and smote Gedaliah the son of Ahikam the son of Shaphan with the sword, and slew
Jeremiah 41
CHAPTER 41
Jeremiah 41:1-3
1. Now it came to pass in the seventh month, that Ishmael the son of Nethaniah the son of Elishama, of the seed royal, and the princes of the king, even ten men with him, came unto Gedaliah the son of Ahikam to Mizpah; and there they did eat bread together in Mizpah.
1. Et accidit mense septimo, ut venerit (et venit) Ismael filius Nathaniae filii
Elisamae, e semine regio, et proceres regis et decem viri cum eo ad Godoliam filium
Achikam in Mispath, et comederunt illic panem simul in Mispath.
2. Then arose Ishmael the son of Nethaniah, and the ten men that were with him, and smote Gedaliah the son of Ahikam the son of Shaphan with the sword, and slew him, whom the king of Babylon had made governor over the land.
2. Et surrexit Ismael filius Nathaniae, et decem viri qui cum eo erant, et percussit
Godoliam filium Achikam tilii Saphan gladio; et occidit eum quem praefecerat rex
Babylonis in terra.
3. Ishmael also slew all the Jews that were with him, even with Gedaliah, at
Mizpah, and the Chaldeans that were found there, and the men of war.
3. Et Judaeos qui erant cum eo, cum Godolia, nempe, in Mispath, et Chaldaeos qui inventi sunt illic, viros bellicosos percussit Ismael.
It was a detestable cruelty and barbarity in Ishmael to kill Gedaliah who entertained him, and whom he found to possess a paternal regard towards him. Heathens have ever deemed hospitality sacred; and to violate it has been counted by them as the greatest atrocity; and hospitable Jupiter ever possessed among them the right of taking vengeance, if any one broke an oath given when at table. Now Ishmael had sworn, as we have seen, that he would be faithful to Gedaliah. He was again received by him, and was treated hospitably; and from his table he rose up to slay the innocent man, who was his friend, and had acted towards him, as it has been