Now it came to pass in the seventh month [that] Ishmael the son of Nethaniah, the son of Elishama, of the royal family and of the officers of the king, came with ten men to Gedaliah the son of Ahikam, at Mizpah. And there they ate bread together in Mizpah.
Then Ishmael the son of Nethaniah, and the ten men who were with him, arose and struck Gedaliah the son of Ahikam, the son of Shaphan, with the sword, and killed him whom the king of Babylon had made governor over the land.
that certain men came from Shechem, from Shiloh, and from Samaria, eighty men with their beards shaved and their clothes torn, having cut themselves, with offerings and incense in their hand, to bring [them] to the house of the LORD.
Now Ishmael the son of Nethaniah went out from Mizpah to meet them, weeping as he went along; and it happened as he met them that he said to them, "Come to Gedaliah the son of Ahikam!"
So it was, when they came into the midst of the city, that Ishmael the son of Nethaniah killed them [and cast them] into the midst of a pit, he and the men who were with him.
But ten men were found among them who said to Ishmael, "Do not kill us, for we have treasures of wheat, barley, oil, and honey in the field." So he desisted and did not kill them among their brethren.
Now the pit into which Ishmael had cast all the dead bodies of the men whom he had slain, because of Gedaliah, [was] the same one Asa the king had made for fear of Baasha king of Israel. Ishmael the son of Nethaniah filled it with [the] slain.
Then Ishmael carried away captive all the rest of the people who [were] in Mizpah, the king's daughters and all the people who remained in Mizpah, whom Nebuzaradan the captain of the guard had committed to Gedaliah the son of Ahikam. And Ishmael the son of Nethaniah carried them away captive and departed to go over to the Ammonites.
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,
So it was, when all the people who [were] with Ishmael saw Johanan the son of Kareah, and all the captains of the forces who [were] with him, that they were glad.
Then Johanan the son of Kareah, and all the captains of the forces that were with him, took from Mizpah all the rest of the people whom he had recovered from Ishmael the son of Nethaniah after he had murdered Gedaliah the son of Ahikam -- the mighty men of war and the women and the children and the eunuchs, whom he had brought back from Gibeon.
because of the Chaldeans; for they were afraid of them, because Ishmael the son of Nethaniah had murdered Gedaliah the son of Ahikam, whom the king of Babylon had made governor in the land.