1 Now it happened 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 to Gedaliah the son of
Ahikam to Mizpah; and there they ate bread together in Mizpah. 2 Then
arose Ishmael the son of Nethaniah, and the ten men who were with him, and
struck Gedaliah the son of Ahikam the son of Shaphan with the sword, and
killed him, whom the king of Babylon had made governor over the land.
3 Ishmael also killed all the Jews who were with him, to wit, with
Gedaliah, at Mizpah, and the Chaldeans who were found there, the men of war.
4 It happened the second day after he had killed Gedaliah, and no man knew
it, 5 that there came men from Shechem, from Shiloh, and from Samaria,
even eighty men, having their beards shaved and their clothes torn, and
having cut themselves, with meal-offerings and frankincense in their hand, to
bring them to the house of Yahweh. 6 Ishmael the son of Nethaniah went
forth from Mizpah to meet them, weeping all along as he went: and it
happened, as he met them, he said to them, Come to Gedaliah the son of
Ahikam. 7 It was so, when they came into the midst of the city, that
Ishmael the son of Nethaniah killed them, and cast them into the
midst of the pit, he, and the men who were with him. 8 But ten men were
found among those who said to Ishmael, Don’t kill us; for we have stores
hidden in the field, of wheat, and of barley, and of oil, and of honey. So he
stopped, and didn’t kill them among their brothers. 9 Now the pit in which
Ishmael cast all the dead bodies of the men whom he had killed, by the side
of Gedaliah (the same was who which Asa the king had made for fear of Baasha
king of Israel,) Ishmael the son of Nethaniah filled it with those who were
killed. 10 Then Ishmael carried away captive all the residue of the people
who were in Mizpah, even the king’s daughters, and all the people who
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 who 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
happened that, when all the people who were with Ishmael saw Johanan the son
of Kareah, and all the captains of the forces who were with him, then they
were glad. 14 So all the people who Ishmael had carried away captive from
Mizpah turned about and came back, and went to 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 who 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 killed 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 lived in Geruth Chimham, which
is by Bethlehem, to go to enter into Egypt, 18 because of the Chaldeans;
for they were afraid of them, because Ishmael the son of Nethaniah had killed
Gedaliah the son of Ahikam, whom the king of Babylon made governor over the
land.
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