2 Kings 25:25

But it came to pass in the seventh month, that Ishmael the son of Nethaniah, the son of Elishama, of the seed royal, came, and ten men with him, and smote Gedaliah, that he died, and the Jews and the Chaldees that were with him at Mizpah.

But it came to pass in the seventh {H7637} month {H2320}, that Ishmael {H3458} the son {H1121} of Nethaniah {H5418}, the son {H1121} of Elishama {H476}, of the seed {H2233} royal {H4410}, came {H935}, and ten {H6235} men {H582} with him, and smote {H5221} Gedaliah {H1436}, that he died {H4191}, and the Jews {H3064} and the Chaldees {H3778} that were with him at Mizpah {H4709}.

But in the seventh month Yishma'el the son of N'tanyah, the son of Elishama, of royal blood, came with ten men and assassinated G'dalyah and the Judeans and Kasdim who were with him in Mitzpah.

In the seventh month, however, Ishmael son of Nethaniah, the son of Elishama, who was a member of the royal family, came with ten men and struck down and killed Gedaliah, along with the Judeans and Chaldeans who were with him at Mizpah.

But it came to pass in the seventh month, that Ishmael the son of Nethaniah, the son of Elishama, of the seed royal, came, and ten men with him, and smote Gedaliah, so that he died, and the Jews and the Chaldeans that were with him at Mizpah.

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Cross-References

  • Zechariah 7:5 (4 votes)

    Speak unto all the people of the land, and to the priests, saying, When ye fasted and mourned in the fifth and seventh [month], even those seventy years, did ye at all fast unto me, [even] to me?

  • Zechariah 8:19 (4 votes)

    Thus saith the LORD of hosts; The fast of the fourth [month], and the fast of the fifth, and the fast of the seventh, and the fast of the tenth, shall be to the house of Judah joy and gladness, and cheerful feasts; therefore love the truth and peace.

  • Jeremiah 40:15 (3 votes)

    Then Johanan the son of Kareah spake to Gedaliah in Mizpah secretly, saying, Let me go, I pray thee, and I will slay Ishmael the son of Nethaniah, and no man shall know [it]: wherefore should he slay thee, that all the Jews which are gathered unto thee should be scattered, and the remnant in Judah perish?

  • Jeremiah 41:15 (3 votes)

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

  • 2 Kings 11:1 (2 votes)

    ¶ And when Athaliah the mother of Ahaziah saw that her son was dead, she arose and destroyed all the seed royal.