A gdy usłyszeli wszyscy hetmani wojsk, którzy byli w polach, oni i wszystek lud ich, że król Babiloński postanowił Godolijasza, syna Ahikamowego, nad oną ziemią, a iż mu zlecił mężów, i niewiasty, i dziatki, a to najpodlejszych onej ziemi, tych, którzy nie byli zaprowadzeni do Babilonu:
Now when all the captains of the forces which were in the fields, even they and their men, heard that the king of Babylon had made Gedaliah the son of Ahikam governor in the land, and had committed unto him men, and women, and children, and of the poor of the land, of them that were not carried away captive to Babylon;