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Ishmael murders Gedaliah and others at Mizpah, takes captives, and flees when Johanan intervenes; the survivors are rescued, but fear of Babylon now drives the remnant toward the border of Egypt.
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Jeremiah 41
Ishmael murders Gedaliah and others at Mizpah, takes captives, and flees when Johanan intervenes; the survivors are rescued, but fear of Babylon now drives the remnant toward the border of Egypt.
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1Now it came to pass in the seventh month, that…2Then arose Ishmael the son of Nethaniah, and the ten…3Ishmael also slew all the Jews that were with him,…4And it came to pass the second day after he…5That there came certain from Shechem, from Shiloh, and from…6And Ishmael the son of Nethaniah went forth from Mizpah…7And it was so, when they came into the midst…8But ten men were found among them that said unto…9Now the pit wherein Ishmael had cast all the dead…10Then Ishmael carried away captive all the residue of the…11But when Johanan the son of Kareah, and all the…12Then they took all the men, and went to fight…13Now it came to pass, that when all the people…14So all the people that Ishmael had carried away captive…15But Ishmael the son of Nethaniah escaped from Johanan with…16Then took Johanan the son of Kareah, and all the…17And they departed, and dwelt in the habitation of Chimham,…18Because of the Chaldeans: for they were afraid of them,…