- 七月間、王的大臣宗室以利沙瑪的孫子尼探雅的兒子以實瑪利、帶著十個人、來到米斯巴見亞希甘的兒子基大利.他們在米斯巴一同喫飯。
- 尼探雅的兒子以實瑪利、和同他來的那十個人起來、用刀殺了沙番的孫子亞希甘的兒子基大利、就是巴比倫王所立為全地省長的。
- 以實瑪利又殺了在米斯巴基大利那裡的一切猶大人、和所遇見的迦勒底兵丁。
- 他殺了基大利、無人知道、
- 第二天、有八十人從示劍、和示羅、並撒瑪利亞來、鬍鬚剃去、衣服撕裂、身體劃破、手拿素祭和乳香、要奉到耶和華的殿。
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- In the seventh month Ishmael son of Nethaniah, the son of Elishama, who was of royal blood and had been one of the king's officers, came with ten men to Gedaliah son of Ahikam at Mizpah. While they were eating together there,
- Ishmael son of Nethaniah and the ten men who were with him got up and struck down Gedaliah son of Ahikam, the son of Shaphan, with the sword, killing the one whom the king of Babylon had appointed as governor over the land.
- Ishmael also killed all the Jews who were with Gedaliah at Mizpah, as well as the Babylonian soldiers who were there.
- The day after Gedaliah's assassination, before anyone knew about it,
- eighty men who had shaved off their beards, torn their clothes and cut themselves came from Shechem, Shiloh and Samaria, bringing grain offerings and incense with them to the house of the LORD.
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