1 Now it came about in the seventh month that Ishmael, the son of Nethaniah, the son of Elishama, of the king's seed, having with him ten men, came to Gedaliah, the son of Ahikam, in Mizpah; and they had a meal together in Mizpah.2 Then Ishmael, the son of Nethaniah, and the ten men who were with him, got up, and attacking Gedaliah, the son of Ahikam, the son of Shaphan, with the sword, put to death him whom the king of Babylon had made ruler over the land.3 And Ishmael put to death all the Jews who were with him, even with Gedaliah, at Mizpah, and the Chaldaean men of war.4 Now on the second day after he had put Gedaliah to death, when no one had knowledge of it,5 Some people came from Shechem, from Shiloh and Samaria, eighty men, with the hair of their faces cut off and their clothing out of order, and with cuts on their bodies, and in their hands meal offerings and perfumes which they were taking to the house of the Lord.6 And Ishmael, the son of Nethaniah, went out from Mizpah with the purpose of meeting them, weeping on his way: and it came about that when he was face to face with them he said, Come to Gedaliah, the son of Ahikam.7 And when they came inside the town, Ishmael, the son of Nethaniah, and the men who were with him, put them to death and put their bodies into a deep hole.8 But there were ten men among them who said to Ishmael, Do not put us to death, for we have secret stores, in the country, of grain and oil and honey. So he did not put them to death with their countrymen.9 Now the hole into which Ishmael had put the dead bodies of the men whom he had put to death, was the great hole which Asa the king had made for fear of Baasha, king of Israel: and Ishmael, the son of Nethaniah, made it full of the bodies of those who had been put to death.10 Then Ishmael took away as prisoners all the rest of the people who were in Mizpah, the king's daughters and all the people still in Mizpah, whom Nebuzaradan, the captain of the armed men, had put under the care of Gedaliah, the son of Ahikam: Ishmael, the son of Nethaniah, took them away prisoners with the purpose of going over to the children of Ammon.11 But when Johanan, the son of Kareah, and all the captains of the armed forces who were with him, had news of all the evil which Ishmael, the son of Nethaniah, had done,12 They took their men and went out to make war on Ishmael, the son of Nethaniah, and they came face to face with him by the great waters in Gibeon.13 Now when all the people who were with Ishmael saw Johanan, the son of Kareah, and all the captains of the forces with him, then they were glad.14 And all the people whom Ishmael had taken away prisoners from Mizpah, turning round, came back and went to Johanan, the son of Kareah.15 But Ishmael, the son of Nethaniah, got away from Johanan, with eight men, and went to the children of Ammon.16 Then Johanan, the son of Kareah, and all the captains of the forces who were with him, took all the rest of the people whom Ishmael, the son of Nethaniah, had made prisoners, after he had put to death Gedaliah, the son of Ahikam, the people from Mizpah, that is, the men of war and the women and the children and the unsexed servants, whom he had taken back with him from Gibeon:17 And they went and were living in the resting-place of Chimham, which is near Beth-lehem on the way into Egypt,18 Because of the Chaldaeans: for they were in fear of them because Ishmael, the son of Nethaniah, had put to death Gedaliah, the son of Ahikam, whom the king of Babylon had made ruler over the land.

1 Et factum est in mense septimo, venit Ismahel filius Nathani filii Elisama, de semine regali, et optimates regis, et decem viri cum eo, ad Godoliam filium Ahicam, in Masphath, et comederunt ibi panes simul in Masphath. 2 Surrexit autem Ismahel filius Nathani, et decem viri qui cum eo erant, et percusserunt Godoliam filium Ahicam filii Saphan gladio, et interfecerunt eum quem prfecerat rex Babylonis terr. 3 Omnes quoque Judos qui erant cum Godolia in Masphath, et Chaldos qui reperti sunt ibi, et viros bellatores, percussit Ismahel. 4 Secundo autem die postquam occiderat Godoliam, nullo adhuc sciente, 5 venerunt viri de Sichem, et de Silo, et de Samaria, octoginta viri, rasi barba, et scissis vestibus, et squallentes : et munera et thus habebant in manu, ut offerrent in domo Domini. 6 Egressus ergo Ismahel filius Nathani in occursum eorum de Masphath, incedens et plorans ibat : cum autem occurrisset eis, dixit ad eos : Venite ad Godoliam filium Ahicam. 7 Qui cum venissent ad medium civitatis, interfecit eos Ismahel filius Nathani circa medium laci, ipse et viri qui erant cum eo. 8 Decem autem viri reperti sunt inter eos, qui dixerunt ad Ismahel : Noli occidere nos, quia habemus thesauros in agro, frumenti, et hordei, et olei, et mellis : et cessavit, et non interfecit eos cum fratribus suis. 9 Lacus autem in quem projecerat Ismahel omnia cadavera virorum quos percussit propter Godoliam, ipse est quem fecit rex Asa propter Baasa regem Isral : ipsum replevit Ismahel filius Nathani occisis. 10 Et captivas duxit Ismahel omnes reliquias populi qui erant in Masphath, filias regis, et universum populum qui remanserat in Masphath, quos commendaverat Nabuzardan, princeps militi, Godoli filio Ahicam : et cepit eos Ismahel filius Nathani, et abiit ut transiret ad filios Ammon.11 Audivit autem Johanan filius Caree, et omnes principes bellatorum qui erant cum eo, omne malum quod fecerat Ismahel filius Nathani, 12 et assumptis universis viris, profecti sunt ut bellarent adversum Ismahel filium Nathani : et invenerunt eum ad aquas multas qu sunt in Gabaon. 13 Cumque vidisset omnis populus qui erat cum Ismahel Johanan filium Caree, et universos principes bellatorum qui erant cum eo, ltati sunt : 14 et reversus est omnis populus, quem ceperat Ismahel, in Masphath, reversusque abiit ad Johanan filium Caree. 15 Ismahel autem filius Nathani fugit cum octo viris a facie Johanan, et abiit ad filios Ammon. 16 Tulit ergo Johanan filius Caree, et omnes principes bellatorum qui erant cum eo, universas reliquias vulgi quas reduxerat ab Ismahel filio Nathani de Masphath, postquam percussit Godoliam filium Ahicam : fortes viros ad prlium, et mulieres, et pueros, et eunuchos, quos reduxerat de Gabaon. 17 Et abierunt, et sederunt peregrinantes in Chamaam, qu est juxta Bethlehem, ut pergerent, et introirent gyptum, 18 a facie Chaldorum : timebant enim eos, quia percusserat Ismahel filius Nathani Godoliam filium Ahicam, quem prposuerat rex Babylonis in terra Juda.