The Book of Jeremiah (WEB)
41: 1Now 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. 41:2Then
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. 41:3Ishmael 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. 41:4It happened the
second day after he had killed Gedaliah, and no man knew it, 41:5that 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. 41:6Ishmael 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. 41:7It 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. 41:8But 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. 41:9Now 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. 41:10Then 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. 41:11But 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, 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 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. 41:14So all the people who Ishmael had carried away captive from Mizpah turned about and
came back, and went to 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 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: 41:17and they departed, and lived 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 killed Gedaliah the son of
Ahikam, whom the king of Babylon made governor over the land.
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