Jeremiah, Chapter 41

1. Now it came to pass in the seventh month, that Ishmael the son of Nethaniah the son of Elishama, of the royal family, and the princes of the king, even ten men with him, came to Gedaliah the son of Ahikam to Mizpah; and there they ate bread together in Mizpah.    2. Then arose Ishmael the son of Nethaniah, and the ten men that were with him, and struck down Gedaliah the son of Ahikam the son of Shaphan with the sword, and slew him, whom the king of Babylon had made governor over the land.    3. Ishmael also slew all the Jews that were with him, even with Gedaliah, at Mizpah, and the Chaldeans that were found there, and the men of war.    4. And it came to pass the second day after he had slain Gedaliah, and no man knew it,    5. That there came certain from Shechem, from Shiloh, and from Samaria, even eighty men, having their beards shaven, and their clothes torn, and having cut themselves, with offerings and incense in their hand, to bring them to the house of the LORD.    6. And Ishmael the son of Nethaniah went forth from Mizpah to meet them, weeping all along as he went: and it came to pass, as he met them, he said to them, Come to Gedaliah the son of Ahikam.    7. And it was so, when they came into the midst of the city, that Ishmael the son of Nethaniah slew them, and threw them into the midst of the pit, he, and the men that were with him.    8. But ten men were found among them that said to Ishmael, Do not slay us: for we have treasures in the field, of wheat, and of barley, and of oil, and of honey. So he held back, and did not slay them among their brethren.    9. Now the pit in which Ishmael had thrown all the dead bodies of the men whom he had slain because of Gedaliah, was the one which Asa the king had made for fear of Baasha king of Israel: and Ishmael the son of Nethaniah filled it with those who were slain.    10. Then Ishmael took away captive all the rest of the people that were in Mizpah, even the king's daughters, and all the people that remained in Mizpah, whom Nebuzaradan the captain of the guard had committed to Gedaliah the son of Ahikam: and Ishmael the son of Nethaniah took them away captive, and departed to go over to the Ammonites.    11. But when Johanan the son of Kareah, and all the captains of the forces that were with him, heard of all the evil that Ishmael the son of Nethaniah had done,    12. Then they took all the men, and went to fight with Ishmael the son of Nethaniah, and found him by the great waters that are in Gibeon.    13. Now it came to pass, that when all the people which were with Ishmael saw Johanan the son of Kareah, and all the captains of the forces that were with him, then they were glad.    14. So all the people that Ishmael had taken away captive from Mizpah turned around and returned, and went to Johanan the son of Kareah.    15. But Ishmael the son of Nethaniah escaped from Johanan with eight men, and went to the Ammonites.    16. Then took Johanan the son of Kareah, and all the captains of the forces that were with him, all the remnant of the people whom he had recovered from Ishmael the son of Nethaniah, from Mizpah, after he had slain Gedaliah the son of Ahikam, even mighty men of war, and the women, and the children, and the eunuchs, whom he had brought again from Gibeon:    17. And they departed, and dwelt in the habitation of Chimham, which is by Bethlehem, to go to enter into Egypt,    18. Because of the Chaldeans: for they were afraid of them, because Ishmael the son of Nethaniah had slain Gedaliah the son of Ahikam, whom the king of Babylon made governor in the land.