Jer 41 | ABEn | STEP | And it came to pass in the [ 2 month 1 seventh] came Ishmael son of Nethaniah son of Elishama, from the family of the king, and leaders of the king, and ten men with him to Gedaliah in Mizpah; and they ate [ 3 there 1 bread 2 together].

Jeremiah 41

CHAPTER 41 Ishmael Kills Gedaliah

1 And it came to pass in the [²month ¹seventh] came Ishmael son of Nethaniah son of Elishama, from the family of the king, and leaders of the king, and ten men with him to Gedaliah in Mizpah; and they ate [³there ¹bread ²together]. 2 And Ishmael rose up, and the ten men who were with him, and they struck Gedaliah by sword, and they killed him, whom [⁴established ¹the ²king ³of Babylon] over the land, 3 and all the Jews being with him in Mizpah, and all the Chaldeans being found there. And [²the ³men ⁴warriors ¹Ishmael stuck]. 4 And it came to pass in the [²day ¹second] of his striking Gedaliah, that no man knew of it; 5 And there came men of Shechem from Shiloh, and from Samaria -- eighty men, being shaven of beards, and having [³being torn ¹the ²garments], and beating their chests, and gifts and frankincense was in their hands to carry into the house of the lord. 6 And [⁴came forth ⁵to ⁶meet ⁷them ¹Ishmael ²son ³of Nethaniah] from Mizpah, and they went and wept. And he said to them, Enter to Gedaliah!

Ishmael Kills the Envoy

7 And it happened in their entering in the midst of the city, that he slew them at the well -- he and the men, the ones with him. 8 And ten men were found there. And they said to Ishmael, You should not do away with us, for there are with us treasures in the field, wheat and barley, and honey, and olive oil. And he passed by and did not do away with them in the midst of their brethren. 9 And the well into which Ishmael tossed all whom he struck [²well ¹was a great]. This is the one which [³made ¹king ²Asa] from fear in front of Baasha king of Israel. This well [⁴filled ¹Ishmael ²son ³of Nethaniah] of slain ones. 10 And Ishmael returned all the people being left behind in Mizpah, and the daughters of the king who were deposited in the care of the chief guard by Gedaliah son of Ahikam. And he set out unto the other side of the sons of Ammon. 11 And [⁴heard ¹Johanan ²son ³of Kareah], and all the leaders of the force with him, all the evil things which [⁴did ¹Ishmael ²son ³of Nethaniah]. 12 And he led all their encamped army, and set out to wage war against him; and he found him at the water of the great pool in Gibeon. 13 And it came to pass when [⁶saw ¹all ²the ³people ⁴with ⁵Ishmael] Johanan son of Kareah, and all the leaders of the force with him, they were glad, 14 and they returned to Johanan. 15 But Ishmael escaped with eight men, and set out towards the sons of Ammon. 16 And Johanan took, and all the leaders of the force with him, all the remnant of the people whom he returned from Ishmael son of Nethaniah from Mizpah -- after his striking Gedaliah son of Ahikam -- mighty men in war, and the women, and the rest of the things, and the eunuchs, whom he returned from Gibeon. 17 And they set out and stayed in Chimham, the one by Beth-lehem, to go into Egypt, 18 from the face of the Chaldeans. For they feared from their face, for Ishmael struck Gedaliah whom [⁴established ¹the ²king ³of Babylon] in the land.