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During the meal, Ishmael and his ten men stood up. They took hold of their swords and they killed Gedaliah, Ahikam's son and grandson of Shaphan. Ishmael and his men killed the man that the king of Babylon had chosen to rule Judah. Ishmael also killed the men of Judah and the soldiers of Babylon who were there with Gedaliah.

The next day, before anyone knew about Gedaliah's murder,

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