41 And then^[a] in the seventh month Ishmael the son of Nethaniah, the son of Elishama, from the offspring of the kingship, and one of the chief officers of the king, came to Gedaliah the son of Ahikam at Mizpah, along with^[b] ten men. And they ate bread together there at Mizpah. ² And Ishmael the son of Nethaniah got up, along with^[c] the ten men who were with him, and they struck Gedaliah the son of Ahikam, the son of Shaphan, with the sword and killed him whom the king of Babylon had appointed in an official position over the land. ³ Then Ishmael killed all the Judeans who were with Gedaliah at Mizpah, along with^[d] the Chaldeans who were found there, the soldiers.^[e]