Gedaliah Assassinated by Ishmael

41 In the seventh month, Ishmael son of Nethaniah, son of Elishama, of the royal family and one of the king’s chief officers, came with ten men to Gedaliah son of Ahikam at Mizpah. They ate a meal together there in Mizpah,

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41 In the seventh month Ishmael(A) son of Nethaniah, the son of Elishama, who was of royal blood and had been one of the king’s officers, came with ten men to Gedaliah son of Ahikam at Mizpah. While they were eating together there,

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Now the cistern where Ishmael had thrown all the corpses of the men he had struck down was a large one[a] that King Asa had made in the encounter with King Baasha of Israel.(A) Ishmael son of Nethaniah filled it with the slain.

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Footnotes

  1. 41:9 LXX; MT reads down by the hand of Gedaliah

Now the cistern where he threw all the bodies of the men he had killed along with Gedaliah was the one King Asa(A) had made as part of his defense(B) against Baasha(C) king of Israel. Ishmael son of Nethaniah filled it with the dead.

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