Now it
came to pass in the seventh month, that Ishmael
the son of Nethaniah the son of Elishama, of the
seed royal, and the princes of the king, even ten
men with him, came unto Gedaliah the son of
Ahikam to Mizpah; and there they did eat bread
together in Mizpah.
02 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.
03 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.
04 And it came to pass the second day after he
had slain Gedaliah, and no man knew it,
05 That there came certain from Shechem, from
Shiloh, and from Samaria, even fourscore men,
having their beards shaven, and their clothes
rent, and having cut themselves, with offerings
and incense in their hand, to bring them to the
house of the Lord.
06 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.
07 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.
08 But ten men were found among them that said
unto Ishmael, Slay us not: for we have treasures
in the field, of wheat, and of barley, and of
oil, and of honey. So he forbare, and slew them
not among their brethren.
09 Now the pit wherein Ishmael had cast all the
dead bodies of the men, whom he had slain because
of Gedaliah, was it which Asa the king had made
for fear of Baasha king of Israel: and Ishmael
the son of Nethaniah filled it with them that
were slain.
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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: and Ishmael the son of Nethaniah carried
them away captive, and departed to go over to the
Ammonites.
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
which 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 cast about and returned,
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
Ammonites.
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, even mighty men of war, and the women,
and the children, and the eunuchs, whom he had
brought again from Gibeon:
17 And they departed, and dwelt in the habitation
of 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
slain Gedaliah the son of Ahikam, whom the king
of Babylon made governor in the land.
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