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25 (A) Ishmael[a] was from the royal family. And about two months after Gedaliah began his rule,[b] Ishmael and ten other men went to Mizpah. They killed Gedaliah and his officials, including those from Judah and those from Babylonia.

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Footnotes

  1. 25.25 Ishmael: Hebrew “Ishmael son of Nethaniah son of Elishama.”
  2. 25.25 about two months … his rule: Hebrew “in the seventh month.”

25 In the seventh month, however, Ishmael son of Nethaniah, the son of Elishama, who was of royal blood, came with ten men and assassinated(A) Gedaliah and also the men of Judah and the Babylonians who were with him at Mizpah.(B)

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