| New Living Translation | Holman Christian Standard Bible |
| 1But in midautumn of that year, Ishmael son of Nethaniah and grandson of Elishama, who was a member of the royal family and had been one of the king’s high officials, went to Mizpah with ten men to meet Gedaliah. While they were eating together, | 1In the seventh month, Ishmael son of Nethaniah, son of Elishama, of the royal family and one of the king's chief officers, came with 10 men to Gedaliah son of Ahikam at Mizpah. They ate a meal together there in Mizpah, |
| 2Ishmael and his ten men suddenly jumped up, drew their swords, and killed Gedaliah, whom the king of Babylon had appointed governor. | 2but then Ishmael son of Nethaniah and the 10 men who were with him got up and struck down Gedaliah son of Ahikam, son of Shaphan, with the sword; he killed the one the king of Babylon had appointed in the land. |
| 3Ishmael also killed all the Judeans and the Babylonian soldiers who were with Gedaliah at Mizpah. | 3Ishmael also struck down all the Judeans who were with Gedaliah at Mizpah, as well as the Chaldean soldiers who were there. |
| 4The next day, before anyone had heard about Gedaliah’s murder, | 4On the second day after he had killed Gedaliah, when no one knew yet, |
| 5eighty men arrived from Shechem, Shiloh, and Samaria to worship at the Temple of the LORD. They had shaved off their beards, torn their clothes, and cut themselves, and had brought along grain offerings and frankincense. | 5 80 men came from Shechem, Shiloh, and Samaria who had shaved their beards, torn their garments, and gashed themselves, and who were carrying grain and incense offerings to bring to the temple of the LORD. |
| 6Ishmael left Mizpah to meet them, weeping as he went. When he reached them, he said, “Oh, come and see what has happened to Gedaliah!” | 6Ishmael son of Nethaniah came out of Mizpah to meet them, weeping as he came. When he encountered them, he said: "Come to Gedaliah son of Ahikam!" |
| 7But as soon as they were all inside the town, Ishmael and his men killed all but ten of them and threw their bodies into a cistern. | 7But when they came into the city, Ishmael son of Nethaniah and the men with him slaughtered them and threw them into a cistern. |
| 8The other ten had talked Ishmael into letting them go by promising to bring him their stores of wheat, barley, olive oil, and honey that they had hidden away. | 8However, there were 10 men among them who said to Ishmael, "Don't kill us, for we have hidden treasure in the field--wheat, barley, oil, and honey!" So he stopped and did not kill them along with their companions. |
| 9The cistern where Ishmael dumped the bodies of the men he murdered was the large one dug by King Asa when he fortified Mizpah to protect himself against King Baasha of Israel. Ishmael son of Nethaniah filled it with corpses. | 9Now the cistern where Ishmael had thrown all the corpses of the men he had struck down was a large one that King Asa had made in the encounter with Baasha king of Israel. Ishmael son of Nethaniah filled it with the slain. |
| 10Then Ishmael made captives of the king’s daughters and the other people who had been left under Gedaliah’s care in Mizpah by Nebuzaradan, the captain of the guard. Taking them with him, he started back toward the land of Ammon. | 10Then Ishmael took captive all the remnant of the people of Mizpah including the daughters of the king--all those who remained in Mizpah over whom Nebuzaradan, captain of the guard, had appointed Gedaliah son of Ahikam. Ishmael son of Nethaniah took them captive and set off to cross over to the Ammonites. |
| 11But when Johanan son of Kareah and the other military leaders heard about Ishmael’s crimes, | 11When Johanan son of Kareah and all the commanders of the armies with him heard of all the evil that Ishmael son of Nethaniah had done, |
| 12they took all their men and set out to stop him. They caught up with him at the large pool near Gibeon. | 12they took all their men and went to fight with Ishmael son of Nethaniah and found him by the great pool in Gibeon. |
| 13The people Ishmael had captured shouted for joy when they saw Johanan and the other military leaders. | 13When all the people with Ishmael saw Johanan son of Kareah and all the commanders of the army with him, they rejoiced, |
| 14And all the captives from Mizpah escaped and began to help Johanan. | 14and all the people whom Ishmael had taken captive from Mizpah turned around and rejoined Johanan son of Kareah. |
| 15Meanwhile, Ishmael and eight of his men escaped from Johanan into the land of Ammon. | 15But Ishmael son of Nethaniah escaped from Johanan with eight men and went to the Ammonites. |
| 16Then Johanan son of Kareah and the other military leaders took all the people they had rescued in Gibeon—the soldiers, women, children, and court officials whom Ishmael had captured after he killed Gedaliah. | 16Johanan son of Kareah and all the commanders of the armies with him then took from Mizpah all the remnant of the people whom he had recovered from Ishmael son of Nethaniah after Ishmael had killed Gedaliah son of Ahikam--men, soldiers, women, children, and court officials whom he brought back from Gibeon. |
| 17They took them all to the village of Geruth-kimham near Bethlehem, where they prepared to leave for Egypt. | 17They left, stopping in Geruth Chimham, which is near Bethlehem, in order to make their way into Egypt, |
| 18They were afraid of what the Babylonians would do when they heard that Ishmael had killed Gedaliah, the governor appointed by the Babylonian king. | 18away from the Chaldeans. For they feared them because Ishmael son of Nethaniah had struck down Gedaliah son of Ahikam, whom the king of Babylon had appointed in the land. |
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