| 1 Now it came to pass in the seventh month, that Ishmael the son of
Nethaniah, the son of Elishama, of the seed royal and one of the
chief officers of the king, and ten men with him, came unto Gedaliah the son
of Ahikam to Mizpah; and there they did eat bread together in Mizpah.
2 Then arose Ishmael the son of Nethaniah, and the ten men that were with
him, and smote Gedaliah the son of Ahikam the son of Shaphan with the sword,
and slew him, whom the king of Babylon had made governor over the land.
3 Ishmael also slew all the Jews that were with him, to wit, with
Gedaliah, at Mizpah, and the Chaldeans that were found there, the men of war.
4 And it came to pass the second day after he had slain Gedaliah, and no
man knew it, 5 that there came men from Shechem, from Shiloh, and from
Samaria, even fourscore men, having their beards shaven and their clothes
rent, and having cut themselves, with meal-offerings and frankincense in
their hand, to bring them to the house of Jehovah. 6 And Ishmael the son
of Nethaniah went forth from Mizpah to meet them, weeping all along as he
went: and it came to pass, as he met them, he said unto them, Come to
Gedaliah the son of Ahikam. 7 And it was so, when they came into the midst
of the city, that Ishmael the son of Nethaniah slew them, and cast
them into the midst of the pit, he, and the men that were with him.
8 But ten men were found among them that said unto Ishmael, Slay us not;
for we have stores hidden in the field, of wheat, and of barley, and of oil,
and of honey. So he forbare, and slew them not among their brethren. 9 Now
the pit wherein Ishmael cast all the dead bodies of the men whom he had
slain, by the side of Gedaliah (the same was that which Asa the king had made
for fear of Baasha king of Israel,) Ishmael the son of Nethaniah filled it
with them that were slain. 10 Then Ishmael carried away captive all the
residue of the people that were in Mizpah, even the king's daughters, and all
the people that remained in Mizpah, whom Nebuzaradan the captain of the guard
had committed to Gedaliah the son of Ahikam; Ishmael the son of Nethaniah
carried them away captive, and departed to go over to the children of Ammon.
11 But when Johanan the son of Kareah, and all the captains of the forces
that were with him, heard of all the evil that Ishmael the son of Nethaniah
had done, 12 then they took all the men, and went to fight with Ishmael
the son of Nethaniah, and found him by the great waters that are in Gibeon.
13 Now it came to pass that, when all the people that were with Ishmael
saw Johanan the son of Kareah, and all the captains of the forces that were
with him, then they were glad. 14 So all the people that Ishmael had
carried away captive from Mizpah turned about and came back, and went unto
Johanan the son of Kareah. 15 But Ishmael the son of Nethaniah escaped
from Johanan with eight men, and went to the children of Ammon. 16 Then
took Johanan the son of Kareah, and all the captains of the forces that were
with him, all the remnant of the people whom he had recovered from Ishmael
the son of Nethaniah, from Mizpah, after that he had slain Gedaliah the son
of Ahikam, to wit, the men of war, and the women, and the children,
and the eunuchs, whom he had brought back from Gibeon: 17 and they
departed, and dwelt in Geruth Chimham, which is by Beth-lehem, to go to enter
into Egypt, 18 because of the Chaldeans; for they were afraid of them,
because Ishmael the son of Nethaniah had slain Gedaliah the son of Ahikam,
whom the king of Babylon made governor over the land.
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