23. Hearing that the king of Babylon had appointed Gedaliah over them, all the army commanders and the troops came to him at Mizpah: Ishmael, son of Nethaniah, Johanan, son of Kareah, Seraiah, son of Tanhumeth the Netophathite, and Jaazaniah, son of the Maakite, each with his troops.
24. Gedaliah gave the commanders and their troops his oath. He said to them, “Do not be afraid of the Chaldean officials. Remain in the country and serve the king of Babylon, so that all will be well with you.”
25. But in the seventh month Ishmael, son of Nethaniah, son of Elishama, of royal descent, came with ten others, attacked Gedaliah and killed him, along with the Judahites and Chaldeans who were in Mizpah with him.
26. Then all the people, great and small, left with the army commanders and went to Egypt for fear of the Chaldeans.
27. In the thirty-seventh year of the exile of Jehoiachin, king of Judah, on the twenty-seventh day of the twelfth month, Evil-merodach, king of Babylon, in the inaugural year of his own reign, raised up Jehoiachin, king of Judah, from prison.
28. He spoke kindly to him and gave him a throne higher than that of the other kings who were with him in Babylon.
29. Jehoiachin took off his prison garb; he ate regularly in the king’s presence as long as he lived;
30. and for his allowance the king granted him a regular allowance, in fixed daily amounts, for as long as he lived.