Hey Bible readers, I'm Tara Lee Cobble and I'm your host for the Bible Recap.

Three days ago on day 2.30 we first read about a potential plot to

kill Judah's new Governor Gettoliah. Some of his military leaders told him

that one of his trusted insiders, a member of the royal family named

Ishmael, was going to assassinate him. But Gettoliah didn't believe the report.

Then on day 231, we found out the report was true, and today we read the full account of how it all

went down. Not only did Ishmael and his crew kill Governor Gedalaya but they

also killed a lot of other people in the process including Judeans and

Babylonian soldiers. The next day,

80 unsuspecting men come to bring grain offerings and Ishmael fakes grief and invites them in.

Then he starts round two of his mass murdering.

He decides to spare ten of the men who bribe him with promises of food and provisions.

Then Ishmael takes all the bodies and disposes of them in a cistern.

His next move is to take everyone else captive,

then force them all to move east with him

across the Jordan River.

But on their way there, they run into Johannan.

He's the guy who originally gave Governor Gatella the heads up about Ishmael's plan.

Joannen and his crew fight against Ishmael and his crew and defeat them.

The captives get set free, but Ishmael escapes.

At this point, these people are living in a land that has erupted in chaos, and they're terrified.

Put yourself in their shoes.

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