Now when all the captains of the forces that 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 poorest of the land, of them that were not carried away captive to Babylon;
And whanne alle princes of þe oost hadden herd, þat weren scatered bi cuntreis, þei and þe felowis of hem, þat þe kyng of Babiloyne hadde maad Godolie souereyn of þe lond, þe sone of Aicham, and þat he hadde bitake to Godolie men, and wymmen, and litle children, and of pore men of þe lond, þat weren not translatid in to Babiloyne,