1 Sucedeu, porém, no mês sétimo, que veio Ismael, filho de Netanias, filho de Elisama, de sangue real, e com ele dez homens, príncipes do rei, a Gedalias, filho de Aicão, a Mizpá; e comeram pão juntos ali em Mizpá.

2 E levantou-se Ismael, filho de Netanias, com os dez homens que estavam com ele, 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 Também matou Ismael a todos os judeus que com ele, com Gedalias, estavam em Mizpá, como também aos caldeus, homens de guerra, que se achavam ali.

4 Sucedeu, pois, no dia seguinte, depois que ele matara a Gedalias, sem ninguém o saber,

5 Que vieram homens de Siquém, de Siló, e de Samaria; oitenta homens, com a barba rapada, e as vestes rasgadas, e retalhando-se; e trazendo nas suas mãos ofertas e incenso, para levarem à casa do Senhor.

6 E, saindo-lhes ao encontro Ismael, filho de Netanias, desde Mizpá, ia chorando; e sucedeu que, encontrando-os lhes disse: Vinde a Gedalias, filho de Aicão.

7 Sucedeu, porém, que, entrando eles até ao meio da cidade, matou-os Ismael, filho de Netanias, e os lançou num poço, ele e os homens que estavam com ele.

8 Mas houve entre eles dez homens que disseram a Ismael: Não nos mates, porque temos, no campo, tesouros, trigo, cevada, azeite e mel. E ele por isso os deixou, e não os matou entre seus irmãos.

9 E o poço em que Ismael lançou todos os cadáveres dos homens que matou por causa de Gedalias é o mesmo que fez o rei Asa, por causa de Baasa, rei de Israel; foi esse mesmo que Ismael, filho de Netanias, encheu de mortos.

10 E Ismael levou cativo a todo o restante do povo que estava em Mizpá, isto é, as filhas do rei, e todo o povo que ficara em Mizpá, que Nebuzaradã, capitão da guarda, havia confiado a Gedalias, filho de Aicão; e levou-os cativos Ismael, filho de Netanias, e se foi para passar aos filhos de Amom.

11 Ouvindo, pois, Joanã, filho de Careá, e todos os capitães dos exércitos que estavam com ele, todo o mal que havia feito Ismael, filho de Netanias,

12 Tomaram todos os seus homens, e foram pelejar contra Ismael, filho de Netanias; e acharam-no ao pé das grandes águas que há em Gibeom.

13 E aconteceu que, vendo todo o povo, que estava com Ismael, a Joanã, filho de Careá, e a todos os capitães dos exércitos, que vinham com ele, se alegrou.

14 E todo o povo que Ismael levara cativo de Mizpá virou as costas, e voltou, e foi para Joanã, filho de Careá.

15 Mas Ismael, filho de Netanias, escapou com oito homens de diante de Joanã, e se foi para os filhos de Amom.

16 Então tomou Joanã, filho de Careá, e todos os capitães dos exércitos que estavam com ele, a todo o restante do povo que ele havia recobrado de Ismael, filho de Netanias, desde Mizpá, depois de haver matado a Gedalias, filho de Aicão, isto é, aos homens poderosos de guerra, e às mulheres, e aos meninos, e aos eunucos que havia recobrado de Gibeom.

17 E partiram, indo habitar em Gerute-Quimã, que está perto de Belém, para dali irem e entrarem no Egito,

18 Por causa dos caldeus; porque os temiam, por ter Ismael, filho de Netanias, matado a Gedalias, filho de Aicão, a quem o rei de babilônia tinha feito 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.