Bible Cross References
seventh
Zechariah 7:5
He said, "Tell the people of the land and the priests that when they fasted and mourned in the fifth and seventh months during these seventy years, it was not in honor of me.
Zechariah 8:19
"The fasts held in the fourth, fifth, seventh, and tenth months will become festivals of joy and gladness for the people of Judah. You must love truth and peace."
Ishmael
Jeremiah 40:15
Then Johanan said privately to him, "Let me go and kill Ishmael, and no one will know who did it. Why should he be allowed to murder you? That would cause all the Jews who have gathered around you to be scattered, and it would bring disaster on all the people who are left in Judah."
Jeremiah 40:16
But Gedaliah answered, "Don't do it! What you are saying about Ishmael is not true!"
Jeremiah 41:1-15
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In the seventh month of that year, Ishmael, the son of Nethaniah and grandson of Elishama, a member of the royal family and one of the king's chief officers, went to Mizpah with ten men to see Governor Gedaliah. While they were all eating a meal together,
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Ishmael and the ten men with him pulled out their swords and killed Gedaliah.
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Ishmael also killed all the Israelites who were with Gedaliah at Mizpah and the Babylonian soldiers who happened to be there.
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The next day, before anyone knew about Gedaliah's murder,
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eighty men arrived from Shechem, Shiloh, and Samaria. They had shaved off their beards, torn their clothes, and gashed themselves. They were taking grain and incense to offer in the Temple.
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So Ishmael went out from Mizpah to meet them, weeping as he went. When he came to them, he said, "Please come in to see Gedaliah."
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As soon as they were inside the city, Ishmael and his men killed them and threw their bodies in a well.
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But there were ten men in the group who said to Ishmael, "Please don't kill us! We have wheat, barley, olive oil, and honey hidden in the fields." So he spared them.
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The well into which Ishmael threw the bodies of the men he had killed was the large one that King Asa had dug when he was being attacked by King Baasha of Israel. Ishmael filled the well with the bodies.
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Then he made prisoners of the king's daughters and all the rest of the people in Mizpah, whom Nebuzaradan the commanding officer had placed under the care of Gedaliah. Ishmael took them prisoner and started off in the direction of the territory of Ammon.
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Johanan and all the army leaders with him heard of the crime that Ishmael had committed.
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So they went after him with their men and overtook him near the large pool at Gibeon.
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When Ishmael's prisoners saw Johanan and the leaders of the forces with him, they were glad,
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and turned and ran to them.
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But Ishmael and eight of his men got away from Johanan and escaped to the land of Ammon.
royal
2 Kings 11:1
As soon as King Ahaziah's mother Athaliah learned of her son's murder, she gave orders for all the members of the royal family to be killed.