H1436B–גְּדַלְיָ֫הוּ–ge.dal.yah

As for the people who were still living in the land of Judah, whom Nebuchadnezzar, king of Babylon, did not take away, he made Gedaliah, the son of Ahikam, the son of Shaphan, ruler over them.

גְּדַלְיָ֖הוּ ge.dal.Ya.hu “Gedaliah”

Now the captains of the armed forces, hearing that the king of Babylon had made Gedaliah ruler, came with their men to Gedaliah at Mizpah; Ishmael, the son of Nethaniah, and Johanan, the son of Kareah, and Seraiah, the son of Tanhumeth the Netophathite,

גְּדַלְיָ֔הוּ ge.dal.Ya.hu “Gedaliah”גְּדַלְיָ֖הוּ ge.dal.Ya.hu “Gedaliah”

Then Gedaliah gave his oath to them and their men, saying, Have no fear because of the servants of the Chaldaeans; go on living in the land under the rule of the king of Babylon, and all will be well.

גְּדַלְיָ֙הוּ֙ ge.dal.Ya.hu “Gedaliah”

But in the seventh month, Ishmael, the son of Nethaniah, the son of Elishama, of the king's seed, came with ten men and made an attack on Gedaliah, causing his death and the death of the Jews and the Chaldaeans who were with him at Mizpah.

גְּדַלְיָ֖הוּ ge.dal.Ya.hu “Gedaliah”

And they sent and took Jeremiah out of the place of the watchmen, and gave him into the care of Gedaliah, the son of Ahikam, the son of Shaphan, to take him to his house: so he was living among the people.

גְּדַלְיָ֙הוּ֙ ge.dal.Ya.hu “Gedaliah”

Now when it came to the ears of all the captains of the forces who were in the field, and their men, that the king of Babylon had made Gedaliah, the son of Ahikam, ruler in the land, and had put under his care the men and women and children, all the poor

גְּדַלְיָ֥הוּ ge.dal.Ya.hu “Gedaliah”

And Gedaliah, the son of Ahikam, the son of Shaphan, took an oath to them and their men, saying, Have no fear of the servants of the Chaldaeans: go on living in the land, and become the servants of the king of Babylon, and all will be well.

גְּדַלְיָ֨הוּ ge.dal.Ya.hu “Gedaliah”

In the same way, when all the Jews who were in Moab and among the children of Ammon and in Edom and in all the countries, had news that the king of Babylon had let Judah keep some of its people and that he had put over them Gedaliah, the son of Ahikam, t

גְּדַלְיָ֖הוּ ge.dal.Ya.hu “Gedaliah”

Then all the Jews came back from all the places to which they had gone in flight, and came to the land of Judah, to Gedaliah, to Mizpah, and got in a great store of wine and summer fruit.

גְּדַלְיָ֖הוּ ge.dal.Ya.hu “Gedaliah”

Now Johanan, the son of Kareah, and all the captains of the forces which were in the field, came to Gedaliah in Mizpah,

גְּדַלְיָ֖הוּ ge.dal.Ya.hu “Gedaliah”

And said to him, Has it come to your knowledge that Baalis, the king of the children of Ammon, has sent Ishmael, the son of Nethaniah, to take your life? But Gedaliah, the son of Ahikam, put no faith in what they said.

גְּדַלְיָ֖הוּ ge.dal.Ya.hu “Gedaliah”

Then Johanan, the son of Kareah, said to Gedaliah in Mizpah secretly, Let me now go and put Ishmael, the son of Nethaniah, to death without anyone's knowledge: why let him take your life so that all the Jews who have come together to you may be sent in f

גְּדַלְיָהוּ֩ ge.dal.ya.Hu “Gedaliah”

But Gedaliah, the son of Ahikam, said to Johanan, the son of Kareah, You are not to do this: for what you say about Ishmael is false.

גְּדַלְיָ֤הוּ ge.dal.Ya.hu “Gedaliah”

Now it came about in the seventh month that Ishmael, the son of Nethaniah, the son of Elishama, of the king's seed, having with him ten men, came to Gedaliah, the son of Ahikam, in Mizpah; and they had a meal together in Mizpah.

גְּדַלְיָ֥הוּ ge.dal.Ya.hu “Gedaliah”

Then Ishmael, the son of Nethaniah, and the ten men who were with him, got up, and attacking Gedaliah, the son of Ahikam, the son of Shaphan, with the sword, put to death him whom the king of Babylon had made ruler over the land.

גְּדַלְיָ֨הוּ ge.dal.Ya.hu “Gedaliah”

And Ishmael put to death all the Jews who were with him, even with Gedaliah, at Mizpah, and the Chaldaean men of war.

גְּדַלְיָ֙הוּ֙ ge.dal.Ya.hu “Gedaliah”

Now on the second day after he had put Gedaliah to death, when no one had knowledge of it,

גְּדַלְיָ֑הוּ ge.dal.Ya.hu “Gedaliah”

And Ishmael, the son of Nethaniah, went out from Mizpah with the purpose of meeting them, weeping on his way: and it came about that when he was face to face with them he said, Come to Gedaliah, the son of Ahikam.

גְּדַלְיָ֥הוּ ge.dal.Ya.hu “Gedaliah”

Now the hole into which Ishmael had put the dead bodies of the men whom he had put to death, was the great hole which Asa the king had made for fear of Baasha, king of Israel: and Ishmael, the son of Nethaniah, made it full of the bodies of those who had

גְּדַלְיָ֔הוּ ge.dal.Ya.hu “Gedaliah”

Then Ishmael took away as prisoners all the rest of the people who were in Mizpah, the king's daughters and all the people still in Mizpah, whom Nebuzaradan, the captain of the armed men, had put under the care of Gedaliah, the son of Ahikam: Ishmael, th

גְּדַלְיָ֖הוּ ge.dal.Ya.hu “Gedaliah”

Because of the Chaldaeans: for they were in fear of them because Ishmael, the son of Nethaniah, had put to death Gedaliah, the son of Ahikam, whom the king of Babylon had made ruler over the land.

גְּדַלְיָ֙הוּ֙ ge.dal.Ya.hu “Gedaliah”

The men and the women and the children and the king's daughters, and every person whom Nebuzaradan, the captain of the armed men, had put under the care of Gedaliah, the son of Ahikam, the son of Shaphan, and Jeremiah the prophet and Baruch, the son of N

גְּדַלְיָ֖הוּ ge.dal.Ya.hu “Gedaliah”