So King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon came against Jerusalem with his whole army and set up camp outside<n id="1" /> it. They built siege ramps all around it. He arrived on the tenth day of the tenth month in the ninth year of Zedekiah&#8217;s reign.<n id="2" />

But in the seventh month<n id="1" /> Ishmael son of Nethaniah, son of Elishama, who was a member of the royal family,<n id="2" /> came with ten of his men and murdered Gedaliah,<n id="3" /> as well as the Judeans and Babylonians who were with him at Mizpah.