Jeremiah 41:4-6

Lexham English Bible

The Massacre of the Mourners

⁴ And then^[a] on the second day of the killing of Gedaliah—and no one^[b] knew— ⁵ then men came from Shechem, from Shiloh, and from Samaria, eighty men with shaven beards^[c] and torn garments, who had cut themselves with blades, having^[d] grain offerings^[e] and frankincense in their hands^[f] to bring to the temple^[g] of Yahweh. ⁶ And Ishmael the son of Nethaniah came out to meet them from Mizpah, weeping as he came.^[h] And then^[i] as he was meeting them, he said to them, “Come to Gedaliah, the son of Ahikam.”