because of the Chaldeans; for they were afraid of them, because Ishmael the son of Nethaniah had slain Gedaliah the son of Ahikam, whom the king of Babylon made governor over the land.
for þei dredden thilke Caldeis, for Ismael, þe sone of Nathanye, hadde slayn Godolie, þe sone of Aicham, whom þe kyng Nabugodonosor hadde maad souereyn in þe lond of Juda.