17 So they went and stayed in the lodging place of Chimʹham next to Bethʹle·hem,+ intending to go on into Egypt+ 18 because of the Chal·deʹans. For they had become afraid of them, since Ishʹma·el the son of Neth·a·niʹah had struck down Ged·a·liʹah the son of A·hiʹkam, whom the king of Babylon had appointed over the land.+