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Chapter 41
The Murder of Gedaliah
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- In the seventh month, Ishmael son of Nethaniah, the son of Elishama, [who was a member] of the royal family and one of the king’s chief officers, came with ten men to Gedaliah son of Ahikam at Mizpah, and they ate a meal together there -.
𐤅𐤉𐤄𐤉 𐤄𐤔𐤁𐤉𐤏𐤉 𐤁𐤇𐤃𐤔 𐤉𐤔𐤌𐤏𐤀𐤋 𐤁𐤍 𐤍𐤕𐤍𐤉𐤄 𐤁𐤍 𐤀𐤋𐤉𐤔𐤌𐤏 𐤄𐤌𐤋𐤅𐤊𐤄 𐤌𐤆𐤓𐤏 𐤄𐤌𐤋𐤊 𐤅𐤓𐤁𐤉 𐤁𐤀 𐤀𐤕𐤅 𐤅𐤏𐤔𐤓𐤄 𐤀𐤍𐤔𐤉𐤌 𐤀𐤋 𐤂𐤃𐤋𐤉𐤄𐤅 𐤁𐤍 𐤀𐤇𐤉𐤒𐤌 𐤄𐤌𐤑𐤐𐤕𐤄 𐤅𐤉𐤀𐤊𐤋𐤅 𐤋𐤇𐤌 𐤉𐤇𐤃𐤅 𐤔𐤌 𐤁𐤌𐤑𐤐𐤄
וַיְהִ֣י׀ הַשְּׁבִיעִ֗י בַּחֹ֣דֶשׁ יִשְׁמָעֵ֣אל בֶּן־ נְתַנְיָ֣ה בֶן־ אֱלִישָׁמָ֣ע הַ֠מְּלוּכָה מִזֶּ֣רַע הַמֶּ֜לֶךְ וְרַבֵּ֨י בָּ֣א אִתּ֛וֹ וַעֲשָׂרָ֨ה אֲנָשִׁ֥ים אֶל־ גְּדַלְיָ֥הוּ בֶן־ אֲחִיקָ֖ם הַמִּצְפָּ֑תָה וַיֹּ֨אכְלוּ לֶ֛חֶם יַחְדָּ֖ו שָׁ֥ם בַּמִּצְפָּֽה׃ way·hî haš·šə·ḇî·‘î ba·ḥō·ḏeš yiš·mā·‘êl ben- nə·ṯan·yāh ḇen- ’ĕ·lî·šā·mā‘ ham·mə·lū·ḵāh miz·ze·ra‘ ham·me·leḵ wə·rab·bê bā ’it·tōw wa·‘ă·śā·rāh ’ă·nā·šîm ’el- gə·ḏal·yā·hū ḇen- ’ă·ḥî·qām ham·miṣ·pā·ṯāh way·yō·ḵə·lū le·ḥem yaḥ·dāw šām bam·miṣ·pāh — WLC · 1
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Then Ishmael son of Nethaniah and the ten men who were with him got up and struck down Gedaliah son of Ahikam, the son of Shaphan, with the sword, killing the one whom the king of Babylon had appointed to govern the land.
𐤉𐤔𐤌𐤏𐤀𐤋 𐤁𐤍 𐤍𐤕𐤍𐤉𐤄 𐤅𐤏𐤔𐤓𐤕 𐤄𐤀𐤍𐤔𐤉𐤌 𐤀𐤔𐤓 𐤄𐤉𐤅 𐤀𐤕𐤅 𐤅𐤉𐤒𐤌 𐤅𐤉𐤊𐤅 𐤀𐤕 𐤂𐤃𐤋𐤉𐤄𐤅 𐤁𐤍 𐤀𐤇𐤉𐤒𐤌 𐤁𐤍 𐤔𐤐𐤍 𐤁𐤇𐤓𐤁 𐤅𐤉𐤌𐤕 𐤀𐤕𐤅 𐤀𐤔𐤓 𐤌𐤋𐤊 𐤁𐤁𐤋 𐤄𐤐𐤒𐤉𐤃 𐤁𐤀𐤓𐤑
יִשְׁמָעֵ֨אל בֶּן־ נְתַנְיָ֜ה וַעֲשֶׂ֥רֶת הָאֲנָשִׁ֣ים׀ אֲשֶׁר־ הָי֣וּ אִתּ֗וֹ וַיָּקָם֩ וַ֠יַּכּוּ אֶת־ גְּדַלְיָ֨הוּ בֶן־ אֲחִיקָ֧ם בֶּן־ שָׁפָ֛ן בַּחֶ֖רֶב וַיָּ֣מֶת אֹת֑וֹ אֲשֶׁר־ מֶֽלֶךְ־ בָּבֶ֖ל הִפְקִ֥יד בָּאָֽרֶץ׃ yiš·mā·‘êl ben- nə·ṯan·yāh wa·‘ă·śe·reṯ hā·’ă·nā·šîm ’ă·šer- hā·yū ’it·tōw way·yā·qām way·yak·kū ’eṯ- gə·ḏal·yā·hū ḇen- ’ă·ḥî·qām ben- šā·p̄ān ba·ḥe·reḇ way·yā·meṯ ’ō·ṯōw ’ă·šer- me·leḵ- bā·ḇel hip̄·qîḏ bā·’ā·reṣ — WLC · 2
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Ishmael also killed all the Jews who were with… Gedaliah at Mizpah, as well as the Chaldean soldiers who… were there. -
𐤉𐤔𐤌𐤏𐤀𐤋 𐤅𐤀𐤕 𐤄𐤊𐤄 𐤊𐤋 𐤄𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤃𐤉𐤌 𐤀𐤔𐤓 𐤄𐤉𐤅 𐤀𐤕𐤅 𐤀𐤕 𐤂𐤃𐤋𐤉𐤄𐤅 𐤁𐤌𐤑𐤐𐤄 𐤅𐤀𐤕 𐤄𐤊𐤔𐤃𐤉𐤌 𐤄𐤌𐤋𐤇𐤌𐤄 𐤀𐤔𐤓 𐤍𐤌𐤑𐤀𐤅 𐤔𐤌 𐤀𐤕 𐤀𐤍𐤔𐤉
יִשְׁמָעֵֽאל׃ וְאֵ֣ת הִכָּ֖ה כָּל־ הַיְּהוּדִ֗ים אֲשֶׁר־ הָי֨וּ אִתּ֤וֹ אֶת־ גְּדַלְיָ֙הוּ֙ בַּמִּצְפָּ֔ה וְאֶת־ הַכַּשְׂדִּ֖ים הַמִּלְחָמָ֔ה אֲשֶׁ֣ר נִמְצְאוּ־ שָׁ֑ם אֵ֚ת אַנְשֵׁ֣י yiš·mā·‘êl wə·’êṯ hik·kāh kāl- hay·yə·hū·ḏîm ’ă·šer- hā·yū ’it·tōw ’eṯ- gə·ḏal·yā·hū bam·miṣ·pāh wə·’eṯ- hak·kaś·dîm ham·mil·ḥā·māh ’ă·šer nim·ṣə·’ū- šām ’êṯ ’an·šê — WLC · 3
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- On the second day after the murder of Gedaliah, when no one yet knew about it,
𐤅𐤉𐤄𐤉 𐤄𐤔𐤍𐤉 𐤁𐤉𐤅𐤌 𐤋𐤄𐤌𐤉𐤕 𐤀𐤕 𐤂𐤃𐤋𐤉𐤄𐤅 𐤋𐤀 𐤅𐤀𐤉𐤔 𐤉𐤃𐤏
וַיְהִ֛י הַשֵּׁנִ֖י בַּיּ֥וֹם לְהָמִ֣ית אֶת־ גְּדַלְיָ֑הוּ לֹ֥א וְאִ֖ישׁ יָדָֽע׃ way·hî haš·šê·nî bay·yō·wm lə·hā·mîṯ ’eṯ- gə·ḏal·yā·hū lō wə·’îš yā·ḏā‘ — WLC · 4
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eighty… men who had shaved off their beards, torn their garments, and cut themselves came from Shechem, Shiloh, and Samaria, vvv carrying grain offerings and frankincense for the house of the LORD.
𐤔𐤌𐤍𐤉𐤌 𐤀𐤉𐤔 𐤀𐤍𐤔𐤉𐤌 𐤌𐤂𐤋𐤇𐤉 𐤆𐤒𐤍 𐤅𐤒𐤓𐤏𐤉 𐤁𐤂𐤃𐤉𐤌 𐤅𐤌𐤕𐤂𐤃𐤃𐤉𐤌 𐤅𐤉𐤁𐤀𐤅 𐤌𐤔𐤊𐤌 𐤌𐤔𐤋𐤅 𐤅𐤌𐤔𐤌𐤓𐤅𐤍 𐤁𐤉𐤃𐤌 𐤋𐤄𐤁𐤉𐤀 𐤅𐤌𐤍𐤇𐤄 𐤅𐤋𐤁𐤅𐤍𐤄 𐤁𐤉𐤕 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄
שְׁמֹנִ֣ים אִ֔ישׁ אֲ֠נָשִׁים מְגֻלְּחֵ֥י זָקָ֛ן וּקְרֻעֵ֥י בְגָדִ֖ים וּמִתְגֹּֽדְדִ֑ים וַיָּבֹ֣אוּ מִשְּׁכֶ֞ם מִשִּׁל֤וֹ וּמִשֹּֽׁמְרוֹן֙ בְּיָדָ֔ם לְהָבִ֖יא וּמִנְחָ֤ה וּלְבוֹנָה֙ בֵּ֥ית יְהוָֽה׃ šə·mō·nîm ’îš ’ă·nā·šîm mə·ḡul·lə·ḥê zā·qān ū·qə·ru·‘ê ḇə·ḡā·ḏîm ū·miṯ·gō·ḏə·ḏîm way·yā·ḇō·’ū miš·šə·ḵem miš·ši·lōw ū·miš·šō·mə·rō·wn bə·yā·ḏām lə·hā·ḇî ū·min·ḥāh ū·lə·ḇō·w·nāh bêṯ Yah·weh — WLC · 5
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And Ishmael son of Nethaniah went out from Mizpah to meet them, weeping… as he went… When [Ishmael] encountered [the men], he said, “Come… to Gedaliah son of Ahikam.”
𐤉𐤔𐤌𐤏𐤀𐤋 𐤁𐤍 𐤍𐤕𐤍𐤉𐤄 𐤅𐤉𐤑𐤀 𐤌𐤍 𐤄𐤌𐤑𐤐𐤄 𐤋𐤒𐤓𐤀𐤕𐤌 𐤅𐤁𐤊𐤄 𐤅𐤉𐤄𐤉 𐤄𐤋𐤊 𐤄𐤋𐤊 𐤊𐤐𐤂𐤔 𐤀𐤕𐤌 𐤅𐤉𐤀𐤌𐤓 𐤁𐤀𐤅 𐤀𐤋 𐤀𐤋𐤉𐤄𐤌 𐤂𐤃𐤋𐤉𐤄𐤅 𐤁𐤍 𐤀𐤇𐤉𐤒𐤌𐤎
יִשְׁמָעֵ֨אל בֶּן־ נְתַנְיָ֤ה וַ֠יֵּצֵא מִן־ הַמִּצְפָּ֔ה לִקְרָאתָם֙ וּבֹכֶ֑ה וַֽיְהִי֙ הֹלֵ֥ךְ הָלֹ֖ךְ כִּפְגֹ֣שׁ אֹתָ֔ם וַיֹּ֣אמֶר בֹּ֖אוּ אֶל־ אֲלֵיהֶ֔ם גְּדַלְיָ֥הוּ בֶן־ אֲחִיקָֽם׃ס yiš·mā·‘êl ben- nə·ṯan·yāh way·yê·ṣê min- ham·miṣ·pāh liq·rā·ṯām ū·ḇō·ḵeh way·hî hō·lêḵ hā·lōḵ kip̄·ḡōš ’ō·ṯām way·yō·mer bō·’ū ’el- ’ă·lê·hem gə·ḏal·yā·hū ḇen- ’ă·ḥî·qām — WLC · 6
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- And when they came into… the city, Ishmael son of Nethaniah and the men with him slaughtered them and threw them into… a cistern…
𐤅𐤉𐤄𐤉 𐤊𐤁𐤅𐤀𐤌 𐤀𐤋 𐤕𐤅𐤊 𐤄𐤏𐤉𐤓 𐤉𐤔𐤌𐤏𐤀𐤋 𐤁𐤍 𐤍𐤕𐤍𐤉𐤄 𐤅𐤄𐤀𐤍𐤔𐤉𐤌 𐤀𐤔𐤓 𐤀𐤕𐤅 𐤅𐤉𐤔𐤇𐤈𐤌 𐤀𐤋 𐤕𐤅𐤊 𐤄𐤁𐤅𐤓 𐤄𐤅𐤀
וַיְהִ֕י כְּבוֹאָ֖ם אֶל־ תּ֣וֹךְ הָעִ֑יר יִשְׁמָעֵ֤אל בֶּן־ נְתַנְיָה֙ וְהָאֲנָשִׁ֥ים אֲשֶׁר־ אִתּֽוֹ׃ וַיִּשְׁחָטֵ֞ם אֶל־ תּ֣וֹךְ הַבּ֔וֹר ה֖וּא way·hî kə·ḇō·w·’ām ’el- tō·wḵ hā·‘îr yiš·mā·‘êl ben- nə·ṯan·yāh wə·hā·’ă·nā·šîm ’ă·šer- ’it·tōw way·yiš·ḥā·ṭêm ’el- tō·wḵ hab·bō·wr hū — WLC · 7
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But ten of the men among them said to Ishmael, “Do not kill us, for we have hidden treasure in the field— wheat, barley, oil, and honey!” So he refrained… from killing them with the others.
𐤅𐤏𐤔𐤓𐤄 𐤀𐤍𐤔𐤉𐤌 𐤍𐤌𐤑𐤀𐤅 𐤁𐤌 𐤅𐤉𐤀𐤌𐤓𐤅 𐤀𐤋 𐤉𐤔𐤌𐤏𐤀𐤋 𐤀𐤋 𐤕𐤌𐤕𐤍𐤅 𐤊𐤉 𐤉𐤔 𐤋𐤍𐤅 𐤌𐤈𐤌𐤍𐤉𐤌 𐤁𐤔𐤃𐤄 𐤇𐤈𐤉𐤌 𐤅𐤔𐤏𐤓𐤉𐤌 𐤅𐤔𐤌𐤍 𐤅𐤃𐤁𐤔 𐤅𐤉𐤇𐤃𐤋 𐤅𐤋𐤀 𐤄𐤌𐤉𐤕𐤌 𐤁𐤕𐤅𐤊 𐤀𐤇𐤉𐤄𐤌
וַעֲשָׂרָ֨ה אֲנָשִׁ֜ים נִמְצְאוּ־ בָ֗ם וַיֹּאמְר֤וּ אֶל־ יִשְׁמָעֵאל֙ אַל־ תְּמִתֵ֔נוּ כִּֽי־ יֶשׁ־ לָ֤נוּ מַטְמֹנִים֙ בַּשָּׂדֶ֔ה חִטִּ֥ים וּשְׂעֹרִ֖ים וְשֶׁ֣מֶן וּדְבָ֑שׁ וַיֶּחְדַּ֕ל וְלֹ֥א הֱמִיתָ֖ם בְּת֥וֹךְ אֲחֵיהֶֽם׃ wa·‘ă·śā·rāh ’ă·nā·šîm nim·ṣə·’ū- ḇām way·yō·mə·rū ’el- yiš·mā·‘êl ’al- tə·mi·ṯê·nū kî- yeš- lā·nū maṭ·mō·nîm baś·śā·ḏeh ḥiṭ·ṭîm ū·śə·‘ō·rîm wə·še·men ū·ḏə·ḇāš way·yeḥ·dal wə·lō hĕ·mî·ṯām bə·ṯō·wḵ ’ă·ḥê·hem — WLC · 8
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Now the cistern into which Ishmael had thrown… all the bodies of the men he had struck down along with Gedaliah… was a large one that King Asa had made for fear of Baasha king of Israel. Ishmael son of Nethaniah filled it with the slain.
𐤅𐤄𐤁𐤅𐤓 𐤀𐤔𐤓 𐤉𐤔𐤌𐤏𐤀𐤋 𐤀𐤕 𐤄𐤔𐤋𐤉𐤊 𐤔𐤌 𐤊𐤋 𐤐𐤂𐤓𐤉 𐤄𐤀𐤍𐤔𐤉𐤌 𐤄𐤊𐤄 𐤁𐤉𐤃 𐤂𐤃𐤋𐤉𐤄𐤅 𐤄𐤅𐤀 𐤀𐤔𐤓 𐤀𐤔𐤓 𐤄𐤌𐤋𐤊 𐤀𐤎𐤀 𐤏𐤔𐤄 𐤌𐤐𐤍𐤉 𐤁𐤏𐤔𐤀 𐤌𐤋𐤊 𐤉𐤔𐤓𐤀𐤋 𐤀𐤕𐤅 𐤉𐤔𐤌𐤏𐤀𐤋 𐤁𐤍 𐤍𐤕𐤍𐤉𐤄𐤅 𐤌𐤋𐤀 𐤇𐤋𐤋𐤉𐤌
וְהַבּ֗וֹר אֲשֶׁר֩ יִשְׁמָעֵאל֙ אֵ֣ת׀ הִשְׁלִ֨יךְ שָׁ֤ם כָּל־ פִּגְרֵ֣י הָאֲנָשִׁ֗ים הִכָּה֙ בְּיַד־ גְּדַלְיָ֔הוּ ה֗וּא אֲשֶׁ֤ר אֲשֶׁ֤ר הַמֶּ֣לֶךְ אָסָ֔א עָשָׂה֙ מִפְּנֵ֖י בַּעְשָׁ֣א מֶֽלֶךְ־ יִשְׂרָאֵ֑ל אֹת֗וֹ יִשְׁמָעֵ֥אל בֶּן־ נְתַנְיָ֖הוּ מִלֵּ֛א חֲלָלִֽים׃ wə·hab·bō·wr ’ă·šer yiš·mā·‘êl ’êṯ hiš·lîḵ šām kāl- piḡ·rê hā·’ă·nā·šîm hik·kāh bə·yaḏ- gə·ḏal·yā·hū hū ’ă·šer ’ă·šer ham·me·leḵ ’ā·sā ‘ā·śāh mip·pə·nê ba‘·šā me·leḵ- yiś·rā·’êl ’ō·ṯōw yiš·mā·‘êl ben- nə·ṯan·yā·hū mil·lê ḥă·lā·lîm — WLC · 9
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Then Ishmael took captive all the remnant of the people of Mizpah— the daughters of the king along with all the others who remained in Mizpah— over whom Nebuzaradan captain of the guard… had appointed Gedaliah son of Ahikam. Ishmael son of Nethaniah took them captive and set off to cross over to the Ammonites…
𐤉𐤔𐤌𐤏𐤀𐤋 𐤀𐤕 𐤅𐤉𐤔𐤁 𐤊𐤋 𐤔𐤀𐤓𐤉𐤕 𐤄𐤏𐤌 𐤀𐤔𐤓 𐤁𐤌𐤑𐤐𐤄 𐤀𐤕 𐤁𐤍𐤅𐤕 𐤄𐤌𐤋𐤊 𐤅𐤀𐤕 𐤊𐤋 𐤄𐤏𐤌 𐤄𐤍𐤔𐤀𐤓𐤉𐤌 𐤁𐤌𐤑𐤐𐤄 𐤀𐤔𐤓 𐤍𐤁𐤅𐤆𐤓𐤀𐤃𐤍 𐤓𐤁 𐤈𐤁𐤇𐤉𐤌 𐤀𐤕 𐤄𐤐𐤒𐤉𐤃 𐤂𐤃𐤋𐤉𐤄𐤅 𐤁𐤍 𐤀𐤇𐤉𐤒𐤌 𐤉𐤔𐤌𐤏𐤀𐤋 𐤁𐤍 𐤍𐤕𐤍𐤉𐤄 𐤅𐤉𐤔𐤁𐤌 𐤅𐤉𐤋𐤊 𐤋𐤏𐤁𐤓 𐤀𐤋 𐤁𐤍𐤉 𐤏𐤌𐤅𐤍𐤎
יִ֠שְׁמָעֵאל אֶת־ וַיִּ֣שְׁבְּ׀ כָּל־ שְׁאֵרִ֨ית הָעָ֜ם אֲשֶׁ֣ר בַּמִּצְפָּ֗ה אֶת־ בְּנ֤וֹת הַמֶּ֙לֶךְ֙ וְאֶת־ כָּל־ הָעָם֙ הַנִּשְׁאָרִ֣ים בַּמִּצְפָּ֔ה אֲשֶׁ֣ר נְבֽוּזַרְאֲדָן֙ רַב־ טַבָּחִ֔ים אֶת־ הִפְקִ֗יד גְּדַלְיָ֖הוּ בֶּן־ אֲחִיקָ֑ם יִשְׁמָעֵ֣אל בֶּן־ נְתַנְיָ֔ה וַיִּשְׁבֵּם֙ וַיֵּ֕לֶךְ לַעֲבֹ֖ר אֶל־ בְּנֵ֥י עַמּֽוֹן׃ס yiš·mā·‘êl ’eṯ- way·yišb kāl- šə·’ê·rîṯ hā·‘ām ’ă·šer bam·miṣ·pāh ’eṯ- bə·nō·wṯ ham·me·leḵ wə·’eṯ- kāl- hā·‘ām han·niš·’ā·rîm bam·miṣ·pāh ’ă·šer nə·ḇū·zar·’ă·ḏān raḇ- ṭab·bā·ḥîm ’eṯ- hip̄·qîḏ gə·ḏal·yā·hū ben- ’ă·ḥî·qām yiš·mā·‘êl ben- nə·ṯan·yāh way·yiš·bêm way·yê·leḵ la·‘ă·ḇōr ’el- bə·nê ‘am·mō·wn — WLC · 10
Johanan Rescues the Captives
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When Johanan son of Kareah and all the commanders of the armies with him heard of all the crimes that Ishmael son of Nethaniah had committed,
𐤉𐤅𐤇𐤍𐤍 𐤁𐤍 𐤒𐤓𐤇 𐤅𐤊𐤋 𐤔𐤓𐤉 𐤄𐤇𐤉𐤋𐤉𐤌 𐤀𐤔𐤓 𐤀𐤕𐤅 𐤀𐤕 𐤅𐤉𐤔𐤌𐤏 𐤊𐤋 𐤄𐤓𐤏𐤄 𐤀𐤔𐤓 𐤉𐤔𐤌𐤏𐤀𐤋 𐤁𐤍 𐤍𐤕𐤍𐤉𐤄 𐤏𐤔𐤄
יוֹחָנָ֣ן בֶּן־ קָרֵ֔חַ וְכָל־ שָׂרֵ֥י הַחֲיָלִ֖ים אֲשֶׁ֣ר אִתּ֑וֹ אֵ֤ת וַיִּשְׁמַע֙ כָּל־ הָֽרָעָה֙ אֲשֶׁ֣ר יִשְׁמָעֵ֖אל בֶּן־ נְתַנְיָֽה׃ עָשָׂ֔ה yō·w·ḥā·nān ben- qā·rê·aḥ wə·ḵāl śā·rê ha·ḥă·yā·lîm ’ă·šer ’it·tōw ’êṯ way·yiš·ma‘ kāl- hā·rā·‘āh ’ă·šer yiš·mā·‘êl ben- nə·ṯan·yāh ‘ā·śāh — WLC · 11
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they took all their men and went to fight… Ishmael son of Nethaniah. And they found him near the great pool in Gibeon.
𐤅𐤉𐤒𐤇𐤅 𐤀𐤕 𐤊𐤋 𐤄𐤀𐤍𐤔𐤉𐤌 𐤅𐤉𐤋𐤊𐤅 𐤋𐤄𐤋𐤇𐤌 𐤏𐤌 𐤉𐤔𐤌𐤏𐤀𐤋 𐤁𐤍 𐤍𐤕𐤍𐤉𐤄 𐤅𐤉𐤌𐤑𐤀𐤅 𐤀𐤕𐤅 𐤀𐤋 𐤓𐤁𐤉𐤌 𐤀𐤔𐤓 𐤌𐤉𐤌 𐤁𐤂𐤁𐤏𐤅𐤍
וַיִּקְחוּ֙ אֶת־ כָּל־ הָ֣אֲנָשִׁ֔ים וַיֵּ֣לְכ֔וּ לְהִלָּחֵ֖ם עִם־ יִשְׁמָעֵ֣אל בֶּן־ נְתַנְיָ֑ה וַיִּמְצְא֣וּ אֹת֔וֹ אֶל־ רַבִּ֖ים אֲשֶׁ֥ר מַ֥יִם בְּגִבְעֽוֹן׃ way·yiq·ḥū ’eṯ- kāl- hā·’ă·nā·šîm way·yê·lə·ḵū lə·hil·lā·ḥêm ‘im- yiš·mā·‘êl ben- nə·ṯan·yāh way·yim·ṣə·’ū ’ō·ṯōw ’el- rab·bîm ’ă·šer ma·yim bə·ḡiḇ·‘ō·wn — WLC · 12
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- When all the people with Ishmael saw Johanan son of Kareah and all the commanders of the army with him, they rejoiced,
𐤅𐤉𐤄𐤉 𐤊𐤋 𐤄𐤏𐤌 𐤀𐤔𐤓 𐤀𐤕 𐤉𐤔𐤌𐤏𐤀𐤋 𐤀𐤕 𐤊𐤓𐤀𐤅𐤕 𐤉𐤅𐤇𐤍𐤍 𐤁𐤍 𐤒𐤓𐤇 𐤅𐤀𐤕 𐤊𐤋 𐤔𐤓𐤉 𐤄𐤇𐤉𐤋𐤉𐤌 𐤀𐤔𐤓 𐤀𐤕𐤅 𐤅𐤉𐤔𐤌𐤇𐤅
וַיְהִ֗י כָּל־ הָעָם֙ אֲשֶׁ֣ר אֶת־ יִשְׁמָעֵ֔אל אֶת־ כִּרְא֤וֹת יֽוֹחָנָן֙ בֶּן־ קָרֵ֔חַ וְאֵ֛ת כָּל־ שָׂרֵ֥י הַחֲיָלִ֖ים אֲשֶׁ֣ר אִתּ֑וֹ וַיִּשְׂמָֽחוּ׃ way·hî kāl- hā·‘ām ’ă·šer ’eṯ- yiš·mā·‘êl ’eṯ- kir·’ō·wṯ yō·w·ḥā·nān ben- qā·rê·aḥ wə·’êṯ kāl- śā·rê ha·ḥă·yā·lîm ’ă·šer ’it·tōw way·yiś·mā·ḥū — WLC · 13
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and all the people whom Ishmael had taken captive at Mizpah turned vvv and went over to Johanan son of Kareah.
𐤊𐤋 𐤄𐤏𐤌 𐤀𐤔𐤓 𐤉𐤔𐤌𐤏𐤀𐤋 𐤔𐤁𐤄 𐤌𐤍 𐤄𐤌𐤑𐤐𐤄 𐤅𐤉𐤎𐤁𐤅 𐤅𐤉𐤔𐤁𐤅 𐤅𐤉𐤋𐤊𐤅 𐤀𐤋 𐤉𐤅𐤇𐤍𐤍 𐤁𐤍 𐤒𐤓𐤇
כָּל־ הָעָ֔ם אֲשֶׁר־ יִשְׁמָעֵ֖אל שָׁבָ֥ה מִן־ הַמִּצְפָּ֑ה וַיָּסֹ֙בּוּ֙ וַיָּשֻׁ֙בוּ֙ וַיֵּ֣לְכ֔וּ אֶל־ יֽוֹחָנָ֖ן בֶּן־ קָרֵֽחַ׃ kāl- hā·‘ām ’ă·šer- yiš·mā·‘êl šā·ḇāh min- ham·miṣ·pāh way·yā·sōb·bū way·yā·šu·ḇū way·yê·lə·ḵū ’el- yō·w·ḥā·nān ben- qā·rê·aḥ — WLC · 14
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But Ishmael son of Nethaniah and eight [of his] men escaped from Johanan and went to the Ammonites…
𐤅𐤉𐤔𐤌𐤏𐤀𐤋 𐤁𐤍 𐤍𐤕𐤍𐤉𐤄 𐤁𐤔𐤌𐤍𐤄 𐤀𐤍𐤔𐤉𐤌 𐤍𐤌𐤋𐤈 𐤌𐤐𐤍𐤉 𐤉𐤅𐤇𐤍𐤍 𐤅𐤉𐤋𐤊 𐤀𐤋 𐤁𐤍𐤉 𐤏𐤌𐤅𐤍𐤎
וְיִשְׁמָעֵ֣אל בֶּן־ נְתַנְיָ֗ה בִּשְׁמֹנָ֣ה אֲנָשִׁ֔ים נִמְלַט֙ מִפְּנֵ֖י יֽוֹחָנָ֑ן וַיֵּ֖לֶךְ אֶל־ בְּנֵ֥י עַמּֽוֹן׃ס wə·yiš·mā·‘êl ben- nə·ṯan·yāh biš·mō·nāh ’ă·nā·šîm nim·laṭ mip·pə·nê yō·w·ḥā·nān way·yê·leḵ ’el- bə·nê ‘am·mō·wn — WLC · 15
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Then Johanan son of Kareah and all the commanders of the armies with him took the whole remnant of the people from Mizpah whom he had recovered… from Ishmael son of Nethaniah after Ishmael had killed Gedaliah son of Ahikam: the soldiers…, women, children, and court officials he had brought back from Gibeon.
𐤉𐤅𐤇𐤍𐤍 𐤁𐤍 𐤒𐤓𐤇 𐤅𐤊𐤋 𐤔𐤓𐤉 𐤄𐤇𐤉𐤋𐤉𐤌 𐤀𐤔𐤓 𐤀𐤕𐤅 𐤀𐤕 𐤅𐤉𐤒𐤇 𐤊𐤋 𐤔𐤀𐤓𐤉𐤕 𐤄𐤏𐤌 𐤌𐤍 𐤄𐤌𐤑𐤐𐤄 𐤀𐤔𐤓 𐤄𐤔𐤉𐤁 𐤌𐤀𐤕 𐤉𐤔𐤌𐤏𐤀𐤋 𐤁𐤍 𐤍𐤕𐤍𐤉𐤄 𐤀𐤇𐤓 𐤄𐤊𐤄 𐤀𐤕 𐤂𐤃𐤋𐤉𐤄 𐤁𐤍 𐤀𐤇𐤉𐤒𐤌 𐤂𐤁𐤓𐤉𐤌 𐤀𐤍𐤔𐤉 𐤄𐤌𐤋𐤇𐤌𐤄 𐤅𐤍𐤔𐤉𐤌 𐤅𐤈𐤐 𐤅𐤎𐤓𐤎𐤉𐤌 𐤀𐤔𐤓 𐤄𐤔𐤉𐤁 𐤌𐤂𐤁𐤏𐤅𐤍
יוֹחָנָ֨ן בֶּן־ קָרֵ֜חַ וְכָל־ שָׂרֵ֧י הַחֲיָלִ֣ים אֲשֶׁר־ אִתּ֗וֹ אֵ֣ת וַיִּקַּח֩ כָּל־ שְׁאֵרִ֤ית הָעָם֙ מִן־ הַמִּצְפָּ֔ה אֲשֶׁ֣ר הֵ֠שִׁיב מֵאֵ֨ת יִשְׁמָעֵ֤אל בֶּן־ נְתַנְיָה֙ אַחַ֣ר הִכָּ֔ה אֶת־ גְּדַלְיָ֖ה בֶּן־ אֲחִיקָ֑ם גְּבָרִ֞ים אַנְשֵׁ֣י הַמִּלְחָמָ֗ה וְנָשִׁ֤ים וְטַף֙ וְסָ֣רִסִ֔ים אֲשֶׁ֥ר הֵשִׁ֖יב מִגִּבְעֽוֹן׃ yō·w·ḥā·nān ben- qā·rê·aḥ wə·ḵāl śā·rê ha·ḥă·yā·lîm ’ă·šer- ’it·tōw ’êṯ way·yiq·qaḥ kāl- šə·’ê·rîṯ hā·‘ām min- ham·miṣ·pāh ’ă·šer hê·šîḇ mê·’êṯ yiš·mā·‘êl ben- nə·ṯan·yāh ’a·ḥar hik·kāh ’eṯ- gə·ḏal·yāh ben- ’ă·ḥî·qām gə·ḇā·rîm ’an·šê ham·mil·ḥā·māh wə·nā·šîm wə·ṭap̄ wə·sā·ri·sîm ’ă·šer hê·šîḇ mig·giḇ·‘ō·wn — WLC · 16
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And they went and stayed in Geruth Chimham, near Bethlehem, in order to proceed… into Egypt
𐤅𐤉𐤋𐤊𐤅 𐤅𐤉𐤔𐤁𐤅 𐤁𐤂𐤓𐤅𐤕 𐤊𐤌𐤅𐤄𐤌 𐤀𐤔𐤓 𐤀𐤑𐤋 𐤁𐤉𐤕 𐤋𐤇𐤌 𐤋𐤋𐤊𐤕 𐤋𐤁𐤅𐤀 𐤌𐤑𐤓𐤉𐤌
וַיֵּלְכ֗וּ וַיֵּֽשְׁבוּ֙ בְּגֵר֣וּת כְּמוֹהֶם אֲשֶׁר־ אֵ֖צֶל בֵּ֣ית לָ֑חֶם לָלֶ֖כֶת לָב֥וֹא מִצְרָֽיִם׃ way·yê·lə·ḵū way·yê·šə·ḇū bə·ḡê·rūṯ kə·mō·hɛm ’ă·šer- ’ê·ṣel bêṯ lā·ḥem lā·le·ḵeṯ lā·ḇō·w miṣ·rā·yim — WLC · 17
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to escape the Chaldeans. For they were afraid of [the Chaldeans] because Ishmael son of Nethaniah had struck down Gedaliah son of Ahikam, whom the king of Babylon had appointed over the land.
𐤌𐤐𐤍𐤉 𐤄𐤊𐤔𐤃𐤉𐤌 𐤊𐤉 𐤉𐤓𐤀𐤅 𐤌𐤐𐤍𐤉𐤄𐤌 𐤊𐤉 𐤉𐤔𐤌𐤏𐤀𐤋 𐤁𐤍 𐤍𐤕𐤍𐤉𐤄 𐤀𐤕 𐤄𐤊𐤄 𐤂𐤃𐤋𐤉𐤄𐤅 𐤁𐤍 𐤀𐤇𐤉𐤒𐤌 𐤀𐤔𐤓 𐤌𐤋𐤊 𐤁𐤁𐤋 𐤄𐤐𐤒𐤉𐤃 𐤁𐤀𐤓𐤑𐤎
מִפְּנֵי֙ הַכַּשְׂדִּ֔ים כִּ֥י יָרְא֖וּ מִפְּנֵיהֶ֑ם כִּֽי־ יִשְׁמָעֵ֣אל בֶּן־ נְתַנְיָ֗ה אֶת־ הִכָּ֞ה גְּדַלְיָ֙הוּ֙ בֶּן־ אֲחִיקָ֔ם אֲשֶׁר־ מֶֽלֶךְ־ בָּבֶ֖ל הִפְקִ֥יד בָּאָֽרֶץ׃ס mip·pə·nê hak·kaś·dîm kî yā·rə·’ū mip·pə·nê·hem kî- yiš·mā·‘êl ben- nə·ṯan·yāh ’eṯ- hik·kāh gə·ḏal·yā·hū ben- ’ă·ḥî·qām ’ă·šer- me·leḵ- bā·ḇel hip̄·qîḏ bā·’ā·reṣ — WLC · 18