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Now as for the people who were left in the land of Judah, whomNebuchadnezzarking of Babylon had left, he appointedGedaliah the son of Ahikam, the son of Shaphanover them.
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When all the captains of the forces, they and their men, heard that the king of Babylon had appointedGedaliah governor, they came to Gedaliah to Mizpah, namely, Ishmael the son of Nethaniah, and Johanan the son of Kareah, and Seraiah the son of Tanhumeth the Netophathite, and Jaazaniah the son of the Maacathite, they and their men.
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Gedaliahswore to them and their men and said to them, "Do not be afraid of the servants of the Chaldeans; live in the land and serve the king of Babylon, and it will be well with you."
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But it came about in the seventhmonth, that Ishmael the son of Nethaniah, the son of Elishama, of the royalfamily, came with tenmen and struckGedaliah down so that he died along with the Jews and the Chaldeanswho were with him at Mizpah.