Jeremiah 41:1-3

Contemporary English Version

41 ^(A) But in the seventh month,^[a] Ishmael^[b] came to Mizpah with ten of his soldiers. He had been one of the king's officials and was a member of the royal family. Ishmael and his men were invited to eat with Gedaliah. ²During the meal, Ishmael and his soldiers killed Gedaliah, the man chosen as ruler of Judah by the king of Babylonia. ³Then they killed the Jews who were with Gedaliah, and they also killed the Babylonian soldiers who were there.

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Footnotes

41.1 seventh month: Tishri, also called Ethanim, the seventh month of the Hebrew calendar, from about mid-September to mid-October.
41.1 Ishmael: Hebrew “Ishmael son of Nethaniah and grandson of Elishama.”