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1E il settimo mese, Ismael, figliuolo di Nethania, figliuolo di Elishama della stirpe reale e uno dei grandi del re, venne con dieci uomini, da Ghedalia, figliuolo di Ahikam, a Mitspa; e quivi, a Mitspa, mangiarono assieme. 2Poi Ismael, figliuolo di Nethania, si levò coi dieci uomini ch’eran con lui, e colpirono con la spada Ghedalia, figliuolo di Ahikam, figliuolo di Shafam. Così fecero morire colui che il re di Babilonia aveva stabilito sul paese. 3Ismael uccise pure tutti i Giudei ch’erano con Ghedalia a Mitspa, e i Caldei, uomini di guerra, che si trovavan quivi. 4Il giorno dopo ch’egli ebbe ucciso Ghedalia, prima che alcuno ne sapesse nulla, 5giunsero da Sichem, da Sciloh e da Samaria, ottanta uomini che avevano la barba rasa, le vesti stracciate e delle incisioni sul corpo; e avevano in mano delle offerte e dell’incenso per presentarli nella casa dell’Eterno. 6E Ismael, figliuolo di Nethania, uscì loro incontro da Mitspa; e, camminando, piangeva; e come li ebbe incontrati, disse loro: "Venite da Ghedalia, figliuolo di Ahikam". 7E quando furono entrati in mezzo alla città, Ismael, figliuolo di Nethania, assieme agli uomini che aveva seco, li scannò e li gettò nella cisterna. 8Or fra quelli, ci furon dieci uomini, che dissero a Ismael: "Non ci uccidere, perché abbiamo nei campi delle provviste nascoste di grano, d’orzo, d’olio e di miele". Allora egli si trattenne, e non li mise a morte coi loro fratelli. 9Or la cisterna nella quale Ismael gettò tutti i cadaveri degli uomini ch’egli uccise con Ghedalia, è quella che il re Asa aveva fatta fare per tema di Baasa, re d’Israele; e Ismael, figliuolo di Nethania, la riempì di uccisi. 10Poi Ismael menò via prigionieri tutto il rimanente del popolo che si trovava a Mitspa: le figliuole del re, e tutto il popolo ch’era rimasto a Mitspa, e sul quale Nebuzaradan, capo delle guardie, aveva stabilito Ghedalia, figliuolo di Ahikam; Ismael, figliuolo di Nethania, li menò via prigionieri, e partì per recarsi dagli Ammoniti. 11Ma quando Johanan, figliuolo di Kareah, e tutti i capi delle forze ch’eran con lui furono informati di tutto il male che Ismael, figliuolo di Nethania, aveva fatto, 12presero tutti gli uomini, e andarono a combattere contro Ismael, figliuolo di Nethania; e lo trovarono presso le grandi acque che sono a Gabaon. 13E quando tutto il popolo ch’era con Ismael vide Johanan, figliuolo di Kareah, e tutti i capi delle forze ch’erano con lui, si rallegrò; 14e tutto il popolo che Ismael aveva menato prigioniero da Mitspa fece voltafaccia, e andò a unirsi a Johanan, figliuolo di Kareah. 15Ma Ismael, figliuolo di Nethania, scampò con otto uomini d’innanzi a Johanan, e se ne andò fra gli Ammoniti. 16E Johanan, figliuolo di Kareah, e tutti i capi delle forze ch’erano con lui, presero tutto il rimanente del popolo, che Ismael, figliuolo di Nethania, aveva menati via da Mitspa, dopo ch’egli ebbe ucciso Ghedalia, figliuolo d’Ahikam: uomini, gente di guerra, donne, fanciulli, eunuchi; e li ricondussero da Gabaon; 17e partirono, e si fermarono a Geruth-Kimham presso Bethlehem, per poi continuare e recarsi in Egitto, 18a motivo de’ Caldei dei quali avevano paura, perché Ismael, figliuolo di Nethania, aveva ucciso Ghedalia figliuolo di Ahikam, che il re di Babilonia aveva stabilito sul paese.

1Now in the seventh month, Ishmael the son of Nethaniah, the son of Elishama, of the seed royal and one of the chief officers of the king, and ten men with him, came to Gedaliah the son of Ahikam to Mizpah; and there they ate bread together in Mizpah. 2Then arose Ishmael the son of Nethaniah, and the ten men who were with him, and struck Gedaliah the son of Ahikam the son of Shaphan with the sword, and killed him, whom the king of Babylon had made governor over the land. 3Ishmael also killed all the Jews who were with him, with Gedaliah, at Mizpah, and the Chaldeans who were found there, the men of war. 4The second day after he had killed Gedaliah, and no man knew it, 5men came from Shechem, from Shiloh, and from Samaria, even eighty men, having their beards shaved and their clothes torn, and having cut themselves, with meal offerings and frankincense in their hand, to bring them to Yahweh’s house. 6Ishmael the son of Nethaniah went out from Mizpah to meet them, weeping all along as he went: and as he met them, he said to them, “Come to Gedaliah the son of Ahikam.” 7It was so, when they came into the midst of the city, that Ishmael the son of Nethaniah killed them, and cast them into the midst of the pit, he, and the men who were with him. 8But ten men were found among those who said to Ishmael, Don’t kill us; for we have stores hidden in the field, of wheat, and of barley, and of oil, and of honey. So he stopped, and didn’t kill them among their brothers. 9Now the pit in which Ishmael cast all the dead bodies of the men whom he had killed, by the side of Gedaliah (the same was who which Asa the king had made for fear of Baasha king of Israel), Ishmael the son of Nethaniah filled it with those who were killed. 10Then Ishmael carried away captive all the residue of the people who were in Mizpah, even the king’s daughters, and all the people who remained in Mizpah, whom Nebuzaradan the captain of the guard had committed to Gedaliah the son of Ahikam; Ishmael the son of Nethaniah carried them away captive, and departed to go over to the children of Ammon. 11But when Johanan the son of Kareah, and all the captains of the forces who were with him, heard of all the evil that Ishmael the son of Nethaniah had done, 12then they took all the men, and went to fight with Ishmael the son of Nethaniah, and found him by the great waters that are in Gibeon. 13Now when all the people who were with Ishmael saw Johanan the son of Kareah, and all the captains of the forces who were with him, then they were glad. 14So all the people who Ishmael had carried away captive from Mizpah turned about and came back, and went to Johanan the son of Kareah. 15But Ishmael the son of Nethaniah escaped from Johanan with eight men, and went to the children of Ammon. 16Then took Johanan the son of Kareah, and all the captains of the forces who were with him, all the remnant of the people whom he had recovered from Ishmael the son of Nethaniah, from Mizpah, after that he had killed Gedaliah the son of Ahikam, the men of war, and the women, and the children, and the eunuchs, whom he had brought back from Gibeon: 17and they departed, and lived in Geruth Chimham, which is by Bethlehem, to go to enter into Egypt, 18because of the Chaldeans; for they were afraid of them, because Ishmael the son of Nethaniah had killed Gedaliah the son of Ahikam, whom the king of Babylon made governor over the land.

1Maar het geschiedde in de zevende maand, dat Ismael, de zoon van Nethanja, den zoon van Elisama, van koninklijken zade, en de oversten des konings, te weten tien mannen, met hem kwamen tot Gedalia, den zoon van Ahikam, te Mizpa; en zij aten aldaar brood te zamen, te Mizpa. 2En Ismael, de zoon van Nethanja, maakte zich op, mitsgaders de tien mannen, die met hem waren, en zij sloegen Gedalia, den zoon van Ahikam, den zoon van Safan, met het zwaard; alzo doodde hij hem, dien de koning van Babel over het land gesteld had. 3Ook sloeg Ismael al de Joden, die met hem, namelijk met Gedalia, te Mizpa waren, en de Chaldeen, de krijgslieden, die aldaar gevonden werden. 4Het geschiedde nu op den tweeden dag, nadat hij Gedalia gedood had, en niemand het wist; 5Zo kwamen er lieden van Sichem, van Silo, en van Samaria, tachtig man, hebbende den baard afgeschoren, en de klederen gescheurd, en zichzelven gesneden; en spijsoffer en wierook waren in hun hand, om ten huize des HEEREN te brengen. 6En Ismael, de zoon van Nethanja, ging uit van Mizpa hun tegemoet, al gaande en wenende; en het geschiedde, als hij hen aantrof dat hij zeide: Komt tot Gedalia, den zoon van Ahikam! 7Maar het geschiedde, als zij in het midden der stad gekomen waren, dat Ismael, de zoon van Nethanja, hen keelde, en wierp hen in het midden des kuils, hij en de mannen, die met hem waren. 8Doch onder hen werden tien mannen gevonden, die tot Ismael zeiden: Dood ons niet, want wij hebben verborgen schatten in het veld, van tarwe, en gerst, en olie, en honig. Zo liet hij af, en doodde ze niet in het midden hunner broederen. 9De kuil nu, waarin Ismael al de dode lichamen der mannen, die hij aan de zijde van Gedalia geslagen had, henenwierp, is dezelfde, dien de koning Asa maakte vanwege Baesa, den koning Israels; dezen vulde Ismael, de zoon van Nethanja, met de verslagenen. 10En Ismael voerde het ganse overblijfsel des volks, dat te Mizpa was, gevankelijk, te weten des konings dochteren, en al het volk, die te Mizpa waren overgelaten, die Nebuzaradan, de overste der trawanten, aan Gedalia, den zoon van Ahikam, bevolen had; Ismael dan, den zoon van Nethanja, voerde ze gevankelijk weg, en toog henen, om over te gaan tot de kinderen Ammons. 11Toen nu Johanan, de zoon van Kareah, en al de oversten der heiren, die met hem waren, al het kwaad hoorden, dat Ismael, de zoon van Nethanja, gedaan had; 12Zo namen zij al de mannen, en togen henen, om met Ismael, den zoon van Nethanja, te strijden; en zij vonden hem aan het grote water, dat bij Gibeon is. 13En het geschiedde, als het volk, dat met Ismael was, Johanan zag, den zoon van Kareah, en al de oversten der heiren, die met hem waren, zo werden zij verblijd. 14En al het volk, dat Ismael van Mizpa gevankelijk had weggevoerd, wendde zich om; en zij keerden zich en gingen over tot Johanan, den zoon van Kareah. 15Doch Ismael, de zoon van Nethanja, ontkwam van Johanans aangezicht, met acht mannen, en hij toog tot de kinderen Ammons. 16Toen nam Johanan, de zoon van Kareah, mitsgaders al de oversten der heiren, die met hem waren, het ganse overblijfsel des volks, dat hij wedergebracht had van Ismael, den zoon van Nethanja, van Mizpa, (nadat hij Gedalia, den zoon van Ahikam, geslagen had) te weten de mannen, die krijgslieden waren, en de vrouwen, en kinderkens, en kamerlingen, die hij van Gibeon had wedergebracht; 17En zij togen henen, en sloegen zich neder te Geruth-Chimham, dat bij Bethlehem is, om voort te trekken, dat zij in Egypte kwamen. 18Voor het aangezicht der Chaldeen; want zij vreesden voor hunlieder aangezicht, omdat Ismael, de zoon van Nethanja, Gedalia, den zoon van Ahikam, geslagen had, dien de koning van Babel over het land gesteld had.