1 Maar in die sewende maand het Ismael, die seun van Net nja, die seun van Elis ma, uit die koninklike geslag en uit die owerstes van die koning, en tien man saam met hom by Ged lja, die seun van Ah¡kam, gekom in Mispa; en hulle het daar saam brood geëet, in Mispa.

2 Toe het Ismael, die seun van Net nja, opgestaan en die tien manne wat by hom was, en hulle het Ged lja, die seun van Ah¡kam, die seun van Safan, met die swaard verslaan. So het hy hom dan gedood wat die koning van Babel oor die land aangestel het.

3 Ook het Ismael al die Jode verslaan wat by hom, by Ged lja, in Mispa was, en die Chaldeërs, die krygsmanne, wat daar te vinde was.

4 En op die tweede dag, nadat hy Ged lja gedood het, sonder dat dit nog bekend was,

5 kom daar manne van Sigem, van Silo en van Samar¡a, tagtig man, met afgeskeerde baard en geskeurde klere, wat hulleself stukkend gekerwe het; en spysoffer en wierook was in hulle hand om dit na die huis van die HERE te bring.

6 Daarop gaan Ismael, die seun van Net nja, hulle tegemoet uit Mispa, terwyl hy aldeur loop en huil; en toe hy hulle teëkom, sê hy vir hulle: Kom na Ged lja, die seun van Ah¡kam!

7 Maar toe hulle binne-in die stad kom, het Ismael, die seun van Net nja, hulle gedood en in die put gegooi, hy en die manne wat by hom was.

8 Maar onder hulle was daar tien man wat vir Ismael gesê het: Maak ons nie dood nie, want ons het verborge voorrade in die veld: koring en gars en olie en heuning. Toe het hy daarvan afgesien en hulle nie saam met hulle broers gedood nie.

9 En die put waar Ismael al die lyke van die manne wat deur hom verslaan is, langs Ged lja ingegooi het, was die wat koning Asa gemaak het tot verdediging teen Ba,sa, die koning van Israel -- die het Ismael, die seun van Net nja, vol gemaak met die wat verslaan was.

10 En Ismael het die hele oorblyfsel van die volk wat in Mispa was, as gevangenes weggevoer; die dogters van die koning en die hele volk wat in Mispa oorgebly het, wat Nebusar dan, die owerste van die lyfwag, aan Ged lja, die seun van Ah¡kam, toevertrou het -- Ismael, die seun van Net nja, het hulle as gevangenes weggevoer en hy het weggetrek om oor te gaan na die kinders van Ammon.

11 Toe Johanan, die seun van Kar,ag, en al die owerstes van die leërs wat by hom was, hoor al die onheil wat Ismael, die seun van Net nja, aangerig het,

12 het hulle al die manne geneem en weggetrek om teen Ismael, die seun van Net nja, te veg; en hulle het hom aangetref by die groot water wat by G¡beon is.

13 En toe die hele volk wat by Ismael was, Johanan, die seun van Kar,ag, sien en al die owerstes van die leërs saam met hom, was hulle bly;

14 en die hele volk wat Ismael uit Mispa as gevangenes weggevoer het, het omgedraai en weer oorgeloop na Johanan, die seun van Kar,ag.

15 Maar Ismael, die seun van Net nja, het van Johanan ontsnap saam met agt man en weggetrek na die kinders van Ammon.

16 Toe het Johanan, die seun van Kar,ag, en al die owerstes van die leërs wat by hom was, die hele oorblyfsel van die volk geneem wat Ismael, die seun van Net nja, uit Mispa as gevangenes weggevoer het, nadat hy Ged lja, die seun van Ah¡kam, verslaan het -- naamlik manne, krygsmanne, en vroue en kinders en hofdienaars, wat hy van G¡beon teruggebring het.

17 En hulle het weggetrek en vertoef in Gerut-Kimham wat naby Betlehem lê, om verder na Egipte te trek,

18 vanweë die Chaldeërs; want hulle was vir hulle bevrees, omdat Ismael, die seun van Net nja, Ged lja, die seun van Ah¡kam, verslaan het, wat deur die koning van Babel oor die land aangestel was.

1 Now it came about in the seventh month that Ishmael, the son of Nethaniah, the son of Elishama, of the king's seed, having with him ten men, came to Gedaliah, the son of Ahikam, in Mizpah; and they had a meal together in Mizpah.

2 Then Ishmael, the son of Nethaniah, and the ten men who were with him, got up, and attacking Gedaliah, the son of Ahikam, the son of Shaphan, with the sword, put to death him whom the king of Babylon had made ruler over the land.

3 And Ishmael put to death all the Jews who were with him, even with Gedaliah, at Mizpah, and the Chaldaean men of war.

4 Now on the second day after he had put Gedaliah to death, when no one had knowledge of it,

5 Some people came from Shechem, from Shiloh and Samaria, eighty men, with the hair of their faces cut off and their clothing out of order, and with cuts on their bodies, and in their hands meal offerings and perfumes which they were taking to the house of the Lord.

6 And Ishmael, the son of Nethaniah, went out from Mizpah with the purpose of meeting them, weeping on his way: and it came about that when he was face to face with them he said, Come to Gedaliah, the son of Ahikam.

7 And when they came inside the town, Ishmael, the son of Nethaniah, and the men who were with him, put them to death and put their bodies into a deep hole.

8 But there were ten men among them who said to Ishmael, Do not put us to death, for we have secret stores, in the country, of grain and oil and honey. So he did not put them to death with their countrymen.

9 Now the hole into which Ishmael had put the dead bodies of the men whom he had put to death, was the great hole which Asa the king had made for fear of Baasha, king of Israel: and Ishmael, the son of Nethaniah, made it full of the bodies of those who had been put to death.

10 Then Ishmael took away as prisoners all the rest of the people who were in Mizpah, the king's daughters and all the people still in Mizpah, whom Nebuzaradan, the captain of the armed men, had put under the care of Gedaliah, the son of Ahikam: Ishmael, the son of Nethaniah, took them away prisoners with the purpose of going over to the children of Ammon.

11 But when Johanan, the son of Kareah, and all the captains of the armed forces who were with him, had news of all the evil which Ishmael, the son of Nethaniah, had done,

12 They took their men and went out to make war on Ishmael, the son of Nethaniah, and they came face to face with him by the great waters in Gibeon.

13 Now when all the people who were with Ishmael saw Johanan, the son of Kareah, and all the captains of the forces with him, then they were glad.

14 And all the people whom Ishmael had taken away prisoners from Mizpah, turning round, came back and went to Johanan, the son of Kareah.

15 But Ishmael, the son of Nethaniah, got away from Johanan, with eight men, and went to the children of Ammon.

16 Then Johanan, the son of Kareah, and all the captains of the forces who were with him, took all the rest of the people whom Ishmael, the son of Nethaniah, had made prisoners, after he had put to death Gedaliah, the son of Ahikam, the people from Mizpah, that is, the men of war and the women and the children and the unsexed servants, whom he had taken back with him from Gibeon:

17 And they went and were living in the resting-place of Chimham, which is near Beth-lehem on the way into Egypt,

18 Because of the Chaldaeans: for they were in fear of them because Ishmael, the son of Nethaniah, had put to death Gedaliah, the son of Ahikam, whom the king of Babylon had made ruler over the land.