RESTORATION SCRIPTURES TRUE NAME EDITION Study Bible

Nevushazban, Rav-Saris, and Nergal-Sharezer, Ravmag,
and all the melech of Bavel's leaders;
14 They all took Yirmeyahu out of the court of the guard,
and committed him to Gedalyahu the son of Ahiqam the
son of Shaphan, that he should take him home: so he
dwelt among the people.
15 Now the word of vuvh came to Yirmeyahu, while he
was shut up in the court of the guard, saying,
16 Go and speak to Eved-Melech the Ethiopian, saying,
This says vuvh tzevaoth, the Elohim of Yisrael; See, I will
bring My words upon this city for evil, and not for tov;
and they shall be accomplished in front of you in that day.
17 But I will deliver you in that day, says vuvh: and you
shall not be given into the hands of the men of whom you
are afraid.
18 For I will surely deliver you, and you shall not fall by
the sword, but your chayim shall be for a prize to you:
because you have put your trust in Me, says vuvh. 2268
40 The word that came to Yirmeyahu from vuvh, after
that Nevuzaradan the captain of the guard had let him go
from Ramah, when he had taken him bound in chains
among all that were carried away exile of Yahrushalayim
and Yahudah, who were carried away into exile to Bavel.
2 And the captain of the guard took Yirmeyahu, and said
to him, vuvh your Elohim has pronounced this evil upon
this place.
3 Now vuvh has brought it, and done according to all He
has said: because you have sinned against vuvh, and have
not obeyed His voice, therefore this thing is come upon
you.
4 And now, see, I loose you this day from the chains
which were upon your hand. If it seems tov to you to
come with me into Bavel, come; and I will look well after
you: but if it seems wrong for you to come with me into
Bavel, remain here: see, all the land is before you: where
it seems tov and convenient for you to go, you may go
there.
5 Now while he had not yet replied Nevuzaradan said, Or,
go back to Gedalyahu the son of Ahiqam the son of
Shaphan, whom the melech of Bavel has made governor
over the cities of Yahudah, and dwell with him among the
people: or go wherever it seems convenient for you to go.
So the captain of the guard gave him food and a gift, and
let him go.
6 Then went Yirmeyahu to Gedalyahu the son of Ahiqam
to Mitzpah; and dwelt with him among the people that
were left in the land.
7 Now when all the captains of the army who were in the
fields, even they and their men, heard that the melech of
Bavel had made Gedalyahu the son of Ahiqam governor
in the land, and had committed to him men, and women,
and children, and of the poor of the land, of those that
were not carried away in exile to Bavel;
8 Then they came to Gedalyahu to Mitzpah, even
Yishmael the son of Nethanyahu, and Yochanan and
Yonathan the sons of Kareyah, and Serayahu the son of
Tanhumeth, and the sons of Ophai the Netophathite, and
Yezanyah the son of a Maachathite, they and their men.
9 And Gedalyahu the son of Ahiqam the son of Shaphan
swore to them and to their men, saying, Fear not to serve
the Chaldeans: dwell in the land, and serve the melech of
Bavel, and it shall be well with you.
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10 As for me, see, I will dwell at Mitzpah to serve the
Chaldeans, which will come to us: but you, gather your
wine, and summer fruits, and oil, and put them in your
vessels, and dwell in your cities that you have taken.
11 Likewise when all the Yahudim that were in Moav,
and among the Ammonites, and in Edom, and that were in
all the countries, 2269 heard that the melech of Bavel had
left a remnant of Yahudah, and that he had set over them
Gedalyahu the son of Ahiqam the son of Shaphan;
12 Even all the Yahudim returned out of all places where
they were driven, and came to the land of Yahudah, to
Gedalyahu, to Mitzpah, and gathered much wine and
summer fruits. 2270
13 Moreover Yochanan the son of Kareyah, and all the
captains of the army that were in the fields, came to
Gedalyahu to Mitzpah,
14 And said to him, Do you know that Baalis the melech
of the Ammonites has sent Yishmael the son of
Nethanyahu to kill you? But Gedalyahu the son of
Ahiqam did not believe them.
15 Then Yochanan the son of Kareyah spoke to
Gedalyahu in Mitzpah secretly, saying, Let me go, I ask
you, and I will kill Yishmael the son of Nethanyahu, and
no man shall know it: why should he kill you, so that all
the Yahudim who are gathered to you should be scattered,
and the remnant in Yahudah perish?
16 But Gedalyahu the son of Ahiqam said to Yochanan
the son of Kareyah, You shall not do this thing: for you
speak falsely to me about Yishmael.
41
Now it came to pass in the seventh month, that
Yishmael the son of Nethanyahu the son of Elishama, of
the royal zera, and the leaders of the melech, even ten
men with him, came to Gedalyahu the son of Ahiqam to
Mitzpah; and there they did eat lechem together in
Mitzpah.
2 Then arose Yishmael the son of Nethanyahu, and the
ten men that were with him, and smote Gedalyahu the son
of Ahiqam the son of Shaphan with the sword, and killed
him, whom the melech of Bavel had made governor over
the land.
3 Yishmael also killed all the Yahudim that were with
him, even with Gedalyahu, at Mitzpah, and the Chaldeans
that were found there, and the men of war.
4 And it came to pass the second day after he had slain
Gedalyahu, and no man knew it,
5 That there came certain men from Shechem, from
Shiloh, and from Shomron, even eighty men, having their
beards shaven, and their clothes torn, and having cut
themselves, with offerings and incense in their hand, to
bring them to the Bayit of vuvh.
6 And Yishmael the son of Nethanyahu went forth from
Mitzpah to meet them, weeping all along as he went: and
it came to pass, as he met them, he said to them, Come to
Gedalyahu the son of Ahiqam.
7 And it was so, when they came into the midst of the
city, that Yishmael the son of Nethanyahu killed them,
and cast them into the midst of the pit, he, and the men
that were with him.
8 But ten men were found among them that said to
Yishmael, Slay us not: for we have treasures in the field,
of wheat, and of barley, and of oil, and of honey. So he
held back, and killed them not among their brothers.