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And Ishmael the son of Nethaniah got up, along with[a] the ten men who were with him, and they struck Gedaliah the son of Ahikam, the son of Shaphan, with the sword and killed him whom the king of Babylon had appointed in an official position over the land. Then Ishmael killed all the Judeans who were with Gedaliah at Mizpah, along with[b] the Chaldeans who were found there, the soldiers.[c]

The Massacre of the Mourners

And then[d] on the second day of the killing of Gedaliah—and no one[e] knew—

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Footnotes

  1. Jeremiah 41:2 Literally “and”
  2. Jeremiah 41:3 Literally “and”
  3. Jeremiah 41:3 Literally “the men of the war”
  4. Jeremiah 41:4 Literally “And it was”
  5. Jeremiah 41:4 Literally “not a man”