9. Now the cistern where Ishmael had thrown all the corpses of the men he had struck down was a large one that King Asa had made in the encounter with Baasha king of Israel. Ishmael son of Nethaniah filled it with the slain.
10. Then Ishmael took captive all the remnant of the people of Mizpah including the daughters of the king — all those who remained in Mizpah over whom Nebuzaradan, captain of the guard, had appointed Gedaliah son of Ahikam. Ishmael son of Nethaniah took them captive and set off to cross over to the Ammonites.
11. When Johanan son of Kareah and all the commanders of the armies with him heard of all the evil that Ishmael son of Nethaniah had done,
12. they took all their men and went to fight with Ishmael son of Nethaniah and found him by the great pool in Gibeon.
13. When all the people with Ishmael saw Johanan son of Kareah and all the commanders of the army with him, they rejoiced,
14. and all the people whom Ishmael had taken captive from Mizpah turned around and rejoined Johanan son of Kareah.
15. But Ishmael son of Nethaniah escaped from Johanan with eight men and went to the Ammonites.
16. Johanan son of Kareah and all the commanders of the armies with him then took from Mizpah all the remnant of the people whom he had recovered from Ishmael son of Nethaniah after Ishmael had killed Gedaliah son of Ahikam — men, soldiers, women, children, and court officials whom he brought back from Gibeon.
17. They left, stopping in Geruth Chimham, which is near Bethlehem, in order to make their way into Egypt,
18. away from the Chaldeans. For they feared them because Ishmael son of Nethaniah had struck down Gedaliah son of Ahikam, whom the king of Babylon had appointed in the land.