Verse 25
But 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} came,{H935} and ten{H6235} men{H582} with him, and smote{H5221} Gedaliah,{H1436} so that he died,{H4191} and the Jews{H3064} and the Chaldeans{H3778} that were with him at Mizpah.{H4709}
Referenced Verses
- 2 Kgs 11:1 : 1 Now when Athaliah{H6271} the mother{H517} of Ahaziah{H274} saw{H7200} that her son{H1121} was dead,{H4191} she arose{H6965} and destroyed{H6} all the seed{H2233} royal.{H4467}
- Jer 40:15-41:15 : 15 Then Johanan{H3110} the son{H1121} of Kareah{H7143} spake{H559} to Gedaliah{H1436} in Mizpah{H4709} secretly,{H5643} saying,{H559} Let me go,{H3212} I pray thee, and I will slay{H5221} Ishmael{H3458} the son{H1121} of Nethaniah,{H5418} and no man{H376} shall know{H3045} it: wherefore should he take{H5221} thy life, that all the Jews{H3064} that are gathered{H6908} unto thee should be scattered,{H6327} and the remnant{H7611} of Judah{H3063} perish?{H6} 16 But Gedaliah{H1436} the son{H1121} of Ahikam{H296} said{H559} unto Johanan{H3110} the son{H1121} of Kareah,{H7143} Thou shalt not do{H6213} this thing;{H1697} for thou speakest{H1696} falsely{H8267} of Ishmael.{H3458} 1 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} 2 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} 3 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} 4 And it came to pass the second{H8145} day{H3117} after he had slain{H4191} Gedaliah,{H1436} and no man{H376} knew{H3045} it, 5 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} 6 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} 7 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. 8 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} 9 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} 10 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} 11 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} 12 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} 13 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} 14 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} 15 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}
- Zech 7:5 : 5 Speak{H559} unto all the people{H5971} of the land,{H776} and to the priests,{H3548} saying,{H559} When ye fasted{H6684} and mourned{H5594} in the fifth{H2549} and in the seventh{H7637} [month], even these seventy{H7657} years,{H8141} did ye at all{H6684} fast{H6684} unto me, even to me?
- Zech 8:19 : 19 Thus saith{H559} Jehovah{H3068} of hosts:{H6635} The fast{H6685} of the fourth{H7243} [month], and the fast{H6685} of the fifth,{H2549} and the fast{H6685} of the seventh,{H7637} and the fast{H6685} of the tenth,{H6224} shall be to the house{H1004} of Judah{H3063} joy{H8342} and gladness,{H8057} and cheerful{H2896} feasts;{H4150} therefore love{H157} truth{H571} and peace.{H7965}