The next day, before anyone had heard about Gedaliah’s murder,
Ishmael also killed all the Judeans and the Babylonian soldiers who were with Gedaliah at Mizpah.
eighty men arrived from Shechem, Shiloh, and Samaria to worship at the Temple of the Lord. They had shaved off their beards, torn their clothes, and cut themselves, and had brought along grain offerings and frankincense.
No one was left alive to come to Gath and tell where he had really been. This happened again and again while he was living among the Philistines.