41:1 In
the
seventh
month,
Ishmael
the
son
of
Nethaniah,
son
of
Elishama,
of
the
royal
family,
one
of
the
chief
officers
of
the
king,
came
with
ten
men
to
Gedaliah
the
son
of
Ahikam,
at
Mizpah.
As
they
ate
bread
together
there
at
Mizpah,
41:2 Ishmael
the
son
of
Nethaniah
and
the
ten
men
with
him
rose
up
and
struck
down
Gedaliah
the
son
of
Ahikam,
son
of
Shaphan,
with
the
sword,
and
killed
him,
whom
the
king
of
Babylon
had
appointed
governor
in
the
land.
41:3 Ishmael
also
struck
down
all
the
Judeans
who
were
with
Gedaliah
at
Mizpah,
and
the
Chaldean
soldiers
who
happened
to
be
there.
41:4 On
the
day
after
the
murder
of
Gedaliah,
before
anyone
knew
of
it,
41:5 eighty
men
arrived
from
Shechem
and
Shiloh
and
Samaria,
with
their
beards
shaved
and
their
clothes
torn,
and
their
bodies
gashed,
bringing
grain
offerings
and
incense
to
present
at
the
temple
of
the
LORD.
41:6 And
Ishmael
the
son
of
Nethaniah
came
out
from
Mizpah
to
meet
them,
weeping
as
he
came.
As
he
met
them,
he
said
to
them,
"Come
in
to
Gedaliah
the
son
of
Ahikam."
41:7 When
they
came
into
the
city,
Ishmael
the
son
of
Nethaniah
and
the
men
with
him
slaughtered
them
and
cast
them
into
a
cistern.
41:8 But
there
were
ten
men
among
them
who
said
to
Ishmael,
"Do
not
put
us
to
death,
for
we
have
stores
of
wheat,
barley,
oil,
and
honey
hidden
in
the
fields."
So
he
refrained
and
did
not
put
them
to
death
with
their
companions.
41:9 Now
the
cistern
into
which
Ishmael
had
thrown
all
the
bodies
of
the
men
whom
he
had
struck
down
along
with
Gedaliah
was
the
large
cistern
that
King
Asa
had
made
for
defense
against
Baasha
king
of
Israel;
Ishmael
the
son
of
Nethaniah
filled
it
with
the
slain.
41:10 Then
Ishmael
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
Nebuzaradan,
the
captain
of
the
guard,
had
committed
to
Gedaliah
the
son
of
Ahikam.
Ishmael
the
son
of
Nethaniah
took
them
captive
and
set
out
to
cross
over
to
the
Ammonites.
41:11 But
when
Johanan
the
son
of
Kareah
and
all
the
leaders
of
the
forces
with
him
heard
of
all
the
evil
that
Ishmael
the
son
of
Nethaniah
had
done,
41:12 they
took
all
their
men
and
went
to
fight
against
Ishmael
the
son
of
Nethaniah.
They
came
upon
him
at
the
great
pool
that
is
in
Gibeon.
41:13 And
when
all
the
people
who
were
with
Ishmael
saw
Johanan
the
son
of
Kareah
and
all
the
leaders
of
the
forces
with
him,
they
rejoiced.
41:14 So
all
the
people
whom
Ishmael
had
carried
away
captive
from
Mizpah
turned
around
and
came
back,
and
went
to
Johanan
the
son
of
Kareah.
41:15 But
Ishmael
the
son
of
Nethaniah
escaped
from
Johanan
with
eight
men,
and
went
to
the
Ammonites.
41:16 Then
Johanan
the
son
of
Kareah
and
all
the
leaders
of
the
forces
with
him
took
from
Mizpah
all
the
rest
of
the
people
whom
he
had
recovered
from
Ishmael
the
son
of
Nethaniah,
after
he
had
struck
down
Gedaliah
the
son
of
Ahikam--soldiers,
women,
children,
and
eunuchs,
whom
Johanan
brought
back
from
Gibeon.
41:17 And
they
went
and
stayed
at
Geruth
Chimham
near
Bethlehem,
intending
to
go
to
Egypt
41:18 because
of
the
Chaldeans.
For
they
were
afraid
of
them,
because
Ishmael
the
son
of
Nethaniah
had
struck
down
Gedaliah
the
son
of
Ahikam,
whom
the
king
of
Babylon
had
made
governor
over
the
land.