Gedaliah son of Ahikam: the soldiers, women, children, and court officials he had brought back from Gibeon.

Jeremiah 41:18 יִשְׁמָעֵ֣אל Ishmael

to escape the Chaldeans. For they were afraid of the Chaldeans because Ishmael son of Nethaniah had struck down Gedaliah son of Ahikam, whom the king of Babylon had appointed over the land.