2 Kings 25:24-26

New Revised Standard Version, Anglicised

²⁴ Gedaliah swore to them and their men, saying, ‘Do not be afraid because of the Chaldean officials; live in the land, serve the king of Babylon, and it shall be well with you.’ ²⁵ But in the seventh month, Ishmael son of Nethaniah son of Elishama, of the royal family, came with ten men; they struck down Gedaliah so that he died, along with the Judeans and Chaldeans who were with him at Mizpah. ²⁶ Then all the people, high and low,^[a] and the captains of the forces, set out and went to Egypt; for they were afraid of the Chaldeans.