Dual Panel1In the seventh<7637> month<2320> Ishmael<3458> the son<1121> of Nethaniah<5418>, the son<1121> of Elishama<476>, of the royal<4410> family<2233> and one of the chief<7227> officers<7227> of the king<4428>, along with ten<6235> men<376>, came<935> to Mizpah<4709> to Gedaliah<1436> the son<1121> of Ahikam<296>. While they were eating<398> bread<3899> together<3164> there<8033> in Mizpah<4709>,
2Ishmael<3458> the son<1121> of Nethaniah<5418> and the ten<6235> men<376> who<834> were with him arose<6965> and struck<5221> down<5221> Gedaliah<1436> the son<1121> of Ahikam<296>, the son<1121> of Shaphan<8227>, with the sword<2719> and put<4191> to death<4191> the one whom<834> the king<4428> of Babylon<894> had appointed<6485> over the land<776>.
3Ishmael<3458> also struck<5221> down<5221> all<3605> the Jews<3064> who<834> were with him, that is with Gedaliah<1436> at Mizpah<4709>, and the Chaldeans<3778> who<834> were found<4672> there<8033>, the men<376> of war<4421>.
4Now it happened<1961> on the next<8145> day<3117> after the killing<4191> of Gedaliah<1436>, when no<3808> one<376> knew<3045> about it,
5that eighty<8084> men<376> came<935> from Shechem<7927>, from Shiloh<7887>, and from Samaria<8111> with their beards<2206> shaved<1548> off<1548> and their clothes<899> torn<7167> and their bodies gashed<1413>, having grain offerings<4503> and incense<3828> in their hands<3027> to bring<935> to the house<1004> of the LORD<3068>.
6Then Ishmael<3458> the son<1121> of Nethaniah<5418> went<3318> out from Mizpah<4709> to meet<7122> them, weeping<1058> as he went<1980>; and as he met<6298> them, he said<559> to them, "Come<935> to Gedaliah<1436> the son<1121> of Ahikam<296>!"
7Yet it turned<1961> out that as soon as they came<935> inside<8432> the city<5892>, Ishmael<3458> the son<1121> of Nethaniah<5418> and the men<376> that were with him slaughtered<7819> them and cast them into the cistern<953>.
8But ten<6235> men<376> who were found<4672> among them said<559> to Ishmael<3458>, "Do not put<4191> us to death<4191>; for we have<3426> stores<4301> of wheat<2406>, barley<8184>, oil<8081> and honey<1706> hidden<4301> in the field<7704>." So he refrained<2308> and did not put<4191> them to death<4191> along<8432> with their companions<251>.
9Now as for the cistern<953> where<834><8033> Ishmael<3458> had cast<7993> all<3605> the corpses<6297> of the men<376> whom<834> he had struck<5221> down<5221> because<3027> of Gedaliah<1436>, it was the one that King<4428> Asa<609> had made<6213> on account<4480><6440> of Baasha<1201>, king<4428> of Israel<3478>; Ishmael<3458> the son<1121> of Nethaniah<5418> filled<4390> it with the slain<2491>.
10Then Ishmael<3458> took<7617> captive<7617> all<3605> the remnant<7611> of the people<5971> who<834> were in Mizpah<4709>, the king's<4428> daughters<1323> and all<3605> the people<5971> who were left<7604> in Mizpah<4709>, whom<834> Nebuzaradan<5018> the captain<7227> of the bodyguard<2876> had put<6485> under<6485> the charge<6485> of Gedaliah<1436> the son<1121> of Ahikam<296>; thus Ishmael<3458> the son<1121> of Nethaniah<5418> took<7617> them captive<7617> and proceeded<1980> to cross<5674> over<5674> to the sons<1121> of Ammon<5983>.
11But Johanan<3076> the son<1121> of Kareah<7143> and all<3605> the commanders<8269> of the forces<2428> that were with him heard<8085> of all<3605> the evil<7463> that Ishmael<3458> the son<1121> of Nethaniah<5418> had done<6213>.
12So they took<3947> all<3605> the men<376> and went<1980> to fight<3898> with Ishmael<3458> the son<1121> of Nethaniah<5418> and they found<4672> him by the great<7227> pool<4325> that is in Gibeon<1391>.
13Now as soon as all<3605> the people<5971> who<834> were with Ishmael<3458> saw<7200> Johanan<3076> the son<1121> of Kareah<7143> and the commanders<8269> of the forces<2428> that were with him, they were glad<8055>.
14So all<3605> the people<5971> whom<834> Ishmael<3458> had taken<7617> captive<7617> from Mizpah<4709> turned<5437> around<5437> and came<7725> back<7725>, and went<1980> to Johanan<3076> the son<1121> of Kareah<7143>.
15But Ishmael<3458> the son<1121> of Nethaniah<5418> escaped<4422> from Johanan<3076> with eight<8083> men<376> and went<1980> to the sons<1121> of Ammon<5983>.
16Then Johanan<3076> the son<1121> of Kareah<7143> and all<3605> the commanders<8269> of the forces<2428> that were with him took<3947> from Mizpah<4709> all<3605> the remnant<7611> of the people<5971> whom<834> he had recovered<7725> from Ishmael<3458> the son<1121> of Nethaniah<5418>, after<310> he had struck<5221> down<5221> Gedaliah<1436> the son<1121> of Ahikam<296>, that is, the men<376> who were soldiers<582><4421>, the women<802>, the children<2945>, and the eunuchs<5631>, whom<834> he had brought<7725> back<7725> from Gibeon<1391>.
17And they went<1980> and stayed<3427> in Geruth<1628> Chimham<3643>, which<834> is beside<681> Bethlehem<1035>, in order to proceed<1980><935> into Egypt<4714>
18because<4480><6440> of the Chaldeans<3778>; for they were afraid<3372> of them, since<3588> Ishmael<3458> the son<1121> of Nethaniah<5418> had struck<5221> down<5221> Gedaliah<1436> the son<1121> of Ahikam<296>, whom<834> the king<4428> of Babylon<894> had appointed<6485> over the land<776>.