Therefore all the princes [08269] sent [07971] Jehudi [03065] the son [01121] of Nethaniah [05418], the son [01121] of Shelemiah [08018], the son [01121] of Cushi [03570], unto Baruch [01263], saying [0559], Take [03947] in thine hand [03027] the roll [04039] wherein thou hast read [07121] in the ears [0241] of the people [05971], and come [03212]. So Baruch [01263] the son [01121] of Neriah [05374] took [03947] the roll [04039] in his hand [03027], and came [0935] unto them.
Then they came [0935] to Gedaliah [01436] to Mizpah [04708], even Ishmael [03458] the son [01121] of Nethaniah [05418], and Johanan [03110] and Jonathan [03129] the sons [01121] of Kareah [07143], and Seraiah [08304] the son [01121] of Tanhumeth [08576], and the sons [01121] of Ephai [05778] the Netophathite [05200], and Jezaniah [03153] the son [01121] of a Maachathite [04602], they and their men [0582].
And said [0559] unto him, Dost thou certainly [03045] know [03045] that Baalis [01185] the king [04428] of the Ammonites [05983] [01121] hath sent [07971] Ishmael [03458] the son [01121] of Nethaniah [05418] to slay [05315] [05221] thee? But Gedaliah [01436] the son [01121] of Ahikam [0296] believed [0539] them not.to slay…: Heb. to strike thee in soul?
Then Johanan [03110] the son [01121] of Kareah [07143] spake [0559] to Gedaliah [01436] in Mizpah [04709] secretly [05643], saying [0559], Let me go [03212], I pray thee, and I will slay [05221] Ishmael [03458] the son [01121] of Nethaniah [05418], and no man [0376] shall know [03045] it: wherefore should he slay [05315] [05221] thee, that all the Jews [03064] which are gathered [06908] unto thee should be scattered [06327], and the remnant [07611] in Judah [03063] perish [06]?
Now it came to pass in the seventh [07637] month [02320], that Ishmael [03458] the son [01121] of Nethaniah [05418] the son [01121] of Elishama [0476], of the seed [02233] royal [04410], and the princes [07227] of the king [04428], even ten [06235] men [0582] with him, came [0935] unto Gedaliah [01436] the son [01121] of Ahikam [0296] to Mizpah [04709]; and there they did eat [0398] bread [03899] together [03162] in Mizpah [04708].
Then arose [06965] Ishmael [03458] the son [01121] of Nethaniah [05418], and the ten [06235] men [0582] that were with him, and smote [05221] Gedaliah [01436] the son [01121] of Ahikam [0296] the son [01121] of Shaphan [08227] with the sword [02719], and slew [04191] him, whom the king [04428] of Babylon [0894] had made governor [06485] over the land [0776].
And Ishmael [03458] the son [01121] of Nethaniah [05418] went forth [03318] from Mizpah [04709] to meet [07125] them, weeping [01058] all along [01980] as he went [01980]: and it came to pass, as he met [06298] them, he said [0559] unto them, Come [0935] to Gedaliah [01436] the son [01121] of Ahikam [0296].weeping…: Heb. in going and weeping
And it was so, when they came [0935] into the midst [08432] of the city [05892], that Ishmael [03458] the son [01121] of Nethaniah [05418] slew [07819] them, and cast them into the midst [08432] of the pit [0953], he, and the men [0582] that were with him.
Now the pit [0953] wherein Ishmael [03458] had cast [07993] all the dead bodies [06297] of the men [0582], whom he had slain [05221] because [03027] of Gedaliah [01436], was it which Asa [0609] the king [04428] had made [06213] for fear [06440] of Baasha [01201] king [04428] of Israel [03478]: and Ishmael [03458] the son [01121] of Nethaniah [05418] filled [04390] it with them that were slain [02491].because…: or, near Gedaliah: Heb. by the hand, or, by the side of Gedaliah
Then Ishmael [03458] carried away captive [07617] all the residue [07611] of the people [05971] that were in Mizpah [04709], even the king's [04428] daughters [01323], and all the people [05971] that remained [07604] in Mizpah [04709], whom Nebuzar–adan [05018] the captain [07227] of the guard [02876] had committed [06485] to Gedaliah [01436] the son [01121] of Ahikam [0296]: and Ishmael [03458] the son [01121] of Nethaniah [05418] carried them away captive [07617], and departed [03212] to go over [05674] to the Ammonites [05983] [01121].
But when Johanan [03110] the son [01121] of Kareah [07143], and all the captains [08269] of the forces [02428] that were with him, heard [08085] of all the evil [07451] that Ishmael [03458] the son [01121] of Nethaniah [05418] had done [06213],
Then they took [03947] all the men [0582], and went [03212] to fight [03898] with Ishmael [03458] the son [01121] of Nethaniah [05418], and found [04672] him by the great [07227] waters [04325] that are in Gibeon [01391].
But Ishmael [03458] the son [01121] of Nethaniah [05418] escaped [04422] from [06440] Johanan [03110] with eight [08083] men [0582], and went [03212] to the Ammonites [05983] [01121].
Then took [03947] Johanan [03110] the son [01121] of Kareah [07143], and all the captains [08269] of the forces [02428] that were with him, all the remnant [07611] of the people [05971] whom he had recovered [07725] from Ishmael [03458] the son [01121] of Nethaniah [05418], from Mizpah [04709], after [0310] that he had slain [05221] Gedaliah [01436] the son [01121] of Ahikam [0296], even mighty [01397] men [0582] of war [04421], and the women [0802], and the children [02945], and the eunuchs [05631], whom he had brought again [07725] from Gibeon [01391]:
Because [06440] of the Chaldeans [03778]: for they were afraid [03372] of them, because Ishmael [03458] the son [01121] of Nethaniah [05418] had slain [05221] Gedaliah [01436] the son [01121] of Ahikam [0296], whom the king [04428] of Babylon [0894] made governor [06485] in the land [0776].