² In the eleventh year of Zedekiah, in the fourth month, on the ninth day of the month, a breach was made in the city.

Gedaliah Murdered

41 ^(A)In the seventh month, Ishmael the son of Nethaniah, son of Elishama, of the royal family, one of the chief officers of the king, came with ten men to Gedaliah the son of Ahikam, at ^(B)Mizpah. As they ^(C)ate bread together there at Mizpah,

¹⁸ because of the Chaldeans. For they were afraid of them, because Ishmael the son of Nethaniah had struck down Gedaliah the son of Ahikam, ^(A)whom the king of Babylon had made governor over the land.

⁷ And they came into the land of Egypt, for they did not obey the voice of the Lord. And they arrived at ^(A)Tahpanhes.