22 UKumkani uNebhukadenetsare waseBhabhiloni wamisela uGedaliya+ unyana ka-Ahikam+ unyana kaShafan+ ukuba aphathe abantu awayebashiye ngasemva kwilizwe lakwaYuda.+

13 Ngoko uNebhuzaradan umphathi woonogada, uNebhushazebhan iRabhesarisi,* uNer­gali-sharetsere iRabhemage* nawo onke amadoda aziintloko kakumkani waseBhabhiloni ­bathumela 14 ukuba kukhutshwe uYeremiya kwiYadi Yoonogada,+ bamnikela kuGedaliya+ unyana ka-Ahikam+ unyana kaShafan,+ ukuba aye naye endlini yakhe. Ngoko wahlala phakathi kwabantu.

2 uIshmayeli unyana kaNetaniya namadoda alishumi awayekunye naye baphakama bamxabela uGedaliya unyana ka-Ahikam unyana kaShafan ngekrele. Ngoko wambulala lowo wayemiselwe ngukumkani waseBhabhiloni phezu kwelizwe.