1   Bvt in the ^note seuenth moneth came Ishmael the sonne of Nethaniah, the sonne of Elishama of the seede royall, and the princes of the ^note King, and tenne men with him, vnto Gedaliah the sonne of Ahikam to Mizpah, and there they did ^note eate bread together in Mizpah.

2   Then arose Ishmael the sonne of Nethaniah with these tenne men that were with him, and smote Gedaliah the sonne of Ahikam the sonne of Shaphan with the sword, and slewe him, whom the King of Babel had made gouernour ouer the lande.

3   Ishmael also slewe all the Iewes that were with Gedaliah at Mizpah, and all the Caldeans that were found there, and the men of warre.

4   Now the second day that he had slaine Gedaliah, and no man knewe it,

5   There came men from Shechem, from Shiloh, and from Samaria, euen fourescore men, hauing their beardes shauen, & their clothes rent and cut, with ^note offerings and incense in their hands to offer in the house of the Lord.

6   And Ishmael the sonne of Nethaniah went forth from Mizpah to meete them, weeping as he went: and when he met them, he said vnto them, Come ^note to Gedaliah the sonne of Ahikam.

7   And when they came into the middes of the citie, Ishmael the sonne of Nethaniah slewe them, and cast them into the middes of the pit, he and the men that were with him.

8   But tenne men were founde among them, that saide vnto Ishmael, Slay vs not: for we haue treasures in the fielde, of wheate, and of barley, and of oyle, and of honie: so he stayed, and slew them not among their brethren.

9   Now the pit wherein Ishmael had cast the dead bodies of the men (whom he had slayne because of Gedaliah) is it, which Asa the King had ^note made because of Basha King of Israel, and Ishmael the sonne of Nethaniah filled it with them that were slaine.

10   Then Ishmael caryed away captiue all the residue of the people that were in Mizpah, euen the Kings daughters, and all the people that remained in Mizpah, whom Nebuzar-adan the chiefe steward had committed to Gedaliah the sonne of Ahikam, and Ishmael the sonne of Nethaniah caried them away captiue, and departed to goe ouer to the Ammonites.

11   But when Iohanan the sonne of Kareah, and

Hypocrites. all the ^note captaines of the hoste that were with him, heard of all the euill that Ishmael the sonne of Nethaniah had done,

12   Then they all tooke their men, and went to fight with Ishmael the sonne of Nethaniah, & founde him by þe; great waters that are in Gibeon.

13   Nowe when all the people whom Ishmael caryed away captiue, sawe Iohanan the sonne of Kareah, and all the captaines of the hoste, that were with him, they were glad.

14   So all the people, that Ishmael had caryed away captiue from Mizpah, returned and came againe, & went vnto Iohanan the sonne of Kareah.

15   But Ishmael the sonne of Nethaniah, escaped from Iohanan with eight men, and went to the ^note Ammonites.

16   Then tooke Iohanan the sonne of Kareah, and all the captaines of the hoste that were with him, all the remnant of the people, whom Ishmael the sonne of Nethaniah had caried away captiue from Mizpah, (after that he had slaine Gedaliah the sonne of Ahikam) euen the strong men of warre, and the women, and the children, and the eunuches, whom hee had brought againe from Gibeon:

17   And they departed and dwelt in Geruth ^note Chimham, which is by Beth-lehem, to goe and to enter into Egypt,

18   Because of the Caldeans: for they feared them, because Ishmael þe; sonne of Nethaniah had slaine Gedaliah the sonne of Ahikam, whom the King of Babel made gouernour in the land.

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