1 Now it came to pass in the seventh month, that Ishmael the son of Nethaniah the son of Elishama, of the seed royal, and the princes of the king, even ten men with him, came unto Gedaliah the son of Ahikam to Mizpah; and there they did eat bread together in Mizpah. 2 Then arose Ishmael the son of Nethaniah, and the ten men that were with him, and smote Gedaliah the son of Ahikam the son of Shaphan with the sword, and slew him, whom the king of Babylon had made governor over the land. 3 Ishmael also slew all the Jews that were with him, even with Gedaliah, at Mizpah, and the Chaldeans that were found there, and the men of war. 4 And it came to pass the second day after he had slain Gedaliah, and no man knew it , 5 That there came certain from Shechem, from Shiloh, and from Samaria, even fourscore men, having their beards shaven, and their clothes rent, and having cut themselves, with offerings and incense in their hand, to bring them to the house of the LORD. 6 And Ishmael the son of Nethaniah went forth from Mizpah to meet them, weeping all along as he went: and it came to pass, as he met them, he said unto them, Come to Gedaliah the son of Ahikam. 7 And it was so , when they came into the midst of the city, that Ishmael the son of Nethaniah slew them, and cast them into the midst of the pit, he, and the men that were with him. 8 But ten men were found among them that said unto Ishmael, Slay us not: for we have treasures in the field, of wheat, and of barley, and of oil, and of honey. So he forbare, and slew them not among their brethren. 9 Now the pit wherein Ishmael had cast all the dead bodies of the men, whom he had slain because of Gedaliah, was it which Asa the king had made for fear of Baasha king of Israel: and Ishmael the son of Nethaniah filled it with them that were slain. 10 Then Ishmael carried away captive all the residue of the people that were in Mizpah, even the king’s daughters, and all the people that remained in Mizpah, whom Nebuzar-adan the captain of the guard had committed to Gedaliah the son of Ahikam: and Ishmael the son of Nethaniah carried them away captive, and departed to go over to the Ammonites.
11 ¶ But when Johanan the son of Kareah, and all the captains of the forces that were with him, heard of all the evil that Ishmael the son of Nethaniah had done, 12 Then 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. 13 Now it came to pass, that when all the people which were with Ishmael saw Johanan the son of Kareah, and all the captains of the forces that were with him, then they were glad. 14 So all the people that Ishmael had carried away captive from Mizpah cast about and returned, and went unto Johanan the son of Kareah. 15 But Ishmael the son of Nethaniah escaped from Johanan with eight men, and went to the Ammonites. 16 Then took Johanan the son of Kareah, and all the captains of the forces that 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 slain Gedaliah the son of Ahikam, even mighty men of war, and the women, and the children, and the eunuchs, whom he had brought again from Gibeon: 17 And they departed, and dwelt in the habitation of Chimham, which is by Beth-lehem, to go to enter into Egypt, 18 Because of the Chaldeans: for they were afraid of them, because Ishmael the son of Nethaniah had slain Gedaliah the son of Ahikam, whom the king of Babylon made governor in the land.
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1 Oʻsha yilning yettinchi oyida shoh Zidqiyoning bosh lashkarboshilaridan biri boʻlgan Nataniyo oʻgʻli Ismoil oʻnta odami bilan birga Mispaxga — Oxixam oʻgʻli Gadaliyoning huzuriga bordi. Ismoil shoh urugʻidan boʻlgan Elishamaning nabirasi edi. Gadaliyo kelganlar bilan birga dasturxon atrofida oʻtirib ovqatlanayotganda, 2 Ismoil va u bilan kelgan oʻnta odam qilichlarini yalangʻochlab, Bobil shohi hokim qilib tayinlab ketgan Gadaliyoni oʻldirishdi. 3 Gadaliyo bilan birga Mispaxda boʻlgan hamma yahudiylarni Ismoil qilichdan oʻtkazdi. U yerdagi Bobillik sipohlarni ham oʻldirdi.
4 Ertasi kuni Gadaliyo oʻldirilganligi haqidagi xabar tarqalmay turib, 5 Shakam, Shiloʻ va Samariyadan saksonta odam keldi. Ular qaygʻudan soqolini qirgan, kiyimlarini yirtgan, tanalarini tilgan edilar . Ular don va tutatqilarni nazr qilish uchun Egamizning uyiga ketayotgan edilar. 6 Nataniyo oʻgʻli Ismoil ularni kutib olish uchun Mispaxdan yigʻlab chiqdi. Ularga yaqinlashgach: “Qani, ichkariga, Gadaliyoning oldiga kiringlar”, dedi. 7-9 Ular shaharga kirishlari bilanoq, Ismoil bilan uning odamlari ularni ham qirib tashladilar. Ammo kelganlardan oʻntasi Ismoilga yolvorib dedi: “Iltimos, bizni oʻldirma! Dalalarda yashirib qoʻygan bugʻdoy, arpa, zaytun moyi va asalimiz bor.” Ismoil ularni oʻldirmay, hayotlarini saqlab qoldi. Oʻldirgan odamlarning jasadlarini esa katta sardobaga tashladi . Jasadlarga toʻlgan bu sardobani Yahudo shohi Oso Isroil shohi Basho hujum qilgan paytda qurdirgan edi . 10 Ismoil Mispaxda omon qolgan hamma odamlarni asir qilib oldi. Bobillik qoʻriqchilar sardori Nabizaradon Mispaxdagi hamma odamlarni ularning orasidagi malikalarga qoʻshib, Gadaliyoning ixtiyoriga topshirgan edi. Ismoil ularning hammasini asir qilib, Ommon yurtiga joʻnadi.
11 Nataniyo oʻgʻli Ismoilning qilgan jinoyatlari haqida Kariyox oʻgʻli Yoʻxanon va lashkarboshilar xabar topdilar. 12 Ular bor odamlarini toʻplab, Ismoil bilan jang qilish uchun yoʻlga tushdilar. Ular Ismoilga Givondagi katta hovuz boʻyida yetib oldilar. 13 Ismoilning asirlari Yoʻxanonni va uning yonidagi hamma lashkarboshilarni koʻrib, xursand boʻlib ketishdi. 14 Ismoil Mispaxdan asir qilib olgan oʻsha odamlarning hammasi orqaga — Yoʻxanonning oldiga yugurib kelishdi. 15 Ismoil esa sakkizta odami bilan Yoʻxanondan qochib, Ommon yurtiga ketdi. 16 Shunday qilib, Yoʻxanon va uning lashkarboshilari Mispaxdagi fojiada omon qolgan ayolu bola–chaqalarni, saroy amaldorilariyu jangchilarni Gadaliyoning qotili Ismoilning qoʻlidan ozod qildilar. Ularni oʻzlari bilan Givondan olib ketdilar. 17-18 Yoʻxanon odamlari bilan Bobilliklardan qoʻrqqanlari uchun Misrga yoʻl oldilar. Chunki Bobil shohi yurtga hokim qilib tayinlagan Gadaliyoni Ismoil oʻldirgan edi. Soʻng hammasi yoʻlda Baytlahm yonidagi Ximam qoʻnolgʻasida toʻxtadilar.
