Reading for October 31st

Read Jeremiah 41.1-18. During the meal, Ishmael and ten men massacre Gedaliah and everyone with him, as well as pilgrims on their way to the Temple. They desecrate their bodies by dumping them into a cistern and take the remaining survivors as hostages. Johanan, one of the Judeans, gathers forces and rescuse the hostages. The bloodbath gives the Judeans reson to fear the Chaldeans and sets off the events narrated in the next chapters. Comments or Questions..