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And the people who remained in the land of Judah, whom Nebuchadnezzar, king of Babylon, had left, over them he made Gedaliah, the son of Ahikam, the son of Shaphan, governor.
And all the captains of the forces, they and their men, heard that the king of Babylon had made Gedaliah governor, and they came to Mizpah. And Ishmael, the son of Nethaniah, and Johanan, the son of Kareah, and Seraiah, the son of Tanhumeth, the Netophathite, and Jaazaniah, the son of the Maacathite, they and their men.
And Gedaliah swore to them and their men, saying, "Do not be afraid because the servants of the Chaldeans are dwelling in the land; serve the king of Babylon, and it shall go well with you."
But it came to pass in the seventh month [Tishri – Sept/Oct] that Ishmael, the son of Nethaniah, the son of Elishama, of royal descent, came and ten men with him, and struck Gedaliah, so that he died, and the Jews and the Chaldeans who were with him in Mizpah.
and they sent [messengers] and took Jeremiah out of the guardhouse and handed him over to Gedaliah, the son of Ahikam, the son of Shaphan, to take him home to live among the people.
But he did not want to return. "Then return to Gedaliah, son of Ahikam, son of Shaphan, whom the king of Babylon has made governor over the cities of Judah, and live with him among the people, or go wherever it seems good to you to go."
And the captain of the guard gave him provisions and a gift and let him go.
And Jeremiah went to Gedaliah, son of Ahikam, at Mizpah, and lived with him among the people who were left in the land.
And when all the captains of the forces in the field, they and their men, heard that the king of Babylon had made Gedaliah, the son of Ahikam, governor over the land, and had committed to him the men, the women, the children, and the weak who were left in the land, who had not been carried away captive to Babylon,
they came to Gedaliah at Mizpah, Ishmael (Hebr. Yishmael), the son of Nethaniah, and Johanan and Jonathan, the sons of Kareah, and Seraiah, the son of Tanhumeth, and the sons of Pahath-moab the Netophathite, and Jezaniah, the son of Maacah, they and their men.
And Gedaliah, the son of Ahikam, the son of Shaphan, swore to them and their men, saying, "Do not be afraid to serve the Chaldeans. Dwell in the land and serve the king of Babylon, and it shall be well with you.
And all the Jews who were in Moab and among the sons of Ammon and in Edom and in all the countries heard that the king of Babylon had left a remnant in Judah and had appointed Gedaliah, the son of Ahikam, the son of Shaphan, over them.
Then all the Jews returned from the places where they had been driven away and came to the land of Judah, to Gedaliah at Mizpah, and gathered grapes and summer crops in great abundance.
And Johanan the son of Kareah, and all the captains of the forces that were in the field, came to Gedaliah at Mizpah
and said to him, "Do you know that Baalis, king of the Ammonites, has sent Ishmael, son of Nethaniah, to take your life?" But Gedaliah, son of Ahikam, did not believe them.
And Johanan, the son of Kareah, spoke to Gedaliah in Mizpah secretly and said, "Let me go, I beg you, and I will strike down Ishmael, the son of Nethaniah, and no one will know it. Why should he take your life, so that all the Jews who have gathered to you would be scattered and the remnant of Judah would perish?"
But Gedaliah, the son of Ahikam, said to Johanan, the son of Kareah, "You shall not do this thing, for you are speaking falsely about Ishmael."
And it came to pass in the seventh month [Tishri – Sept/Oct], that Ishmael, the son of Nethaniah, the son of Elishama, of royal descent (birth) and one of the king's chief officers, and ten men with him, came to Gedaliah, the son of Ahikam, to Mizpah, and there they ate bread together in Mizpah.
Then Ishmael, the son of Nethaniah, and the ten men who were with him, rose up and struck Gedaliah, the son of Ahikam, the son of Shaphan, with the sword and killed him, whom the king of Babylon had made governor over the land.
Ishmael killed all the Jews who were with him at Mizpah, along with Gedaliah, the son of Ahikam, and the Chaldeans who were found there, the warriors.
And it came to pass on the second day after he had killed Gedaliah, that no man knew it.
And Ishmael, the son of Nethaniah, went out from Mizpah to meet them, weeping all the way as he went, and it came to pass when he met them that he said to them, "Come to Gedaliah, the son of Ahikam."
And the cistern (well) into which Ishmael threw all the dead bodies of the men he had killed beside Gedaliah was the one that King Asa had made out of fear of Baasha, king of Israel. Ishmael, the son of Netanyahu, filled it with those who had been killed.
And Ishmael carried away captive all the remnant of the people who were in Mizpah, the king's daughters, and all the people who were left in Mizpah, whom Nebuzaradan, captain of the guard, had committed to Gedaliah, the son of Ahikam. Ishmael, the son of Nethaniah, carried them captive and departed to go over to the sons of Ammon.
And Johanan, the son of Kareah, and all the captains of the forces who were with him, took all the remnant of the people whom he had recovered from Ishmael, the son of Nethaniah, from Mizpah, after he had killed Gedaliah, the son of Ahikam, the men, the warriors, the women, the children, and the leaders whom he had brought back from Gibeon,
because of the Chaldeans, for they were afraid of them, since Ishmael, the son of Nethaniah, had killed Gedaliah, the son of Ahikam, whom the king of Babylon had made governor over the land.
the men (men in their prime, full of strength and power) and the women and children and the king's daughters and every person whom Nebuzaradan, the captain of the guard, had left with Gedaliah, the son of Ahikam, the son of Shaphan, and Jeremiah the prophet and Baruch, the son of Neriah,
