Dual Panel1But in the seventh <07637> month <02320> Ishmael <03458>, the son <01121> of Nethaniah <05418> and grandson <01121> of Elishama <0476> who was a member <02233> of the royal <04410> family and had been one of Zedekiah’s <04428> chief officers <07227>, came <0935> with <0854> ten <06235> of his men <0376> to <0413> Gedaliah <01436> son <01121> of Ahikam <0296> at Mizpah <04709>. While they were eating <0398> a meal <03899> together <03162> with him there <08033> at Mizpah <04709>,
2Ishmael <03458> son <01121> of Nethaniah <05418> and the ten <06235> men <0376> who <0834> were <01961> with <0854> him stood up <06965>, pulled out their swords <02719>, and killed <05221> Gedaliah <01436>, the son <01121> of Ahikam <0296> and grandson <01121> of Shaphan <08227>. Thus Ishmael killed <04191> the man that <0834> the king <04428> of Babylon <0894> had appointed to govern <06485> the country <0776>.
3Ishmael <03458> also killed <05221> all <03605> the Judeans <03064> who were <01961> with <0854> Gedaliah <01436> at Mizpah <04709> and the Babylonian <03778> soldiers <04421> <0582> who <0834> happened <04672> to be there <08033>.
4On the day <03117> after Gedaliah <01436> had been murdered <04191>, before anyone <0376> even knew <03045> about it,
5eighty <08084> men <0376> arrived <0935> from Shechem <07927>, Shiloh <07887>, and Samaria <08111>. They <0376> had shaved off <01548> their beards <02206>, torn <07167> their clothes <0899>, and cut <01413> themselves to show they were mourning. They were carrying grain offerings <04503> and incense <03828> to present <0935> at the temple <01004> of the Lord <03068> in Jerusalem.
6Ishmael <03458> son <01121> of Nethaniah <05418> went out <03318> from <04480> Mizpah <04709> to meet <07125> them. He was pretending to cry <01058> as he walked along <01980> <01980>. When <01961> he met <06298> them, he said <0559> to <0413> them, “Come <0935> with me to <0413> meet Gedaliah <01436> son <01121> of Ahikam <0296>.”
7But as soon as they were inside <08432> the city <05892>, Ishmael <03458> son <01121> of Nethaniah <05418> and the men <0376> who <0834> were with <0854> him slaughtered <07819> them and threw their bodies in <08432> a cistern <0953>.
8But there were ten <06235> men <0376> among them who said <0559> to <0413> Ishmael <03458>, “Do not <0408> kill <04191> us. For <03588> we will give you the stores of wheat <02406>, barley <08184>, olive oil <08081>, and honey <01706> we have hidden <04301> in a field <07704>. So he spared <02308> their lives and did not <03808> kill <04191> them along <08432> with the rest <0251>.
9Now the cistern <0953> where <08033> Ishmael <03458> threw <07993> all <03605> the dead bodies <06297> of those <0376> he had killed <05221> was a large one that <0834> King <04428> Asa <0609> had constructed <06213> as part of his defenses against <06440> King <04428> Baasha <01201> of Israel <03478>. Ishmael <03458> son <01121> of Nethaniah <05418> filled <04390> it with dead bodies <02491>.
10Then Ishmael <03458> took captive <07617> all <03605> the people <05971> who were still left <07604> alive in Mizpah <04709>. This included the royal <04428> princesses <01323> and all <03605> the rest <07611> of the people <05971> in Mizpah <04709> that <0834> Nebuzaradan <05018>, the captain <07227> of the royal guard <02876>, had put under the authority <06485> of Gedaliah <01436> son <01121> of Ahikam <0296>. Ishmael <03458> son <01121> of Nethaniah <05418> took <07617> all these people captive <07617> and set out <01980> to cross over <05674> to <0413> the Ammonites <05983> <01121>.
11Johanan <03110> son <01121> of Kareah <07143> and all <03605> the army <02428> officers <08269> who <0834> were with <0854> him heard <08085> about all <03605> the atrocities <07451> that <0834> Ishmael <03458> son <01121> of Nethaniah <05418> had committed <06213>.
12So they took <03947> all <03605> their troops <0376> and went <01980> to fight <03898> against <05973> Ishmael <03458> son <01121> of Nethaniah <05418>. They caught up <04672> with <0413> him near the large <07227> pool <04325> at Gibeon <01391>.
13When <01961> all <03605> the people <05971> that <0834> Ishmael <03458> had taken captive saw <07200> Johanan <03110> son <01121> of Kareah <07143> and all <03605> the army <02428> officers <08269> with <0854> him, they were glad <08055>.
14All <03605> those people <05971> that <0834> Ishmael <03458> had taken captive <07617> from <04480> Mizpah <04709> turned <05437> and went over <07725> to <0413> Johanan <03110> son <01121> of Kareah <07143>.
15But Ishmael <03458> son <01121> of Nethaniah <05418> managed to escape <04422> from <06440> Johanan <03110> along with eight <08083> of his men <0376>, and he went <01980> on over to <0413> Ammon <05983> <01121>.
16Johanan <03110> son <01121> of Kareah <07143> and all <03605> the army <02428> officers <08269> who <0834> were with <0854> him led off all <03605> the people <05971> who had been left alive <07611> at Mizpah <04709>. They had rescued <07725> them from <04480> Ishmael <03458> son <01121> of Nethaniah <05418> after <0310> he killed <05221> Gedaliah <01436> son <01121> of Ahikam <0296>. They led off the men <0376>, women <0802>, children <02945>, soldiers <04421> <01397>, and court officials <05631> whom <0834> they had brought away <07725> from Gibeon <01391>.
17They set out <01980> to go to <0935> Egypt <04714> to get away <01980> from the Babylonians, but stopped <03427> at Geruth <01628> Kimham near <0681> Bethlehem <01035>.
18They were afraid <03372> of what the Babylonians <03778> might do because <03588> Ishmael <03458> son <01121> of Nethaniah <05418> had killed <05221> Gedaliah <01436> son <01121> of Ahikam <0296>, whom <0834> the king <04428> of Babylon <0894> had appointed to govern <06485> the country <0776>.