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1. Now it came to pass in the seventh[H7637] month[H2320], that Ishmael[H3458] the son[H1121] of Nethaniah[H5418], the son[H1121] of Elishama[H476], of the seed[H2233] royal[H4410] and one of the chief officers[H7227] of the king[H4428], and ten[H6235] men[H582] with him[H935], came unto Gedaliah[H1436] the son[H1121] of Ahikam[H296] to Mizpah[H4709]; and there they did eat[H398] bread[H3899] together[H3162] in Mizpah[H4708].

2. Then arose[H6965] Ishmael[H3458] the son[H1121] of Nethaniah[H5418], and the ten[H6235] men[H582] that were with him[H5221], and smote Gedaliah[H1436] the son[H1121] of Ahikam[H296] the son[H1121] of Shaphan[H8227] with the sword[H2719], and slew[H4191] him[H4428], whom the king of Babylon[H894] had made governor[H6485] over the land[H776].

3. Ishmael[H3458] also slew[H5221] all the Jews[H3064] that were with him[H1436], to wit, with Gedaliah, at Mizpah[H4709], and the Chaldeans[H3778] that were found[H4672] there[H582], the men of war[H4421].

4. And it came to pass the second[H8145] day[H3117] after he had slain[H4191] Gedaliah[H1436], and no man[H376] knew it[H3045],

5. that there came[H935] men[H582] from Shechem[H7927], from Shiloh[H7887], and from Samaria[H8111], even fourscore[H8084] men[H376], having their beards[H2206] shaven[H1548] and their clothes[H899] rent[H7167], and having cut[H1413] themselves[H4503], with meal-offerings and frankincense[H3828] in their hand[H3027], to bring[H935] them to the house[H1004] of Jehovah[H3068].

6. And Ishmael[H3458] the son[H1121] of Nethaniah[H5418] went forth[H3318] from Mizpah[H4709] to meet[H7125] them[H1058], weeping all along[H1980] as he went[H1980]: and it came to pass[H6298], as he met them[H559], he said unto them[H935], Come to Gedaliah[H1436] the son[H1121] of Ahikam[H296].

7. And it was so[H935], when they came into the midst[H8432] of the city[H5892], that Ishmael[H3458] the son[H1121] of Nethaniah[H5418] slew[H7819] them[H8432], and cast them into the midst of the pit[H953], he[H582], and the men that were with him.

8. But ten[H6235] men[H582] were found[H4672] among them that said[H559] unto Ishmael[H3458], Slay[H4191] us not[H3426]; for we have stores[H4301] hidden in the field[H7704], of wheat[H2406], and of barley[H8184], and of oil[H8081], and of honey[H1706]. So he forbare[H2308], and slew[H4191] them not among[H8432] their brethren[H251].

9. Now the pit[H953] wherein Ishmael[H3458] cast[H7993] all the dead bodies[H6297] of the men[H582] whom he had slain[H5221], by the side[H3027] of Gedaliah[H1436] (the same was that which Asa[H609] the king[H4428] had made[H6213] for fear[H6440] of Baasha[H1201] king[H4428] of Israel[H3478],) Ishmael[H3458] the son[H1121] of Nethaniah[H5418] filled[H4390] it with them that were slain[H2491].

10. Then Ishmael[H3458] carried away captive[H7617] all the residue[H7611] of the people[H5971] that were in Mizpah[H4709], even the king[H4428]'s daughters[H1323], and all the people[H5971] that remained[H7604] in Mizpah[H4709], whom Nebuzaradan[H5018] the captain[H7227] of the guard[H2876] had committed[H6485] to Gedaliah[H1436] the son[H1121] of Ahikam[H296]; Ishmael[H3458] the son[H1121] of Nethaniah[H5418] carried them away captive[H7617], and departed[H3212] to go over[H5674] to the children of Ammon[H1121].

11. But when Johanan[H3110] the son[H1121] of Kareah[H7143], and all the captains[H8269] of the forces[H2428] that were with him[H8085], heard of all the evil[H7451] that Ishmael[H3458] the son[H1121] of Nethaniah[H5418] had done[H6213],

12. then they took[H3947] all the men[H582], and went[H3212] to fight[H3898] with Ishmael[H3458] the son[H1121] of Nethaniah[H5418], and found[H4672] him by the great[H7227] waters[H4325] that are in Gibeon[H1391].

13. Now it came to pass that[H5971], when all the people that were with Ishmael[H3458] saw[H7200] Johanan[H3110] the son[H1121] of Kareah[H7143], and all the captains[H8269] of the forces[H2428] that were with him[H8055], then they were glad.

14. So all the people[H5971] that Ishmael[H3458] had carried away captive[H7617] from Mizpah[H4709] turned[H7725] about[H5437] and came back[H3212], and went unto Johanan[H3110] the son[H1121] of Kareah[H7143].

15. But Ishmael[H3458] the son[H1121] of Nethaniah[H5418] escaped[H4422] from[H6440] Johanan[H3110] with eight[H8083] men[H582], and went[H3212] to the children of Ammon[H1121].

16. Then took[H3947] Johanan[H3110] the son[H1121] of Kareah[H7143], and all the captains[H8269] of the forces[H2428] that were with him[H7611], all the remnant of the people[H5971] whom he had recovered[H7725] from Ishmael[H3458] the son[H1121] of Nethaniah[H5418], from Mizpah[H4709], after[H310] that he had slain[H5221] Gedaliah[H1436] the son[H1121] of Ahikam[H296], to wit[H1397], the men[H582] of war[H4421], and the women[H802], and the children[H2945], and the eunuchs[H5631], whom he had brought back[H7725] from Gibeon[H1391]:

17. and they departed[H3212], and dwelt in[H3427] Geruth[H1628] Chimham[H3643], which is by[H681] Beth-lehem[H1035], to go[H3212] to enter[H935] into Egypt[H4714],

18. because[H6440] of the Chaldeans[H3778]; for they were afraid[H3372] of them[H3458], because Ishmael the son[H1121] of Nethaniah[H5418] had slain[H5221] Gedaliah[H1436] the son[H1121] of Ahikam[H296], whom the king[H4428] of Babylon[H894] made governor[H6485] over the land[H776].