Ishmael, the Son of Nathania, and the Chaldean Soldiers Who Happened to Be at Mismar

On the day after the murder of Gedalia, 80 men arrived from Shephan in Shiloh and Samaria with their beards shaved and their clothes torn. They were bringing cereal offerings and incense to present at the temple of the Lord. Ishmael also slew all the Jews who were with Gedalia at Mismar and the Chaldean soldiers who happened to be there. But ten men among them said to Ishmael, do not kill us, for we have stores of wheat, barley, oil and honey hidden in the fields. So he refrained and did not kill them with their companions. The cistern into which Ishmael cast all the bodies