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)

¹⁵ But Ishmael son of Nethaniah and eight of his men escaped^(A) from Johanan and fled to the Ammonites.