|
Chapter 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. |
