5. eighty men arrived from Shechem, Shiloh, and Samaria. They had shaved off their beards, torn their clothes, and gashed themselves. They were taking corn and incense to offer in the Temple.
6. So Ishmael went out from Mizpah to meet them, weeping as he went. When he came to them, he said, “Please come in to see Gedaliah.”
7. As soon as they were inside the city, Ishmael and his men killed them and threw their bodies in a well.
8. But there were ten men in the group who said to Ishmael, “Please don't kill us! We have wheat, barley, olive oil, and honey hidden in the fields.” So he spared them.
9. The well into which Ishmael threw the bodies of the men he had killed was the large one that King Asa had dug when he was being attacked by King Baasha of Israel. Ishmael filled the well with the bodies.
10. Then he made prisoners of the king's daughters and all the rest of the people in Mizpah, whom Nebuzaradan the commanding officer had placed under the care of Gedaliah. Ishmael took them prisoner and started off in the direction of the territory of Ammon.
11. Johanan and all the army leaders with him heard of the crime that Ishmael had committed.
12. So they went after him with their men and overtook him near the large pool at Gibeon.
13. When Ishmael's prisoners saw Johanan and the leaders of the forces with him, they were glad,
14. and turned and ran to them.
15. But Ishmael and eight of his men got away from Johanan and escaped to the land of Ammon.