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.

1 O yılın yedinci ayında kral soyundan ve kralın baş görevlilerinden Elişama oğlu Netanya oğlu İsmail, on adamıyla birlikte Mispaya, Ahikam oğlu Gedalyanın yanına gitti. Orada, Mispada birlikte yemek yerlerken,

2 Netanya oğlu İsmaille yanındaki on adam ayağa kalkıp Babil Kralının ülkeye vali atadığı Şafan oğlu Ahikam oğlu Gedalyayı kılıçla öldürdüler.

3 İsmail Mispada Gedalyayla birlikte olan bütün Yahudileri ve oradaki Kildan askerlerini de öldürdü.

4 Gedalya öldürüldükten bir gün sonra, ölüm haberi duyulmadan önce

5 Şekemden, Şilodan, Samiriyeden sakallarını tıraş etmiş, giysilerini yırtmış, bedenlerinde yaralar açmış seksen adam geldi. RABbin Tapınağında sunmak için yanlarında tahıl, günnük getirmişlerdi.

6 Netanya oğlu İsmail Mispadan ağlaya ağlaya onları karşılamaya çıktı. Onları görünce, ‹‹Ahikam oğlu Gedalyaya gelin›› dedi.

7 Kente girince, Netanya oğlu İsmail ve yanındakiler onları öldürüp bir sarnıca attılar.

8 Ancak onlardan on kişi İsmaile, ‹‹Bizi öldürme!›› dediler, ‹‹Tarlada saklı buğdayımız, arpamız, zeytinyağımız ve balımız var.›› Böylece İsmail vazgeçip onları öbürleriyle birlikte öldürmedi.

9 İsmailin öldürdüğü adamların bedenlerini atmış olduğu sarnıç büyüktü. Kral Asa, bu sarnıcı İsrail Kralı Baaşadan korunmak için kazmıştı. Netanya oğlu İsmail orayı ölülerle doldurdu. aracılığıyla››.

10 İsmail, muhafız birliği komutanı Nebuzaradanın Ahikam oğlu Gedalyanın sorumluluğuna bıraktığı Mispadaki bütün halkı ve kral kızlarını tutsak aldı. Netanya oğlu İsmail tümünü tutsak alıp Ammonlulara sığınmak üzere yola çıktı.

11 Kareah oğlu Yohanan ve yanındaki ordu komutanları, Netanya oğlu İsmailin işlediği cinayetleri duyunca,

12 bütün adamlarını alıp Netanya oğlu İsmaille savaşmaya gittiler. Givondaki büyük havuzun yakınında ona yetiştiler.

13 İsmailin yanındaki adamlar, Kareah oğlu Yohanan ve yanındaki ordu komutanlarını görünce sevindiler.

14 İsmailin Mispadan tutsak olarak götürdüğü herkes geri dönüp Kareah oğlu Yohanana katıldı.

15 Netanya oğlu İsmail ve sekiz adamıysa Yohanandan kaçıp Ammonlulara sığındılar.

16 Kareah oğlu Yohananla yanındaki ordu komutanları sağ kalanların hepsini -Ahikam oğlu Gedalyayı öldüren Netanya oğlu İsmailden kurtarıp Givondan geri getirdiği yiğit askerleri, kadınları, çocukları, saray görevlilerini- Mispadan alıp götürdüler.

17 Kildaniler'den kaçmak için Mısır'a doğru yola çıktılar. Beytlehem yakınında, Gerut-Kimham'da durdular. Kildaniler'den korkuyorlardı. Çünkü Netanya oğlu İsmail, Babil Kralı'nın ülkeye vali atadığı Ahikam oğlu Gedalya'yı öldürmüştü.