JEREMIAH 41

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   1 In the seventh month Ishmael son of Nethaniah,

the son of Elishama, who was of royal blood and had

been one of the king's officers, came with ten men to

Gedaliah son of Ahikam at Mizpah. While they were

eating together there,   2 Ishmael son of Nethaniah

and the ten men who were with him got up and

struck down Gedaliah son of Ahikam, the son of

Shaphan, with the sword, killing the one whom the

king of Babylon had appointed as governor over the

land.   3 Ishmael also killed all the men of Judah who

were with Gedaliah at Mizpah, as well as the

Babylonian soldiers who were there.

   4 The day after Gedaliah's assassination, before

anyone knew about it,   5 eighty men who had shaved

off their beards, torn their clothes and cut

themselves came from Shechem, Shiloh and

Samaria, bringing grain offerings and incense with

them to the house of the LORD.   6 Ishmael son of

Nethaniah went out from Mizpah to meet them,

weeping as he went. When he met them, he said,

"Come to Gedaliah son of Ahikam."   7 When they

went into the city, Ishmael son of Nethaniah and the

men who were with him slaughtered them and threw

them into a cistern.   8 But ten of them said to

Ishmael, "Don't kill us! We have wheat and barley,

olive oil and honey, hidden in a field." So he let them

alone and did not kill them with the others.   9 Now

the cistern where he threw all the bodies of the men

he had killed along with Gedaliah was the one King

Asa had made as part of his defense against Baasha

king of Israel. Ishmael son of Nethaniah filled it with

the dead.

   10 Ishmael made captives of all the rest of the

people who were in Mizpah--the king's daughters

along with all the others who were left there, over

whom Nebuzaradan commander of the imperial

guard had appointed Gedaliah son of Ahikam.

Ishmael son of Nethaniah took them captive and set

out to cross over to the Ammonites.

   11 When Johanan son of Kareah and all the army

officers who were with him heard about all the

crimes Ishmael son of Nethaniah had committed,

12 they took all their men and went to fight Ishmael

son of Nethaniah. They caught up with him near the

great pool in Gibeon.   13 When all the people Ishmael

had with him saw Johanan son of Kareah and the

army officers who were with him, they were glad.

14 All the people Ishmael had taken captive at

Mizpah turned and went over to Johanan son of

Kareah.   15 But Ishmael son of Nethaniah and eight of

his men escaped from Johanan and fled to the Ammonites.

Flight to Egypt

   16 Then Johanan son of Kareah and all the army

officers who were with him led away all the people

of Mizpah who had survived, whom Johanan had

recovered from Ishmael son of Nethaniah after

Ishmael had assassinated Gedaliah son of Ahikam--

the soldiers, women, children and court officials he

had recovered from Gibeon.   17 And they went on,

stopping at Geruth Kimham near Bethlehem on their

way to Egypt   18 to escape the Babylonians.

They were afraid of them because Ishmael son of

Nethaniah had killed Gedaliah son of Ahikam, whomthe king of Babylon had appointed as governor overthe land.