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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.
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that eightymencame from Shechem, from Shiloh, and from Samaria with their beardsshavedoff and their clothestorn and their bodies gashed, having grain offerings and incense in their hands to bring to the house of the LORD.
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Then Ishmael the son of Nethaniahwent out from Mizpah to meet them, weeping as he went; and as he met them, he said to them, "Come to Gedaliah the son of Ahikam!"
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Yet it turned out that as soon as they cameinside the city, Ishmael the son of Nethaniah and the men that were with him slaughtered them and cast them into the cistern.
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But tenmen who were found among them said to Ishmael, "Do not put us to death; for we havestores of wheat, barley, oil and honeyhidden in the field." So he refrained and did not put them to deathalong with their companions.
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Now as for the cisternwhere*Ishmael had castall the corpses of the menwhom he had struckdownbecause of Gedaliah, it was the one that KingAsa had made on account* of Baasha, king of Israel; Ishmael the son of Nethaniahfilled it with the slain.