24
And Gedaliahsware to them, and to their men, and said unto them, Fear not to be the servants of the Chaldees:dwell in the land, and serve the king of Babylon; and it shall be well with you.
25
But it came to pass in the seventhmonth, that Ishmael the son of Nethaniah, the son of Elishama, of the seedroyal,[a]came, and tenmen with him, and smoteGedaliah, that he died, and the Jews and the Chaldees that were with him at Mizpah.
26
And all the people, both small and great, and the captains of the armies,arose, and came to Egypt: for they were afraidof the Chaldees.
27
And it came to pass in the seven and thirtiethyear of the captivity of Jehoiachinking of Judah, in the twelfth*month, on the seven and twentieth day of the month, that Evilmerodachking of Babylon in the year that he began to reign did lift up the head of Jehoiachinking of Judah out of prison*;
28
And he spakekindly[b] to him, and set his throne above the throne of the kings that were with him in Babylon;
29
And changed his prisongarments: and he did eatbreadcontinuallybefore him all the days of his life.
30
And his allowance was a continualallowancegiven him of the king, a daily*rate for every day, all the days of his life.