Now it came to pass in the (a) seventh month, [that] Ishmael the son
of Nethaniah the son of Elishama, of the seed royal, and the princes
of the (b) king, even ten men with him, came to Gedaliah the son of
Ahikam to Mizpah; and there they (c) ate bread together in Mizpah.
(a) The city was destroyed... [ Continue Reading ]
That there came men from Shechem, from Shiloh, and from Samaria,
[even] eighty men, having their beards shaven, and their clothes torn,
and having cut themselves, with (d) offerings and incense in their
hand, to bring [them] to the house of the LORD.
(d) For they thought that the temple had not bee... [ Continue Reading ]
And Ishmael the son of Nethaniah went forth from Mizpah to meet them,
weeping all along as he went: and it came to pass, as he met them, he
said to them, Come (e) to Gedaliah the son of Ahikam.
(e) For his death was kept secret, and he pretended that he lamented
for the destruction of Jerusalem and... [ Continue Reading ]
Now the pit into which Ishmael had cast all the dead bodies of the
men, whom he had slain because of Gedaliah, [was] that which Asa the
king had (f) made for fear of Baasha king of Israel: [and] Ishmael the
son of Nethaniah filled it with [them that were] slain.
(f) Asa fortified Mizpah for fear of... [ Continue Reading ]
But when Johanan the son of Kareah, and all the (g) captains of the
forces that [were] with him, heard of all the evil that Ishmael the
son of Nethaniah had done,
(g) Who had been captains under Zedekiah.... [ Continue Reading ]
But Ishmael the son of Nethaniah escaped from Johanan with eight men,
and went to the (h) Ammonites.
(h) For Baalis the king of the Ammonites was the cause of this murder.... [ Continue Reading ]
And they departed, and dwelt in the habitation of (i) Chimham, which
is by Bethlehem, to go to enter into Egypt,
(i) Which place David of old had given to Chimham the son of Barzillai
the Gileadite, (2 Samuel 19:38).... [ Continue Reading ]