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

13 Ngakho uNebhuzaradani induna yabalindi, loNebhushazibhani uRabhisarisi,* loNerigali-sharezeri uRabhimagi* lazo zonke izikhulu zenkosi yeBhabhiloni bathuma amadoda 14 ayathatha uJeremiya egumeni labalindi,+ asemhambisa kuGedaliya+ indodana ka-Ahikhamu+ indodana kaShafani+ ukuze aye laye endlini yakhe. Ngakho uJeremiya wayesehlala labantu.

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.