22 UNebhukhadinezari inkosi yeBhabhiloni wabeka uGedaliya+ indodana ka-Ahikhamu+ indodana kaShafani,+ ukuthi abe ngumphathi wabantu ayebatshiye elizweni lakoJuda.+

5 UJeremiya wathi elokhu engakatshibiliki, uNebhuzaradani wathi: “Buyela kuGedaliya+ indodana ka-Ahikhamu+ indodana kaShafani,+ obekwe yinkosi yeBhabhiloni ukuthi akhangele amadolobho akoJuda, uyehlala laye phakathi kwabantu kumbe uye loba ngaphi lapho ofuna khona.”

Induna yabalindi yasinika uJeremiya ukudla lesipho, yamyekela wahamba.

2 u-Ishmayeli indodana kaNethaniya lamadoda alitshumi ayelaye basukuma babulala uGedaliya indodana ka-Ahikhamu indodana kaShafani ngenkemba. U-Ishmayeli wambulala uGedaliya owayebekwe yinkosi yeBhabhiloni ukuthi akhangele ilizwe.