9. Now, the cistern where Ishmael threw all the bodies of the men he had killed was the same one that King Asa made as a part of his defense against King Baasha of Israel. Ishmael, son of Nethaniah, filled it with the bodies.
10. Then Ishmael took captive the rest of the people who were at Mizpah. He captured the king’s daughters and all the other people who had been left at Mizpah. They were the people whom Nebuzaradan, the captain of the guard, had put under the control of Gedaliah, son of Ahikam. Ishmael, son of Nethaniah, took them captive and left for Ammon.
11. When Kareah’s son Johanan and all the army commanders who were with him heard about all the crimes Ishmael, son of Nethaniah, had done,
12. they took all their men and went to fight Ishmael. They caught up with him at the large pool in Gibeon.
13. When all the people who were with Ishmael saw Kareah’s son Johanan and all the army commanders who were with him, they were glad.
14. Then all the people Ishmael had taken captive at Mizpah turned and ran to Kareah’s son Johanan.
15. Ishmael and eight of his men escaped from Johanan and fled to Ammon.
16. Then Kareah’s son Johanan and all the army commanders who were with him brought back the rest of the people of Mizpah whom he had rescued from Ishmael, son of Nethaniah, after Ishmael had killed Gedaliah, son of Ahikam. Johanan brought back men, women, children, soldiers, and commanders from Gibeon.
17. When they left Gibeon, they stayed near Bethlehem at Geruth Kimham on their way to Egypt.
18. They were afraid of the Babylonians because Ishmael had killed Gedaliah whom the king of Babylon had appointed to govern the land.