Now it came to pass in the seventh{H7637} month,{H2320} that Ishmael{H3458} the son{H1121} of Nethaniah,{H5418} the son{H1121} of Elishama,{H476} of the seed{H2233} royal{H4410} and [one of] the chief officers{H7227} of the king,{H4428} and ten{H6235} men{H582} with him, came{H935} unto Gedaliah{H1436} the son{H1121} of Ahikam{H296} to Mizpah;{H4709} and there they did eat{H398} bread{H3899} together{H3162} in Mizpah.{H4708}

Then arose{H6965} Ishmael{H3458} the son{H1121} of Nethaniah,{H5418} and the ten{H6235} men{H582} that were with him, and smote{H5221} Gedaliah{H1436} the son{H1121} of Ahikam{H296} the son{H1121} of Shaphan{H8227} with the sword,{H2719} and slew{H4191} him, whom the king{H4428} of Babylon{H894} had made governor{H6485} over the land.{H776}

Ishmael{H3458} also slew{H5221} all the Jews{H3064} that were with him, [to wit], with Gedaliah,{H1436} at Mizpah,{H4709} and the Chaldeans{H3778} that were found{H4672} there, the men{H582} of war.{H4421}

And it came to pass the second{H8145} day{H3117} after he had slain{H4191} Gedaliah,{H1436} and no man{H376} knew{H3045} it,

that there came{H935} men{H582} from Shechem,{H7927} from Shiloh,{H7887} and from Samaria,{H8111} even fourscore{H8084} men,{H376} having their beards{H2206} shaven{H1548} and their clothes{H899} rent,{H7167} and having cut{H1413} themselves, with meal-offerings{H4503} and frankincense{H3828} in their hand,{H3027} to bring{H935} them to the house{H1004} of Jehovah.{H3068}

And Ishmael{H3458} the son{H1121} of Nethaniah{H5418} went forth{H3318} from Mizpah{H4709} to meet{H7125} them, weeping{H1058} all along{H1980} as he went:{H1980} and it came to pass, as he met{H6298} them, he said{H559} unto them, Come{H935} to Gedaliah{H1436} the son{H1121} of Ahikam.{H296}

And it was so, when they came{H935} into the midst{H8432} of the city,{H5892} that Ishmael{H3458} the son{H1121} of Nethaniah{H5418} slew{H7819} them, [and cast them] into the midst{H8432} of the pit,{H953} he, and the men{H582} that were with him.

But ten{H6235} men{H582} were found{H4672} among them that said{H559} unto Ishmael,{H3458} Slay{H4191} us not; for we have{H3426} stores{H4301} hidden in the field,{H7704} of wheat,{H2406} and of barley,{H8184} and of oil,{H8081} and of honey.{H1706} So he forbare,{H2308} and slew{H4191} them not among{H8432} their brethren.{H251}

Now the pit{H953} wherein Ishmael{H3458} cast{H7993} all the dead bodies{H6297} of the men{H582} whom he had slain,{H5221} by the side{H3027} of Gedaliah{H1436} (the same was that which Asa{H609} the king{H4428} had made{H6213} for fear{H6440} of Baasha{H1201} king{H4428} of Israel,){H3478} Ishmael{H3458} the son{H1121} of Nethaniah{H5418} filled{H4390} it with them that were slain.{H2491}

Then Ishmael{H3458} carried away captive{H7617} all the residue{H7611} of the people{H5971} that were in Mizpah,{H4709} even the king's{H4428} daughters,{H1323} and all the people{H5971} that remained{H7604} in Mizpah,{H4709} whom Nebuzaradan{H5018} the captain{H7227} of the guard{H2876} had committed{H6485} to Gedaliah{H1436} the son{H1121} of Ahikam;{H296} Ishmael{H3458} the son{H1121} of Nethaniah{H5418} carried them away captive,{H7617} and departed{H3212} to go over{H5674} to the children of Ammon.{H1121}

But when Johanan{H3110} the son{H1121} of Kareah,{H7143} and all the captains{H8269} of the forces{H2428} that were with him, heard{H8085} of all the evil{H7451} that Ishmael{H3458} the son{H1121} of Nethaniah{H5418} had done,{H6213}

then they took{H3947} all the men,{H582} and went{H3212} to fight{H3898} with Ishmael{H3458} the son{H1121} of Nethaniah,{H5418} and found{H4672} him by the great{H7227} waters{H4325} that are in Gibeon.{H1391}

Now it came to pass that, when all the people{H5971} that were with Ishmael{H3458} saw{H7200} Johanan{H3110} the son{H1121} of Kareah,{H7143} and all the captains{H8269} of the forces{H2428} that were with him, then they were glad.{H8055}

So all the people{H5971} that Ishmael{H3458} had carried away captive{H7617} from Mizpah{H4709} turned{H7725} about{H5437} and came back, and went{H3212} unto Johanan{H3110} the son{H1121} of Kareah.{H7143}

But Ishmael{H3458} the son{H1121} of Nethaniah{H5418} escaped{H4422} from{H6440} Johanan{H3110} with eight{H8083} men,{H582} and went{H3212} to the children of Ammon.{H1121}

Then took{H3947} Johanan{H3110} the son{H1121} of Kareah,{H7143} and all the captains{H8269} of the forces{H2428} that were with him, all the remnant{H7611} of the people{H5971} whom he had recovered{H7725} from Ishmael{H3458} the son{H1121} of Nethaniah,{H5418} from Mizpah,{H4709} after{H310} that he had slain{H5221} Gedaliah{H1436} the son{H1121} of Ahikam,{H296} [to wit], the{H1397} men{H582} of war,{H4421} and the women,{H802} and the children,{H2945} and the eunuchs,{H5631} whom he had brought back{H7725} from Gibeon:{H1391}

and they departed,{H3212} and dwelt in{H3427} Geruth{H1628} Chimham,{H3643} which is by{H681} Beth-lehem,{H1035} to go{H3212} to enter{H935} into Egypt,{H4714}

because{H6440} of the Chaldeans;{H3778} for they were afraid{H3372} of them, because Ishmael{H3458} the son{H1121} of Nethaniah{H5418} had slain{H5221} Gedaliah{H1436} the son{H1121} of Ahikam,{H296} whom the king{H4428} of Babylon{H894} made governor{H6485} over the land.{H776}