1 Now it came to pass in the seventh month, [that] Yishma’el [God will hear] the son of N’tanyah [given of Yehovah] the son of Elishama [My God has Heard], of the seed royal, and the princes of the king, even ten men with him, came unto G’dalyahu [Yehovah is great] the son of Achikam [my brother has arisen] to Mitzpah [watchtower]; and there they did eat bread together in Mitzpah [watchtower].

2 Then arose Yishma’el [God will hear] the son of N’tanyah [given of Yehovah], and the ten men that were with him, and struck G’dalyahu [Yehovah is great] the son of Achikam [my brother has arisen] the son of Shafan [coney] with the sword, and killed him, whom the king of Bavel (to jumble, or a confused medley of sounds; confusion; gate of the deity) (Babylon) [confusion] had made governor over the land.

3 Yishma’el [God will hear] also killed all the Y’hudim (Judeans) that were with him, [even] with G’dalyahu [Yehovah is great], at Mitzpah [watchtower], and the Kasdim [clod-breakers] that were found there, [and] the men of war.

4 And it came to pass the second day after he had slain G’dalyahu [Yehovah is great], and no man knew [it],

5 That there came certain from Sh’khem [Shoulder], from Shiloh [Place of Rest], and from Shomron [watch mountain], [even] eighty men, having their beards shaven, and their clothes rent, and having cut themselves, with offerings and incense in their hand, to bring [them] to the house of the LORD-Yehōvah (Messiah Pre-Incarnate).

6 And Yishma’el [God will hear] the son of N’tanyah [given of Yehovah] went forth from Mitzpah [watchtower] to meet them, weeping all along as he went: and it came to pass, as he met them, he said unto them, Come to G’dalyahu [Yehovah is great] the son of Achikam [my brother has arisen].

7 And it was [so], when they came into the midst of the city, that Yishma’el [God will hear] the son of N’tanyah [given of Yehovah] killed them, [and cast them] into the midst of the pit, he, and the men that [were] with him.

8 But ten men were found among them that said unto Yishma’el [God will hear], Slay us not: for we have treasures in the field, of wheat, and of barley, and of oil, and of honey. So he forbare, and killed them not among their brethren.

9 Now the pit wherein Yishma’el [God will hear] had cast all the dead bodies of the men, whom he had slain because of G’dalyahu [Yehovah is great], [was] it which Asa [healer; injurious?] the king had made for fear of Ba’sha [wicked] king of Yisra’el [He Holds Onto The Heel Of God]: [and] Yishma’el [God will hear] the son of N’tanyah [given of Yehovah] filled it with [them that were] slain.

10 Then Yishma’el [God will hear] carried away captive all the residue (part that remains, the rest) of the people that [were] in Mitzpah [watchtower], [even] the king’s daughters, and all the people that remained in Mitzpah [watchtower], whom N’vuzar’adan [Nebo has given seed] the captain of the guard had committed to G’dalyahu [Yehovah is great] the son of Achikam [my brother has arisen]: and Yishma’el [God will hear] the son of N’tanyah [given of Yehovah] carried them away captive, and departed to go over to the ‘Amon [Inbred].

11 But when Yochanan [Yehovah has graced] the son of Kareach [bald], and all the captains of the forces that [were] with him, heard of all the evil that Yishma’el [God will hear] the son of N’tanyah [given of Yehovah] had done,

12 Then they took all the men, and went to fight with Yishma’el [God will hear] the son of N’tanyah [given of Yehovah], and found him by the great waters that [are] in Giv’on [Hill City].

13 Now it came to pass, [that] when all the people which [were] with Yishma’el [God will hear] saw Yochanan [Yehovah has graced] the son of Kareach [bald], and all the captains of the forces that [were] with him, then they were glad.

14 So all the people that Yishma’el [God will hear] had carried away captive from Mitzpah [watchtower] cast about and returned, and went unto Yochanan [Yehovah has graced] the son of Kareach [bald].

15 But Yishma’el [God will hear] the son of N’tanyah [given of Yehovah] escaped from Yochanan [Yehovah has graced] with eight men, and went to the ‘Amon [Inbred].

16 Then took Yochanan [Yehovah has graced] the son of Kareach [bald], and all the captains of the forces that [were] with him, all the remnant of the people whom he had recovered from Yishma’el [God will hear] the son of N’tanyah [given of Yehovah], from Mitzpah [watchtower], after [that] he had slain G’dalyahu [Yehovah is great] the son of Achikam [my brother has arisen], [even] mighty men of war, and the women, and the children, and the eunuchs, whom he had brought again from Giv’on [Hill City]:

17 And they departed, and dwelt in the habitation of Khimham [their longing], which is by Beit-Lechem [House of Bread], to go to enter into Mitzrayim [Egypt - The Narrow Place],

18 Because of the Kasdim [clod-breakers]: for they were afraid of them, because Yishma’el [God will hear] the son of N’tanyah [given of Yehovah] had slain G’dalyahu [Yehovah is great] the son of Achikam [my brother has arisen], whom the king of Bavel (to jumble, or a confused medley of sounds; confusion; gate of the deity) (Babylon) [confusion] made governor in the land.