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Gedaliah Assassinated (continued)
41:1 Now it came to pass in the seventh month, that
Ishmael the son of Nethaniah the son of Elishama, of the
seed royal, and the princes of the king, even ten men with
him, came unto Gedaliah the son of Ahikam to Mizpah; and
there they did eat bread together in Mizpah.
41:2 Then arose Ishmael the son of Nethaniah, and the ten
men that were with him, and smote Gedaliah the son of Ahikam
the son of Shaphan with the sword, and slew him, whom the
king of Babylon had made governor over the land.
41:3 Ishmael also slew all the Jews that were with him,
even with Gedaliah, at Mizpah, and the Chaldeans that were
found there, and the men of war.
41:4 And it came to pass the second day after he had slain
Gedaliah, and no man knew it,
41:5 That there came certain from Shechem, from Shiloh, and
from Samaria, even fourscore men, having their beards
shaven, and their clothes rent, and having cut themselves,
with offerings and incense in their hand, to bring them to
the house of the LORD.
41:6 And Ishmael the son of Nethaniah went forth from
Mizpah to meet them, weeping all along as he went: and it
came to pass, as he met them, he said unto them, Come to
Gedaliah the son of Ahikam.
41:7 And it was so, when they came into the midst of the
city, that Ishmael the son of Nethaniah slew them, and cast
them into the midst of the pit, he, and the men that were
with him.
41:8 But ten men were found among them that said unto
Ishmael, Slay us not: for we have treasures in the field, of
wheat, and of barley, and of oil, and of honey. So he
forbare, and slew them not among their brethren.
41:9 Now the pit wherein Ishmael had cast all the dead
bodies of the men, whom he had slain because of Gedaliah,
was it which Asa the king had made for fear of Baasha king
of Israel: and Ishmael the son of Nethaniah filled it with
them that were slain.
41:10 Then Ishmael carried away captive all the residue of
the people that were in Mizpah, even the king's daughters,
and all the people that remained in Mizpah, whom Nebuzaradan
the captain of the guard had committed to Gedaliah the son
of Ahikam: and Ishmael the son of Nethaniah carried them
away captive, and departed to go over to the Ammonites.
41:11 But when Johanan the son of Kareah, and all the
captains of the forces that were with him, heard of all the
evil that Ishmael the son of Nethaniah had done,
41:12 Then 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.
41:13 Now it came to pass, that when all the people which
were with Ishmael saw Johanan the son of Kareah, and all the
captains of the forces that were with him, then they were
glad.
41:14 So all the people that Ishmael had carried away
captive from Mizpah cast about and returned, and went unto
Johanan the son of Kareah.
41:15 But Ishmael the son of Nethaniah escaped from Johanan
with eight men, and went to the Ammonites.
Flight to Egypt
41:16 Then took Johanan the son of Kareah, and all the
captains of the forces that 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 slain Gedaliah the
son of Ahikam, even mighty men of war, and the women, and
the children, and the eunuchs, whom he had brought again
from Gibeon:
41:17 And they departed, and dwelt in the habitation of
Chimham, which is by Bethlehem, to go to enter into Egypt,
41:18 Because of the Chaldeans: for they were afraid of
them, because Ishmael the son of Nethaniah had slain
Gedaliah the son of Ahikam, whom the king of Babylon made
governor in the land. |
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