11. Johanan and the other army officers heard what Ishmael had done.
12. So they and their troops chased Ishmael and caught up with him at the large pit at Gibeon.
13. When Ishmael's prisoners saw Johanan and the officers, they were happy
14. and turned round and ran towards Johanan.
15. But Ishmael and eight of his men escaped and went to Ammon.
16. Johanan and the officers had rescued the women, children, and royal officials whom Ishmael had taken prisoner after killing Gedaliah. Johanan led the people from Gibeon
17-18. towards Egypt. They wanted to go there, because they were afraid of what the Babylonians would do when they found out that Ishmael had killed Gedaliah, the ruler appointed by King Nebuchadnezzar.On the way to Egypt, we stopped at the town of Geruth Chimham near Bethlehem.