25 (A)But it happened in the seventh month, that Ishmael the son of Nethaniah, the son of Elishama, of the royal [a]family, came [b]with ten men and struck Gedaliah down so that he died along with the Jews and the Chaldeans who were with him at Mizpah. 26 (B)Then all the people, from the small to the great, and the captains of the forces set out and came to Egypt; for they were afraid of the Chaldeans.

27 (C)Now it came about in the thirty-seventh year of (D)the exile of Jehoiachin king of Judah, in the twelfth month, on the twenty-seventh day of the month, that Evil-merodach king of Babylon, in the year that he became king, [c](E)released Jehoiachin king of Judah from prison;

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Footnotes

  1. 2 Kings 25:25 Lit seed
  2. 2 Kings 25:25 Lit and ten men with him
  3. 2 Kings 25:27 Lit raised the head of

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