Jer 41
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Now it came to pass in the seventh month, that Ishmael the son of Nethaniah, the son
of Elishama, of the seed royal and [one of] the chief officers of the king, and ten
men with him, came to Gedaliah the son of Ahikam to Mizpah; and there they did eat
bread together in Mizpah.
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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.
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Ishmael also slew all the Jews that were with him, [to wit], with Gedaliah, at Mizpah,
and the Chaldeans that were found there, the men of war.
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And it came to pass the second day after he had slain Gedaliah, and no man knew it,
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that there came men from Shechem, from Shiloh, and from Samaria, even fourscore men,
having their beards shaven and their clothes rent, and having cut themselves, with
meal-offerings and frankincense in their hand, to bring them to the house of YHWH.
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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 to them, Come to Gedaliah
the son of Ahikam.
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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.
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But ten men were found among them that said to Ishmael, Slay us not; for we have stores
hidden in the field, of wheat, and of barley, and of oil, and of honey. So he forbare,
and slew them not among their brethren.
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Now the pit wherein Ishmael cast all the dead bodies of the men whom he had slain,
by the side of Gedaliah (the same was that which Asa the king had made for fear of
Baasha king of Israel,) Ishmael the son of Nethaniah filled it with them that were
slain.
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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; Ishmael the
son of Nethaniah carried them away captive, and departed to go over to the children
of Ammon.
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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,
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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.
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Now it came to pass that, when all the people that were with Ishmael saw Johanan the
son of Kareah, and all the captains of the forces that were with him, then they were
glad.
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So all the people that Ishmael had carried away captive from Mizpah turned about and
came back, and went to Johanan the son of Kareah.
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But Ishmael the son of Nethaniah escaped from Johanan with eight men, and went to
the children of Ammon.
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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, [to
wit], the men of war, and the women, and the children, and the eunuchs, whom he had
brought back from Gibeon:
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and they departed, and dwelt in Geruth Chimham, which is by Beth-lehem, to go to enter
into Egypt,
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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
over the land.