Jeremiah 41
1 Now it came to pass in the
seventh month, that
Ishmael the
son of
Nethaniah the
son of
Elishama, of the
seed royal, and the
princes of the
king, even
ten men with him,
came unto
Gedaliah the
son of
Ahikam to
Mizpah; and there they did
eat bread together in
Mizpah. 2 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. 3 Ishmael also
slew all the
Jews that were with him, even with
Gedaliah, at
Mizpah, and the
Chaldeans that were
found there, and the
men of
war. 4 And it came to pass the
second day after he had
slain Gedaliah, and no
man knew it,
5 That there
came certain from
Shechem, from
Shiloh, and from
Samaria, even
fourscore men, having their
beards shaven, and their
clothes rent, and having
cut themselves, with
offerings and
incense in their
hand, to
bring them to the
house of the
LORD. 6 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 unto them,
Come to
Gedaliah the
son of
Ahikam. 7 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.
8 But
ten men were
found among them that
said unto
Ishmael, Slay us not: for we
have treasures in the
field, of
wheat, and of
barley, and of
oil, and of
honey. So he
forbare, and
slew them not
among their
brethren. 9 Now the
pit wherein
Ishmael had
cast all the dead
bodies of the
men, whom he had
slain because of
Gedaliah, was it which
Asa the
king had
made for
fear of
Baasha king of
Israel: and
Ishmael the
son of
Nethaniah filled it with them that were
slain. 10 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: and
Ishmael the
son of
Nethaniah carried them away
captive, and
departed to go
over to the
Ammonites.
11 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,
12 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. 13 Now it came to pass, that when all the
people which were with
Ishmael saw Johanan the
son of
Kareah, and all the
captains of the
forces that were with him, then they were
glad.
14 So all the
people that
Ishmael had carried away
captive from
Mizpah cast
about and
returned, and
went unto
Johanan the
son of
Kareah. 15 But
Ishmael the
son of
Nethaniah escaped from Johanan with
eight men, and
went to the
Ammonites.
16 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, even
mighty men of
war, and the
women, and the
children, and the
eunuchs, whom he had brought
again from
Gibeon: 17 And they
departed, and dwelt
in the
habitation of
Chimham, which is
by Bethlehem, to
go to
enter into
Egypt, 18 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 in the
land.