Jeremiah 41
Gedaliah Is Murdered
1 aIn the seventh month bIshmael the son of Nethaniah, the son of Elishama, of the royal ▼▼ Lit seed
family and one of the chief officers of the king, along with ten men, came to Mizpah to dGedaliah the son of Ahikam. While they ewere eating bread together there in Mizpah, 2Ishmael the son of Nethaniah and the ten men who were with him arose and fstruck down Gedaliah the son of Ahikam, the son of Shaphan, with the sword and gput to death the one hwhom the king of Babylon had appointed over the land. 3Ishmael also struck down all the Jews who were with him, that is with Gedaliah at Mizpah, and the Chaldeans who were found there, the men of war. 4Now it happened on the ▼▼ Or second
next day after the killing of Gedaliah, when no one knew about it, 5that eighty men jcame from kShechem, from lShiloh, and from mSamaria with ntheir beards shaved off and their clothes torn and ▼▼ Lit having cut themselves
their bodies pgashed, having grain offerings and incense in their hands to bring to the qhouse of the Lord. 6Then Ishmael the son of Nethaniah went out from Mizpah to meet them, rweeping as he went; and as he met them, he said to them, “Come to Gedaliah the son of Ahikam!” 7Yet it turned out that as soon as they came inside the city, Ishmael the son of Nethaniah and the men that were with him sslaughtered them and cast them into the cistern. 8But ten men who were found among them said to Ishmael, “Do not put us to death; for we have tstores of wheat, barley, oil and honey hidden in the field.” So he refrained and did not put them to death along with their companions. 9Now as for the cistern where Ishmael had cast all the corpses of the men whom he had struck down ▼▼ Or by the side of
because of Gedaliah, it was the vone that King Asa had made on waccount of Baasha, king of Israel; Ishmael the son of Nethaniah filled it with the slain. 10Then Ishmael took captive all the xremnant of the people who were in Mizpah, the yking’s daughters and all the people who were left in Mizpah, whom Nebuzaradan the captain of the bodyguard had put under the charge of Gedaliah the son of Ahikam; thus Ishmael the son of Nethaniah took them captive and proceeded to cross over to the sons of zAmmon. Johanan Rescues the People
11But Johanan the son of Kareah and all the aacommanders of the forces that were with him heard of all the evil that Ishmael the son of Nethaniah had done. 12So they took all the men and went to abfight with Ishmael the son of Nethaniah and they found him by the acgreat ▼▼ Lit waters
pool that is in Gibeon. 13Now as soon as all the people who were with Ishmael saw Johanan the son of Kareah and the commanders of the forces that were with him, they were glad. 14So all the people whom Ishmael had taken captive from Mizpah turned around and came back, and went to Johanan the son of Kareah. 15But Ishmael the son of Nethaniah aeescaped from Johanan with eight men and went to the sons of Ammon. 16Then Johanan the son of Kareah and all the commanders of the forces that were with him took from Mizpah afall the remnant of the people whom he had ▼▼ Lit brought back
recovered from Ishmael the son of Nethaniah, after he had struck down Gedaliah the son of Ahikam, that is, the men who were ▼▼ Lit men of war
soldiers, the women, the ▼▼ Lit infants
children, and the eunuchs, whom he had brought back from Gibeon. 17And they went and stayed in ▼▼ Or the lodging place of Chimham
,
akGeruth Chimham, which is beside Bethlehem, in order to alproceed into Egypt 18because of the Chaldeans; for they were amafraid of them, since Ishmael the son of Nethaniah had struck down Gedaliah the son of Ahikam, whom anthe king of Babylon had appointed over the land.
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