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Jeremiah 41 📜 📕 ↷
Murder of Gedaliah
1 AND it came to pass in the seventh month, came Ismahel the son of Nathanias, the son of Elisama of the king's blood, and the nobles of the king, and ten men with him, to Godolias the son of Ahicam into Masphath: and they did eat bread there together in Masphath.📜💬📚
2 And Ismahel the son of Nathanias arose, & the ten men, that were with him, and they struck Godolias the son of Ahicam the son of Saphan with the sword, and slew him, whom the king of Babylon had made ruler over the land.📜💬📚
3 All the Jews also that were with Godolias in Masphath, and the Chaldees that were found there, and the men of war did Ismahel strike.📜💬📚
4 And the second day after he had killed Godolias, no man yet knowing it,📜💬📚
5 there came men from Sichem, and from Silo, and from Samaria eighty men: their beard shaven, and their garments rent, and ill favoured: and they had gifts, and frankincense in their hand, to offer in the house of our Lord.📜💬📚
6 Ismahel therefore the son of Nathanias going forth to meet them out of Masphath, went going & weeping: and when he had met them, he said to them: Come to Godolias the son of Ahicam.📜💬📚
7 Who when they were come to the midst of the city, Ismahel the son of Nathanias slew them about the midst of the lake, he and the men that were with him.📜💬📚
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