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Gedaliah Murdered

In the seventh month, Ishmael the son of Nethaniah, son of Elishama, of the royal family, one of the chief officers of the king, came with ten men to Gedaliah the son of Ahikam, at Mizpah. As they ate bread together there at Mizpah,

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The Murder of Gedaliah

But in midautumn of that year,a Ishmael son of Nethaniah and grandson of Elishama, who was a member of the royal family and had been one of the king’s high officials, went to Mizpah with ten men to meet Gedaliah. While they were eating together,

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Ishmael the son of Nethaniah and the ten men with him rose up and struck down Gedaliah the son of Ahikam, son of Shaphan, with the sword, and killed him, whom the king of Babylon had appointed governor in the land.

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Ishmael and his ten men suddenly jumped up, drew their swords, and killed Gedaliah, whom the king of Babylon had appointed governor.

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Ishmael also struck down all the Judeans who were with Gedaliah at Mizpah, and the Chaldean soldiers who happened to be there.

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Ishmael also killed all the Judeans and the Babylonianb soldiers who were with Gedaliah at Mizpah.

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On the day after the murder of Gedaliah, before anyone knew of it,

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The next day, before anyone had heard about Gedaliah’s murder,

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eighty men arrived from Shechem and Shiloh and Samaria, with their beards shaved and their clothes torn, and their bodies gashed, bringing grain offerings and incense to present at the temple of the Lord.

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eighty men arrived from Shechem, Shiloh, and Samaria to worship at the Temple of the LORD. They had shaved off their beards, torn their clothes, and cut themselves, and had brought along grain offerings and frankincense.

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And Ishmael the son of Nethaniah came out from Mizpah to meet them, weeping as he came. As he met them, he said to them, “Come in to Gedaliah the son of Ahikam.”

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Ishmael left Mizpah to meet them, weeping as he went. When he reached them, he said, “Oh, come and see what has happened to Gedaliah!”

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When they came into the city, Ishmael the son of Nethaniah and the men with him slaughtered them and cast them into a cistern.

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But as soon as they were all inside the town, Ishmael and his men killed all but ten of them and threw their bodies into a cistern.

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But there were ten men among them who said to Ishmael, “Do not put us to death, for we have stores of wheat, barley, oil, and honey hidden in the fields.” So he refrained and did not put them to death with their companions.

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The other ten had talked Ishmael into letting them go by promising to bring him their stores of wheat, barley, olive oil, and honey that they had hidden away.

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Now the cistern into which Ishmael had thrown all the bodies of the men whom he had struck down along witha Gedaliah was the large cistern that King Asa had made for defense against Baasha king of Israel; Ishmael the son of Nethaniah filled it with the slain.

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The cistern where Ishmael dumped the bodies of the men he murdered was the large onec dug by King Asa when he fortified Mizpah to protect himself against King Baasha of Israel. Ishmael son of Nethaniah filled it with corpses.

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Then Ishmael took captive all the rest of the people who were in Mizpah, the king’s daughters and all the people who were left at Mizpah, whom Nebuzaradan, the captain of the guard, had committed to Gedaliah the son of Ahikam. Ishmael the son of Nethaniah took them captive and set out to cross over to the Ammonites.

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Then Ishmael made captives of the king’s daughters and the other people who had been left under Gedaliah’s care in Mizpah by Nebuzaradan, the captain of the guard. Taking them with him, he started back toward the land of Ammon.

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But when Johanan the son of Kareah and all the leaders of the forces with him heard of all the evil that Ishmael the son of Nethaniah had done,

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But when Johanan son of Kareah and the other military leaders heard about Ishmael’s crimes,

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they took all their men and went to fight against Ishmael the son of Nethaniah. They came upon him at the great pool that is in Gibeon.

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they took all their men and set out to stop him. They caught up with him at the large pool near Gibeon.

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And when all the people who were with Ishmael saw Johanan the son of Kareah and all the leaders of the forces with him, they rejoiced.

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The people Ishmael had captured shouted for joy when they saw Johanan and the other military leaders.

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So all the people whom Ishmael had carried away captive from Mizpah turned around and came back, and went to Johanan the son of Kareah.

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And all the captives from Mizpah escaped and began to help Johanan.

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But Ishmael the son of Nethaniah escaped from Johanan with eight men, and went to the Ammonites.

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Meanwhile, Ishmael and eight of his men escaped from Johanan into the land of Ammon.

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Then Johanan the son of Kareah and all the leaders of the forces with him took from Mizpah all the rest of the people whom he had recovered from Ishmael the son of Nethaniah, after he had struck down Gedaliah the son of Ahikam — soldiers, women, children, and eunuchs, whom Johanan brought back from Gibeon.

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Then Johanan son of Kareah and the other military leaders took all the people they had rescued in Gibeon — the soldiers, women, children, and court officialsd whom Ishmael had captured after he killed Gedaliah.

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And they went and stayed at Geruth Chimham near Bethlehem, intending to go to Egypt

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They took them all to the village of Geruth-kimham near Bethlehem, where they prepared to leave for Egypt.

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because of the Chaldeans. For they were afraid of them, because Ishmael the son of Nethaniah had struck down Gedaliah the son of Ahikam, whom the king of Babylon had made governor over the land.

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They were afraid of what the Babylonianse would do when they heard that Ishmael had killed Gedaliah, the governor appointed by the Babylonian king.

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Jeremiah 41

Jeremiah 41