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Now it came[H935] to pass in the seventh[H7637]month[H2320], that Ishmael[H3458] the son[H1121] of Nethaniah[H5418] the son[H1121] of Elishama[H476], of the seed[H2233]royal[H4410], and the princes[H7227] of the king[H4428], even ten[H6235]men[H582] with him, came[H935] unto Gedaliah[H1436] the son[H1121] of Ahikam[H296] to Mizpah[H4709]; and there they did eat[H398]bread[H3899]together[H3162] in Mizpah[H4708].
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Then arose[H6965]Ishmael[H3458] the son[H1121] of Nethaniah[H5418], and the ten[H6235]men[H582] that were with him, and smote[H5221]Gedaliah[H1436] the son[H1121] of Ahikam[H296] the son[H1121] of Shaphan[H8227] with the sword[H2719], and slew[H4191] him, whom the king[H4428] of Babylon[H894] had made governor[H6485] over the land[H776].
3Ishmael[H3458] also slew[H5221] all the Jews[H3064] that were with him, even with Gedaliah[H1436], at Mizpah[H4709], and the Chaldeans[H3778] that were found[H4672] there, and the men[H582] of war[H4421].
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And it came to pass the second[H8145]day[H3117] after he had slain[H4191]Gedaliah[H1436], and no man[H376]knew[H3045] it,
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That there came[H935]certain[H582] from Shechem[H7927], from Shiloh[H7887], and from Samaria[H8111], even fourscore[H8084]men[H376], having their beards[H2206]shaven[H1548], and their clothes[H899]rent[H7167], and having cut[H1413] themselves, with offerings[H4503] and incense[H3828] in their hand[H3027], to bring[H935] them to the house[H1004] of the LORD[H3068].
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And Ishmael[H3458] the son[H1121] of Nethaniah[H5418]went[H1980]forth[H3318] from Mizpah[H4709] to meet[H7125] them, weeping[H1058] all along[H1980] as he went[H1980]: and it came to pass, as he met[H6298] them, he said[H559] unto them, Come[H935] to Gedaliah[H1436] the son[H1121] of Ahikam[H296].
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And it was so, when they came[H935] into the midst[H8432] of the city[H5892], that Ishmael[H3458] the son[H1121] of Nethaniah[H5418]slew[H7819] them, and cast them into the midst[H8432] of the pit[H953], he, and the men[H582] that were with him.
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But ten[H6235]men[H582] were found[H4672]among[H8432] them that said[H559] unto Ishmael[H3458], Slay[H4191] us not: for we have[H3426]treasures[H4301] in the field[H7704], of wheat[H2406], and of barley[H8184], and of oil[H8081], and of honey[H1706]. So he forbare[H2308], and slew[H4191] them not among[H8432] their brethren[H251].
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Now the pit[H953] wherein Ishmael[H3458] had cast[H7993] all the dead bodies[H6297] of the men[H582], whom he had slain[H5221]because[H3027] of Gedaliah[H1436], was it which Asa[H609] the king[H4428] had made[H6213] for fear[H6440] of Baasha[H1201]king[H4428] of Israel[H3478]: and Ishmael[H3458] the son[H1121] of Nethaniah[H5418]filled[H4390] it with them that were slain[H2491].
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Then Ishmael[H3458] carried away captive[H7617] all the residue[H7611] of the people[H5971] that were in Mizpah[H4709], even the king's daughters[H1323], and all the people[H5971] that remained[H7604] in Mizpah[H4709], whom Nebuzaradan[H5018] the captain[H7227] of the guard[H2876] had committed[H6485] to Gedaliah[H1436] the son[H1121] of Ahikam[H296]: and Ishmael[H3458] the son[H1121] of Nethaniah[H5418] carried them away captive[H7617], and departed[H3212] to go over[H5674] to the Ammonites[H1121].
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But when Johanan[H3110] the son[H1121] of Kareah[H7143], and all the captains[H8269] of the forces[H2428] that were with him, heard[H8085] of all the evil[H7451] that Ishmael[H3458] the son[H1121] of Nethaniah[H5418] had done[H6213],
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Then they took[H3947] all the men[H582], and went[H3212] to fight[H3898] with Ishmael[H3458] the son[H1121] of Nethaniah[H5418], and found[H4672] him by the great[H7227]waters[H4325] that are in Gibeon[H1391].
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Now it came to pass, that when all the people[H5971] which were with Ishmael[H3458]saw[H7200]Johanan[H3110] the son[H1121] of Kareah[H7143], and all the captains[H8269] of the forces[H2428] that were with him, then they were glad[H8055].
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So all the people[H5971] that Ishmael[H3458] had carried away captive[H7617] from Mizpah[H4709] cast about[H5437] and returned[H7725], and went[H3212] unto Johanan[H3110] the son[H1121] of Kareah[H7143].
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But Ishmael[H3458] the son[H1121] of Nethaniah[H5418]escaped[H4422]from[H6440]Johanan[H3110] with eight[H8083]men[H582], and went[H3212] to the Ammonites[H1121].
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Then took[H3947]Johanan[H3110] the son[H1121] of Kareah[H7143], and all the captains[H8269] of the forces[H2428] that were with him, all the remnant[H7611] of the people[H5971] whom he had recovered[H7725] from Ishmael[H3458] the son[H1121] of Nethaniah[H5418], from Mizpah[H4709], after[H310] that he had slain[H5221]Gedaliah[H1436] the son[H1121] of Ahikam[H296], even mighty[H1397]men[H582] of war[H4421], and the women[H802], and the children[H2945], and the eunuchs[H5631], whom he had brought again[H7725] from Gibeon[H1391]:
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And they departed[H3212], and dwelt in[H3427] the habitation[H1628] of Chimham[H3643], which is by[H681]Bethlehem[H1035], to go[H3212] to enter[H935] into Egypt[H4714],
18Because[H6440] of the Chaldeans[H3778]: for they were afraid[H3372] of them, because[H6440]Ishmael[H3458] the son[H1121] of Nethaniah[H5418] had slain[H5221]Gedaliah[H1436] the son[H1121] of Ahikam[H296], whom the king[H4428] of Babylon[H894] made governor[H6485] in the land[H776].