Jeremiah:41:1-15
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In the seventh month ,
Ish '
mael the son of Nethani '
ah ,
son of Eli '
shama ,
of the royal family ,
one of the chief officers of the king ,
came with ten men to Gedali '
ah the son of Ahi '
kam ,
at Mizpah .
As they ate bread together there at Mizpah ,
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Ish '
mael the son of Nethani '
ah and the ten men with him rose up and struck down Gedali '
ah the son of Ahi '
kam ,
son of Shaphan ,
with the sword ,
and killed him ,
whom the king of Babylon had appointed governor in the land .
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Ish '
mael also slew all the Jews who were with Gedali '
ah at Mizpah ,
and the Chalde '
an soldiers who happened to be there .
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On the day after the murder of Gedali '
ah ,
before any one knew of it ,
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eighty men arrived from Shechem and Shiloh and Sama '
ria ,
with their beards shaved and their clothes torn ,
and their bodies gashed ,
bringing cereal offerings and incense to present at the temple of the LORD .
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And Ish '
mael the son of Nethani '
ah came out from Mizpah to meet them ,
weeping as he came .
As he met them ,
he said to them , "
Come in to Gedali '
ah the son of Ahi '
kam ."
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When they came into the city ,
Ish '
mael the son of Nethani '
ah and the men with him slew them ,
and cast them into a cistern .
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But there were ten men among them who said to Ish '
mael , "
Do not kill us ,
for we have stores of wheat ,
barley ,
oil ,
and honey hidden in the fields ."
So he refrained and did not kill them with their companions .
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Now the cistern into which Ish '
mael cast all the bodies of the men whom he had slain was the large cistern which King Asa had made for defense against Ba '
asha king of Israel ;
Ish '
mael the son of Nethani '
ah filled it with the slain .
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Then Ish '
mael took captive all the rest of the people who were in Mizpah ,
the king '
s daughters and all the people who were left at Mizpah ,
whom Nebu '
zarad '
an ,
the captain of the guard ,
had committed to Gedali '
ah the son of Ahi '
kam .
Ish '
mael the son of Nethani '
ah took them captive and set out to cross over to the Ammonites .
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But when Joha '
nan the son of Kare '
ah and all the leaders of the forces with him heard of all the evil which Ish '
mael the son of Nethani '
ah had done ,
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they took all their men and went to fight against Ish '
mael the son of Nethani '
ah .
They came upon him at the great pool which is in Gibeon .
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And when all the people who were with Ish '
mael saw Joha '
nan the son of Kare '
ah and all the leaders of the forces with him ,
they rejoiced .
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So all the people whom Ish '
mael had carried away captive from Mizpah turned about and came back ,
and went to Joha '
nan the son of Kare '
ah .
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But Ish '
mael the son of Nethani '
ah escaped from Joha '
nan with eight men ,
and went to the Ammonites .