1 Ora no sétimo mês Ismael, filho de Netanias, filho de Elisama, de linhagem real, e um dos magnatas do rei, e dez homens com ele, veio a Gedalias, filho de Aicão, a Mispa; e comeram pão juntos ali em Mispa.
2 Levantaram-se Ismael, filho de Netanias, e os dez homens que com ele estavam, e feriram à espada a Gedalias, filho de Aicão, filho de Safã, matando assim aquele que o rei de Babilônia havia posto por governador sobre a terra.
3 Matou também Ismael a todos os judeus que estavam com Gedalias em Mispa, e aos caldeus que foram achados ali, a saber, aos homens de guerra.
4 Ao outro dia depois que matara a Gedalias, não sabendo ainda ninguém,
5 vieram de Siquém, de Silo e de Samaria uns homens, ao todo oitenta com as barbas rapadas, e os vestidos rasgados, e as carnes cortadas, trazendo nas mãos oblações e incenso, para os levarem à casa de Jeová.
6 Saiu de Mispa a recebê-los Ismael, filho de Netanias, indo andando e chorando; e ao encontrá-los, disse-lhes: Vinde a Gedalias, filho de Aicão.
7 Quando chegaram ao meio da cidade, Ismael, filho de Netanias, ele e os homens que estavam com ele, mataram-nos, e lançaram-nos no meio do poço.
8 Mas entre eles acharam-se dez homens que disseram a Ismael: Não nos mates, porque temos escondidos no campo depósitos de trigo, e de cevada, e de azeite, e de mel. Assim os deixou, e não os matou entre seus irmãos.
9 Ora o poço em que lançou Ismael todos os cadáveres dos homens que matara ao lado de Gedalias (era este poço o que fizera o rei Asa por causa de Baasa, rei de Israel), a este encheu de mortos Ismael, filho de Netanias.
10 Ismael levou cativo todo o resto do povo que estava em Mispa, a saber, as filhas do rei e todo o povo que havia ficado em Mispa, os quais Nebuzaradã, capitão da guarda, tinha entregado a Gedalias, filho de Aicão; levou-os cativos Ismael, filho de Netanias, e foi-se para passar aos filhos de Amom.
11 Ouvindo, porém, Joanã, filho de Careá, e todos os capitães que estavam com ele, todo o mal que havia feito Ismael, filho de Netanias,
12 tomaram todos os homens e foram a pelejar contra Ismael, filho de Netanias, e acharam-no junto às grandes águas que há em Gibeom.
13 Ora todo o povo que estava com Ismael, se alegrou quando viu a Joanã, filho de Careá, e a todos os capitães das forças que estavam com ele.
14 Assim todo o povo que Ismael levara cativo de Mispa deu volta, e tornou e foi a Joanã, filho de Careá.
15 Ismael, filho de Netanias, porém, escapou de Joanã com oito homens, e foi-se aos filhos de Amom.
16 Joanã, filho de Careá, com todos os capitães das forças que estavam com ele, tomou de Mispa todo o resto do povo, os homens de guerra, e as mulheres, e os meninos, e os eunucos, que ele havia feito voltar de Gibeom, e que havia recobrado de Ismael, filho de Netanias, depois de ter este matado a Gedalias, filho de Aicão.
17 Foram-se então e estiveram de passagem em Gerute-Quimã, que está ao pé de Belém, com o intuito de entrarem no Egito por causa dos caldeus;
18 pois tinham medo deles, porque Ismael, filho de Netanias, tinha matado a Gedalias, filho de Aicão, a quem o rei de Babilônia pusera por governador sobre a terra.
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.