4 Ngakusasa, kusengakatiwa nekutsi Gedaliya ubulewe,
Ishmayeli wachubeka wabulala onkhe emaJuda labenaGedaliya eMispa kanye nemadvodza emphi yemaBhabhulona labelapho.
kwefika emadvodza langema-80 aphuma eShekhemu, naseShilo, naseSamariya. Abehhule tilevu tawo, aklebhule timphahla tawo, atisika emitimbeni yawo, etfwele iminikelo yalokutinhlavu nenhlaka atewukunikela endlini yaSimakadze.
Abengashiyi ndvodza namfati aphila, kutsi ete naye eGathi, ngobe abecabanga atsi: “Bangahle bakhulume ngatsi batsi: ‘Naku-ke Davide lakwentile.’ ” Loko kwakungumkhuba wakhe ngesikhatsi asahlala nemaFilisti eveni lawo.