1So, in the seventh month, Ishmael, Nethaniah's son, and ten of his homies rolled up on Gedaliah, Ahikam's son, at Mizpah, and they shared some bread vibes together there.

2Then Ishmael and his crew straight up took out Gedaliah, Ahikam's son, with the sword, who was the Babylonian king's go-to guy for the land.

3Ishmael also took out all the Jews chillin' with Gedaliah at Mizpah, plus the Chaldeans and the warriors there.

4The next day after Gedaliah got taken out, no one knew what went down.

5Then some folks from Shechem, Shiloh, and Samaria, like eighty men with fresh shaves and ripped clothes, showed up with offerings and incense for the Lord’s house.

6Ishmael rolled out from Mizpah to meet them, crying the whole way, and when he met them, he was like, "Yo, come see Gedaliah, Ahikam's son."

7But when they got to the city, Ishmael took them out and tossed them into the pit, him and his crew.

8But ten dudes were like, "Chill, don’t slay us! We got treasures in the field—wheat, barley, oil, and honey." So he didn’t take them out.

9The pit where Ishmael dumped all the bodies was the one King Asa made for Baasha, and he filled it up with the slain.

10Then Ishmael kidnapped all the people left in Mizpah, including the king's daughters, and bounced to the Ammonites.

11When Johanan and his squad heard about all the savage stuff Ishmael did, they were shook.

12So they gathered their crew and went to confront Ishmael by the big waters at Gibeon.

13When all the peeps with Ishmael saw Johanan and his squad, they were hyped.

14All the people Ishmael had taken captive from Mizpah turned back and went to Johanan.

15But Ishmael dipped from Johanan with eight guys and headed to the Ammonites.

16Then Johanan and his crew took back the remnant from Ishmael, including the mighty warriors, women, kids, and eunuchs he brought back from Gibeon.

17They bounced and settled in Chimham, near Bethlehem, planning to head to Egypt.

18They were spooked by the Chaldeans since Ishmael had taken out Gedaliah, the Babylonian king's governor in the land.

1Now it came to pass in the seventh month, that Ishmael the son of Nethaniah the son of Elishama, of the seed royal, and the princes of the king, even ten men with him, came unto Gedaliah the son of Ahikam to Mizpah; and there they did eat bread together in Mizpah.

2Then arose Ishmael the son of Nethaniah, and the ten men that were with him, and smote Gedaliah the son of Ahikam the son of Shaphan with the sword, and slew him, whom the king of Babylon had made governor over the land.

3Ishmael also slew all the Jews that were with him, even with Gedaliah, at Mizpah, and the Chaldeans that were found there, and the men of war.

4And it came to pass the second day after he had slain Gedaliah, and no man knew it,

5That there came certain from Shechem, from Shiloh, and from Samaria, even fourscore men, having their beards shaven, and their clothes rent, and having cut themselves, with offerings and incense in their hand, to bring them to the house of the Lord.

6And Ishmael the son of Nethaniah went forth from Mizpah to meet them, weeping all along as he went: and it came to pass, as he met them, he said unto them, Come to Gedaliah the son of Ahikam.

7And it was so, when they came into the midst of the city, that Ishmael the son of Nethaniah slew them, and cast them into the midst of the pit, he, and the men that were with him.

8But ten men were found among them that said unto Ishmael, Slay us not: for we have treasures in the field, of wheat, and of barley, and of oil, and of honey. So he forbare, and slew them not among their brethren.

9Now the pit wherein Ishmael had cast all the dead bodies of the men, whom he had slain because of Gedaliah, was it which Asa the king had made for fear of Baasha king of Israel: and Ishmael the son of Nethaniah filled it with them that were slain.

10Then Ishmael carried away captive all the residue of the people that were in Mizpah, even the king’s daughters, and all the people that remained in Mizpah, whom Nebuzar–adan the captain of the guard had committed to Gedaliah the son of Ahikam: and Ishmael the son of Nethaniah carried them away captive, and departed to go over to the Ammonites.

11But when Johanan the son of Kareah, and all the captains of the forces that were with him, heard of all the evil that Ishmael the son of Nethaniah had done,

12Then they took all the men, and went to fight with Ishmael the son of Nethaniah, and found him by the great waters that are in Gibeon.

13Now it came to pass, that when all the people which were with Ishmael saw Johanan the son of Kareah, and all the captains of the forces that were with him, then they were glad.

14So all the people that Ishmael had carried away captive from Mizpah cast about and returned, and went unto Johanan the son of Kareah.

15But Ishmael the son of Nethaniah escaped from Johanan with eight men, and went to the Ammonites.

16Then took Johanan the son of Kareah, and all the captains of the forces that were with him, all the remnant of the people whom he had recovered from Ishmael the son of Nethaniah, from Mizpah, after that he had slain Gedaliah the son of Ahikam, even mighty men of war, and the women, and the children, and the eunuchs, whom he had brought again from Gibeon:

17And they departed, and dwelt in the habitation of Chimham, which is by Beth–lehem, to go to enter into Egypt,

18Because of the Chaldeans: for they were afraid of them, because Ishmael the son of Nethaniah had slain Gedaliah the son of Ahikam, whom the king of Babylon made governor in the land.