Jeremia 41 | English Standard Version

Gedaliah Murdered

1 In the seventh month, Ishmael the son of Nethaniah, son of Elishama, of the royal family, one of the chief officers of the king, came with ten men to Gedaliah the son of Ahikam, at Mizpah. As they ate bread together there at Mizpah,

2 Ishmael the son of Nethaniah and the ten men with him rose up and struck down Gedaliah the son of Ahikam, son of Shaphan, with the sword, and killed him, whom the king of Babylon had appointed governor in the land.

3 Ishmael also struck down all the Judeans who were with Gedaliah at Mizpah, and the Chaldean soldiers who happened to be there.

4 On the day after the murder of Gedaliah, before anyone knew of it,

5 eighty men arrived from Shechem and Shiloh and Samaria, with their beards shaved and their clothes torn, and their bodies gashed, bringing grain offerings and incense to present at the temple of the Lord.

6 And Ishmael the son of Nethaniah came out from Mizpah to meet them, weeping as he came. As he met them, he said to them, “Come in to Gedaliah the son of Ahikam.”

7 When they came into the city, Ishmael the son of Nethaniah and the men with him slaughtered them and cast them into a cistern.

8 But there were ten men among them who said to Ishmael, “Do not put us to death, for we have stores of wheat, barley, oil, and honey hidden in the fields.” So he refrained and did not put them to death with their companions.

9 Now the cistern into which Ishmael had thrown all the bodies of the men whom he had struck down along with* Gedaliah was the large cistern that King Asa had made for defense against Baasha king of Israel; Ishmael the son of Nethaniah filled it with the slain.

10 Then Ishmael took captive all the rest of the people who were in Mizpah, the king’s daughters and all the people who were left at Mizpah, whom Nebuzaradan, the captain of the guard, had committed to Gedaliah the son of Ahikam. Ishmael the son of Nethaniah took them captive and set out to cross over to the Ammonites.

11 But when Johanan the son of Kareah and all the leaders of the forces with him heard of all the evil that Ishmael the son of Nethaniah had done,

12 they took all their men and went to fight against Ishmael the son of Nethaniah. They came upon him at the great pool that is in Gibeon.

13 And when all the people who were with Ishmael saw Johanan the son of Kareah and all the leaders of the forces with him, they rejoiced.

14 So all the people whom Ishmael had carried away captive from Mizpah turned around and came back, and went to 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 Johanan the son of Kareah and all the leaders of the forces with him took from Mizpah all the rest of the people whom he had recovered from Ishmael the son of Nethaniah, after he had struck down Gedaliah the son of Ahikam—soldiers, women, children, and eunuchs, whom Johanan brought back from Gibeon.

17 And they went and stayed at Geruth Chimham near Bethlehem, intending to go to Egypt

18 because of the Chaldeans. For they were afraid of them, because Ishmael the son of Nethaniah had struck down Gedaliah the son of Ahikam, whom the king of Babylon had made governor over the land.

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1 Stalo se pak měsíce sedmého, že přišel Izmael syn Netaniášův, syna Elisamova z semene královského, a hejtmané královští, totiž deset mužů s ním, k Godoliášovi synu Achikamovu do Masfa, a jedli tam chléb spolu v Masfa.

2 Potom vstav Izmael syn Netaniášův, a deset mužů, kteříž byli s ním, zabili Godoliáše syna Achikamova, syna Safanova, mečem; zamordoval, pravím, toho, kteréhož ustanovil král Babylonský nad tou zemí.

3 Všecky také Židy, kteříž byli s ním, s Godoliášem, v Masfa, i ty Kaldejské, kteříž postiženi byli tam, muže bojovné, pobil Izmael.

4 Stalo se pak druhého dne, jakž zamordoval Godoliáše, (o čemž žádný nezvěděl),

5 Že přišli někteří z Sichem, z Sílo a z Samaří, mužů osmdesáte, oholivše bradu, a roztrhše roucha, a řežíce se, kteřížto suchou obět a kadidlo v rukou svých měli, aby je nesli do domu Hospodinova.

6 Tedy Izmael syn Netaniášův vyšel jim vstříc z Masfa, ustavičně jda a plače. Stalo se pak, když je potkal, že řekl jim: Poďte k Godoliášovi synu Achikamovu.

7 Ale stalo se, když přišli do prostřed města, že pobiv je Izmael syn Netaniášův, vmetal je do prostřed jámy, on i muži, kteříž s ním byli.

8 Deset pak mužů nalezlo se mezi nimi, kteříž řekli Izmaelovi: Nemorduj nás; nebo máme sklady skryté v poli, pšenice a ječmene, též oleje a medu. I nechal tak, a nemordoval jich u prostřed bratří jejich.

9 Jáma pak, do níž Izmael vmetal k Godoliášovi všecka těla mužů těch, kteréž pobil, ta jest, kterouž udělal král Aza, boje se Bázy krále Izraelského. Kterouž naplnil Izmael syn Netaniášův zbitými.

10 A zajal Izmael všecken ostatek lidu, kteříž byli v Masfa, dcery královské a všecken lid, kteříž byli pozůstali v Masfa, nad nimiž byl ustanovil Nebuzardan, hejtman nad žoldnéři, Godoliáše syna Achikamova. Kteréžto zajav Izmael syn Netaniášův, šel, aby se dopravil k Ammonitským.

11 V tom uslyšel Jochanan syn Kareachův, i všickni hejtmané těch vojsk, kteříž s ním byli, o všem tom zlém, kteréž učinil Izmael syn Netaniášův.

12 I vzali všecken svůj lid, a táhli k boji proti Izmaelovi synu Netaniášovu, jehož nalezli při vodách velikých, kteréž jsou v Gabaon.

13 Stalo se pak, že když uzřel všecken lid, kterýž byl s Izmaelem, Jochanana syna Kareachova a všecka knížata vojsk, kteříž s ním byli, zradovali se.

14 A obrátiv se všecken ten lid, kterýž byl zajal Izmael z Masfa, navrátil se zase, a přišel k Jochananovi synu Kareachovu.

15 Izmael pak syn Netaniášův ušel před Jochananem s osmi muži, a přišel k Ammonitským.

16 Protož vzal Jochanan syn Kareachův, a všecka knížata vojsk, kteříž s ním byli, všecken ostatek lidu, kterýž zase přivedl od Izmaele syna Netaniášova z Masfa, když zabil Godoliáše syna Achikamova, muže bojovné, též ženy a děti i komorníky, kteréž zase přivedl z Gabaon,

17 A odšedše, pobyli v hospodě Chimhamově, kteráž jest u Betléma, aby jdouce, vešli do Egypta,

18 Před Kaldejskými. Nebo báli se jich, proto že zabil Izmael syn Netaniášův Godoláše syna Achikamova, kteréhož byl ustanovil král Babylonský nad tou zemí.

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