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it seemeth good and convenient for thee to go, thither go.
5
Now while he was not yet gone back,
he said,
Go back also to Gedaliah the son of Ahikam the son of Shaphan, whom the king of Babylon
hath made governor over the cities of Judah, and dwell with him among the people: or go
wheresoever it seemeth convenient unto thee to go. So the captain of the guard gave him victuals
and a reward, and let him go.
6
Then went Jeremiah unto Gedaliah the son of Ahikam to Mizpah;
and dwelt with him among the people that were left in the land.
7
Now when all the captains of the forces which
were
in the fields,
even
they and their men,
heard that the king of Babylon had made Gedaliah the son of Ahikam governor in the land, and
had committed unto him men, and women, and children, and of the poor of the land, of them that
were not carried away captive to Babylon;
8
Then they came to Gedaliah to Mizpah, even Ishmael
the son of Nethaniah, and Johanan and Jonathan the sons of Kareah, and Seraiah the son of
Tanhumeth, and the sons of Ephai the Netophathite, and Jezaniah the son of a Maachathite, they
and their men.
9
And Gedaliah the son of Ahikam the son of Shaphan sware unto them and to their
men, saying, Fear not to serve the Chaldeans: dwell in the land, and serve the king of Babylon, and
it shall be well with you.
10
As for me, behold, I will dwell at Mizpah to serve the Chaldeans, which
will come unto us: but ye, gather ye wine, and summer fruits, and oil, and put
them
in your vessels,
and dwell in your cities that ye have taken.
11
Likewise when all the Jews that
were
in Moab, and
among the Ammonites, and in Edom, and that
were
in all the countries, heard that the king of
Babylon had left a remnant of Judah, and that he had set over them Gedaliah the son of Ahikam
the son of Shaphan;
12
Even all the Jews returned out of all places whither they were driven, and
came to the land of Judah, to Gedaliah, unto Mizpah, and gathered wine and summer fruits very
much.
13
Moreover Johanan the son of Kareah, and all the captains of the forces that
were
in the fields,
came to Gedaliah to Mizpah,
14
And said unto him, Dost thou certainly know that Baalis the king
of the Ammonites hath sent Ishmael the son of Nethaniah to slay thee? But Gedaliah the son of
Ahikam believed them not.
15
Then Johanan the son of Kareah spake to Gedaliah in Mizpah secretly,
saying, Let me go, I pray thee, and I will slay Ishmael the son of Nethaniah, and no man shall know
it:
wherefore should he slay thee, that all the Jews which are gathered unto thee should be scattered,
and the remnant in Judah perish?
16
But Gedaliah the son of Ahikam said unto Johanan the son of
Kareah, Thou shalt not do this thing: for thou speakest falsely of Ishmael.
CHAPTER 41
Now it came to pass in the seventh month,
that
Ishmael the son of Nethaniah the son of Elishama,
of the seed royal, and the princes of the king, even ten men with him, came unto Gedaliah the son
of Ahikam to Mizpah; and there they did eat bread together in Mizpah.
2
Then arose Ishmael the
son of Nethaniah, and the ten men that were with him, and smote Gedaliah the son of Ahikam the
son of Shaphan with the sword, and slew him, whom the king of Babylon had made governor over
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