“Then arose Ishmael the son of Nethaniah, and the ten men that were with him, and smote Gedaliah the son of Ahikam the son of Shaphan with the sword, and slew him, whom the king of Babylon had made governor over the land.”
Ishmael strikes down Gedaliah, whom the king of Babylon appointed. The political significance emphasizes this is resistance against foreign rule and collaborationist policy.
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