The Book of Jeremiah
41: 1Now 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. 41:2Then 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. 41:3Ishmael 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. 41:4And it came to pass the second day after he had
slain Gedaliah, and no man knew it, 41:5that 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. 41:6And 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. 41:7And 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. 41:8But 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. 41:9Now 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. 41:10Then 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. 41:11But 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, 41:12then 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.
41:13Now 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. 41:14So all the people that Ishmael had carried away captive
from Mizpah turned about and came back, and went unto Johanan the son of
Kareah. 41:15But Ishmael the son of Nethaniah escaped from Johanan with eight
men, and went to the children of Ammon. 41:16Then 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: 41:17and they departed, and dwelt in Geruth Chimham, which is
by Beth-lehem, to go to enter into Egypt, 41:18because 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.