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The Prophecy
of Jeremias 41
And it came to pass in the seventh month, that Ismahel
the son of Nathanias, the son of Elisama of the royal
blood, and the nobles of the king, and ten men with
him, came to Godolias the son of Ahicam into Masphath:
and they ate bread there together in Masphath.
And Ismahel the son of Nathanias arose, and 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 governor
over the land.
Ismahel slew also all the Jews that were with Godolias
in Masphath, and the Chaldeans that were found there,
and the soldiers.
And on the second day after he had killed Godolias,
no man yet knowing it,
There came some from Sichem, and from Silo, and from
Samaria, fourscore men, with their beards shaven, and
their clothes rent, and mourning: and they had offerings
and incense in their hand, to offer in the house of
the Lord.
And Ismahel the son of Nathanias went forth from Masphath
to meet them, weeping all along as he went: and when
he had met them, he said to them: Come to Godolias,
the son of Ahicam.
And when they were come to the midst of the city, Ismahel
the son of Nathanias, slew them, and cast them into
the midst of the pit, he and the men that were with
him.
But ten men were found among them, that said to Ismahel
: Kill us not: for we have stores in the field, of wheat,
and barley, and oil, and honey. And he forbore, and
slew them not with their brethren.
And the pit into which Ismahel cast all the dead bodies
of the men whom he slew because of Godolias, is the
same that king Asa made, for fear of Baasa the king
of Israel: the same did Ismahel the son of Nathanias
fill with them that were slain.
Then Ismahel carried away captive all the remnant of
the people that were in Masphath : the king's daughters,
and all the people that remained in Masphath: whom Nabuzardan
the general of the army had committed to Godolias the
son of Ahicam. And Ismahel the son of Nathanias took
them, and he departed, to go over to the children of
Ammon.
But Johanan the son of Caree, and all the captains of
the fighting men that were with him, heard of the evil
that Ismahel the son of Nathanias had done.
And taking all the men, they went out to fight against
Ismahel the son of Nathanias, and they found him by
the great waters that are in Gabaon.
And when all the people that were with Ismahel, had
seen Johanan the son of Caree, and all the captains
of the fighting men that were with him, they rejoiced.
And all the people whom Ismahel had taken, went back
to Masphath: and they returned and went to Johanan the
son of Caree.
But Ismahel the son of Nathanias fled with eight men,
from the face of Johanan, and went to the children of
Ammon.
Then Johanan the son of Caree, and all the captains
of the soldiers that were with him, took all the remnant
of the people whom they had recovered from Ismahel the
son of Nathanias, from Masphath, after that he had slain
Godolias the son of Ahicam: valiant men for war, and
the women, and the children, and the eunuchs, whom he
had brought back from Gabaon:
And they departed, and sat as sojourners in Chamaam,
which is near Bethlehem: in order to go forward, and
enter into Egypt,
From the face of the Chaldeans: for they were afraid
of them, because Ismahel the son of Nathanias had slain
Godolias the son of Ahicam, whom the king of Babylon
had made governor in the land of Juda. |
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