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But after seven months Ishmael came again, and as he came from the royal family, he shared a meal with Gedaliah, and killed him and all those who remained with him, both Chaldeans and Jews. After two days had passed, the Prophet said: Jer.41:5. Men came from Shechem, and from Salem, and from Samaria, eighty men, with their hair shaved and their garments torn, weeping, and gifts and incense into their hands, to bring into the house of the Lord.” Salem in the Hebrew text and in the Syriac translation is called Shiloh. The Prophet informs that Ismail killed them all and threw their bodies into a well. But ten other men crouched and begged Ismail to stop the murder, promising to show him some treasures. Having accomplished all this and captured all those remaining, Ishmael left and fled to the Ammonites. But Johanan and other princes, having learned about what had happened and having gathered a large number of people, took up arms against Ismail, and those captured by Ismail, seeing those who had taken up arms against him, rejoiced and went over to them, but Ishmael with eight men fled to the Ammonites. And this happened to the Jews according to God's determination. When they thought that they had escaped from their enemies, then they were handed over to each other. Johanan, leading many people with him, came to a certain village near Bethlehem, intending to flee to Egypt; because because of the murder of Gedaliah he was afraid of the Chaldeans.