⁴ The day after Gedaliah’s assassination, before anyone knew about it, ⁵ eighty men who had shaved off their beards,^(A) torn their clothes^(B) and cut^(C) themselves came from Shechem,^(D) Shiloh^(E) and Samaria,^(F) bringing grain offerings and incense^(G) with them to the house of the Lord.^{(H) 6} Ishmael son of Nethaniah went out from Mizpah to meet them, weeping^(I) as he went. When he met them, he said, “Come to Gedaliah son of Ahikam.”^(J)