Good News [1976], GOOD NEWS BIBLE WITH DEUTEROCANONICALS / APOCRYPHA Today's English Version (AMERICAN BIBLE SOCIETY, New York) [word count] [B15000].
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1 In the seventh month of that
year, Ishmael, the son of
Nethaniah and grandson of Elishama,
a member of the royal family
and one of the king's chief officers,
went to Mizpah with ten men to see
Governor Gedaliah. While they were
all eating a meal together,
2 Ishmael
and the ten men with him pulled out
their swords and killed Gedaliah.
3 Ishmael also killed all the Israelites
who were with Gedaliah at Mizpah
and the Babylonian soldiers who
happened to be there. note
4 The next day, before anyone
knew about Gedaliah's murder,
5 eighty men arrived from Shechem,
Shiloh, and Samaria. They had
shaved off their beards, torn their
clothes, and gashed themselves.
They were taking grain and incense
to offer in the Temple.
6 So Ishmael
went out from Mizpah to meet them,
weeping as he went. When he came
to them, he said, “Please come in to
see Gedaliah.”
7 As soon as they
were inside the city, Ishmael and his
men killed them and threw their
bodies in a well.
8 But there were ten men in the
group who said to Ishmael, “Please
don't kill us! We have wheat, barley,
olive oil, and honey hidden in the
fields.” So he spared them.
9 The
well into which Ishmael threw the
bodies of the men he had killed was
the large one note that King Asa had dug
when he was being attacked by King
Baasha of Israel. Ishmael filled the
well with the bodies.
10 Then he
made prisoners of the king's daughters
and all the rest of the people in
Mizpah, whom Nebuzaradan the
commanding officer had placed under
the care of Gedaliah. Ishmael
took them prisoner and started off in
the direction of the territory of Ammon.
11 Johanan and all the army leaders
with him heard of the crime that
Ishmael had committed.
12 So they
went after him with their men and
overtook him near the large pool at
Gibeon.
13 When Ishmael's prisoners
saw Johanan and the leaders of the
forces with him, they were glad,
14 and turned and ran to them.
15 But
Ishmael and eight of his men got
away from Johanan and escaped to
the land of Ammon.
16 Then Johanan and the leaders of
the forces with him took charge of
the people whom Ishmael had taken
away as prisoners from Mizpah after
murdering Gedaliah—soldiers,
women, children, and eunuchs.
17
18 They were afraid of the Babylonians
because Ishmael had murdered
Gedaliah, whom the king of
Babylonia had made governor of the
land. So they set out for Egypt, in
order to get away from the Babylonians.
On the way they stopped at
Chimham near Bethlehem.
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Good News [1976], GOOD NEWS BIBLE WITH DEUTEROCANONICALS / APOCRYPHA Today's English Version (AMERICAN BIBLE SOCIETY, New York) [word count] [B15000].
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