9. The cistern into which Ishmael threw all the bodies of the men he had killed was the large one King Asa made to defend himself against Baasha, king of Israel; Ishmael, son of Nethaniah, filled this cistern with the slain.
10. Ishmael led away the rest of the people left in Mizpah, including the princesses, whom Nebuzaradan, captain of the bodyguard, had consigned to Gedaliah, son of Ahikam. With these captives, Ishmael, son of Nethaniah, set out to cross over to the Ammonites.
11. But when Johanan, son of Kareah, and the other army leaders with him heard about the crimes Ishmael, son of Nethaniah, had committed,
12. they took all their men and set out to attack Ishmael, son of Nethaniah. They overtook him at the great pool in Gibeon.
13. At the sight of Johanan, son of Kareah, and the other army leaders, the people with Ishmael rejoiced;
14. all of those whom Ishmael had taken captive from Mizpah went back to Johanan, son of Kareah.
15. But Ishmael, son of Nethaniah, escaped from Johanan with eight men and fled to the Ammonites.
16. Then Johanan, son of Kareah, and all the military leaders took charge of all the rest of the people whom Ishmael, son of Nethaniah, had taken away from Mizpah after he killed Gedaliah, son of Ahikam—the soldiers, the women with children, and court officials, whom he brought back from Gibeon.
17. They set out and stopped at Geruth Chimham near Bethlehem, intending to go into Egypt.
18. They were afraid of the Chaldeans, because Ishmael, son of Nethaniah, had slain Gedaliah, son of Ahikam, whom the king of Babylon had set over the land.