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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.
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.
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 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?"
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.
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 it came to pass, when they entered the city, that Ishmael, the son of Nethaniah, slew them, and cast them into the midst of the cistern, he and the men that were with him.
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.
But when Johanan, the son of Kareah, and all the captains of the forces who were with him heard of all the evil that Ishmael, the son of Nethaniah, had done,
they took all the men and went to fight against Ishmael, the son of Nethaniah, and found him at the great waters in Gibeon.
But Ishmael, the son of Nethaniah, fled from Johanan with eight men and went 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.
