7 Ngemva kwesikhathi zonke izinduna zamabutho ezazisegangeni lamabutho azo zezwa ukuthi inkosi yeBhabhiloni yayibeke uGedaliya indodana ka-Ahikhamu ukuthi akhangele ilizwe kanye labantu abangabayanga ababesele elizweni, obaba labomama labantwana ababengahanjiswanga eBhabhiloni.+ 8 Ngakho izinduna zamabutho zaya kuGedaliya eMizipha.+ Izinduna lezo kwakungu-Ishmayeli+ indodana kaNethaniya, loJohanani+ loJonathani amadodana kaKhareya, loSeraya indodana kaThanihumethi, lamadodana ka-Efayi umNethofa, loJezaniya+ indodana kaMahakhathi. Zahamba lamabutho azo. 9 UGedaliya indodana ka-Ahikhamu indodana kaShafani wafunga phambi kwazo lamabutho azo wathi: “Lingesabi ukuba ngaphansi kwamaKhaledi. Hlalani elizweni libe zinceku zenkosi yeBhabhiloni. Lingenza njalo kuzalihambela kuhle.+