Again, take a few of these and throw them into the fire and burn them up. A fire will spread from there to all Israel.

再从这几根中取些扔在火中焚烧，从里面必有火出来烧入以色列全家。

再从其中取一些扔在火里，在火中焚烧；必有火从其中出来烧尽以色列全家。

再从其中取一些扔在火里，在火中焚烧；必有火从其中出来烧尽以色列全家。

再从中取出几根丢在火里焚烧，必有火从这里燃起，蔓延到整个以色列。”

再从这几根须发中取一部分投在火里焚烧；火必从那里蔓延到以色列全家。”

再從這幾根中取些扔在火中焚燒，從裏面必有火出來燒入以色列全家。

再從其中取一些扔在火裏，在火中焚燒；必有火從其中出來燒盡以色列全家。

再從其中取一些扔在火裏，在火中焚燒；必有火從其中出來燒盡以色列全家。

再從中取出幾根丟在火裡焚燒，必有火從這裡燃起，蔓延到整個以色列。」

再從這幾根鬚髮中取一部分投在火裡焚燒；火必從那裡蔓延到以色列全家。”

再從這些之中取些扔在火中，在火中焚燒；就必有火從那裏面出來燒入以色列全家。

此中復取少許、投於火而焚之、自此必有火出、及於以色列全家、○

半投之火、焚之務盡、蓋必有火出、焚以色列全家、

復自此中更取少許、投之於火、以火焚燬、蓋自其中必有火出、焚以色列全族、

Next, get a few more hairs. Throw them into the fire. Burn them up. The fire will spread to all the people of Israel.”

And of these again you shall take some and cast them into the midst of the fire and burn them in the fire. From there a fire will come out into all the house of Israel.

Then take some of these hairs out and throw them into the fire, burning them up. A fire will then spread from this remnant and destroy all of Israel.

Take some more of them, throw them into the fire, and burn them in it. A fire will spread from it to the whole house of Israel.

Take again some of them and throw them into the fire and burn them in the fire; from it a fire will spread to all the house of Israel.

Then take some of them again and throw them into the midst of the fire, and burn them in the fire. From there a fire will go out into all the house of Israel.

And of these again shalt thou take, and cast them into the midst of the fire, and burn them in the fire; therefrom shall a fire come forth into all the house of Israel.

Take some more of them, throw them into the fire, and burn them in it. A fire will spread from it to the whole house of Israel.

Then take of them again, and cast them into the midst of the fire, and burn them in the fire;[ for] thereof shall a fire come forth into all the house of Israel.

Again, take more of them and throw them into the fire, and burn them up. From there a fire will spread to all the house of Israel.

Of these again you shall take, and cast them into the middle of the fire, and burn them in the fire. From it a fire will come out into all the house of Israel.

In the seventh month, however, Ishmael son of Nethaniah, the son of Elishama, who was of royal blood, came with ten men and assassinated Gedaliah and also the men of Judah and the Babylonians who were with him at Mizpah.

“ In the shadow of Heshbon the fugitives stand helpless, for a fire has gone out from Heshbon, a blaze from the midst of Sihon; it burns the foreheads of Moab, the skulls of the noisy boasters.

Circumcise yourselves to the Lord, circumcise your hearts, you people of Judah and inhabitants of Jerusalem, or my wrath will flare up and burn like fire because of the evil you have done— burn with no one to quench it.

in his twenty-third year, 745 Jews taken into exile by Nebuzaradan the commander of the imperial guard. There were 4,600 people in all.

In the seventh month Ishmael son of Nethaniah, the son of Elishama, who was of royal blood and had been one of the king’s officers, came with ten men to Gedaliah son of Ahikam at Mizpah. While they were eating together there,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 as governor over the land.Ishmael also killed all the men of Judah who were with Gedaliah at Mizpah, as well as the Babylonian soldiers who were there.The day after Gedaliah’s assassination, before anyone knew about it,eighty men who had shaved off their beards, torn their clothes and cut themselves came from Shechem, Shiloh and Samaria, bringing grain offerings and incense with them to the house of the Lord.Ishmael son of Nethaniah went out from Mizpah to meet them, weeping as he went. When he met them, he said,“ Come to Gedaliah son of Ahikam.”When they went into the city, Ishmael son of Nethaniah and the men who were with him slaughtered them and threw them into a cistern.But ten of them said to Ishmael,“ Don’t kill us! We have wheat and barley, olive oil and honey, hidden in a field.” So he let them alone and did not kill them with the others.Now the cistern where he threw all the bodies of the men he had killed along with Gedaliah was the one King Asa had made as part of his defense against Baasha king of Israel. Ishmael son of Nethaniah filled it with the dead.Ishmael made captives of all the rest of the people who were in Mizpah— the king’s daughters along with all the others who were left there, over whom Nebuzaradan commander of the imperial guard had appointed Gedaliah son of Ahikam. Ishmael son of Nethaniah took them captive and set out to cross over to the Ammonites.When Johanan son of Kareah and all the army officers who were with him heard about all the crimes Ishmael son of Nethaniah had committed,they took all their men and went to fight Ishmael son of Nethaniah. They caught up with him near the great pool in Gibeon.When all the people Ishmael had with him saw Johanan son of Kareah and the army officers who were with him, they were glad.All the people Ishmael had taken captive at Mizpah turned and went over to Johanan son of Kareah.But Ishmael son of Nethaniah and eight of his men escaped from Johanan and fled to the Ammonites.Then Johanan son of Kareah and all the army officers who were with him led away all the people of Mizpah who had survived, whom Johanan had recovered from Ishmael son of Nethaniah after Ishmael had assassinated Gedaliah son of Ahikam— the soldiers, women, children and court officials he had recovered from Gibeon.And they went on, stopping at Geruth Kimham near Bethlehem on their way to Egyptto escape the Babylonians. They were afraid of them because Ishmael son of Nethaniah had killed Gedaliah son of Ahikam, whom the king of Babylon had appointed as governor over the land.