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In the seventhmonthIshmael the son of Nethaniah, the son of Elishama, of the royalfamily and one of the chiefofficers of the king, along with tenmen, came to Mizpah to Gedaliah the son of Ahikam. While they were eatingbreadtogetherthere in Mizpah,
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Ishmael the son of Nethaniah and the tenmenwho were with him arose and struckdownGedaliah the son of Ahikam, the son of Shaphan, with the sword and put to death the one whom the king of Babylon had appointed over the land.