“Because of the Chaldeans: for they were afraid of them, because Ishmael the son of Nethaniah had slain Gedaliah the son of Ahikam, whom the king of Babylon made governor in the land.”
The narrative concludes that people fear Babylonians because Ishmael struck down Gedaliah. The assassination has directly caused flight to Egypt and abandonment of the land.
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