Jeremiah 41:6–16

⁶And ^cIshmael the son of Nethaniah went forth from ^cMizpah to meet them, ^†pweeping all along as he went: and it came to pass, as he met them, he said unto them, Come to Gedaliah the son of Ahikam. ⁷And it was so, when they came into the midst of the city, that Ishmael the son of Nethaniah slew them, ^qand cast them into the midst of ^rthe pit, he, and the men that were with him. ⁸But ten men were found among them that said unto Ishmael, Slay us not: for we have ^streasures in the field, of wheat, and of barley, and of oil, and of honey. So he forbare, and slew them not among their brethren. ⁹Now ^rthe pit wherein Ishmael had cast all the dead bodies of the men, whom he had slain ^||†because of Gedaliah, was it ^twhich Asa the king had made for fear of Baasha king of Israel: and Ishmael the son of Nethaniah filled it with them that were slain. ¹⁰Then Ishmael carried away captive all the residue of the people that were in Mizpah, ^ueven the king’s daughters, and all the people that remained in Mizpah, ^vwhom Nebuzar-adan the captain of the guard had committed to Gedaliah the son of Ahikam: and Ishmael the son of Nethaniah carried them away captive, and departed to go over to ^wthe Ammonites.

¹¹But when ^xJohanan the son of Kareah, ^yand all the captains of the forces that were with him, heard of all the evil that Ishmael the son of Nethaniah had done, ¹²Then they took all the men, and went to fight with Ishmael the son of Nethaniah, and found him by ^zthe great waters that are in ^aGibeon. ¹³Now it came to pass, that when all the people which were with Ishmael saw Johanan the son of Kareah, and ^yall the captains of the forces that were with him, then they were glad. ¹⁴So ^ball the people that Ishmael had carried away captive from Mizpah cast about and returned, and went unto Johanan the son of Kareah. ¹⁵But Ishmael the son of Nethaniah escaped from Johanan with eight men, and went to ^wthe Ammonites. ¹⁶Then took ^xJohanan the son of Kareah, and ^yall the captains of the forces that were with him, ^yall the remnant of the people ^bwhom he had recovered from Ishmael the son of Nethaniah, from Mizpah, after that he had slain Gedaliah the son of Ahikam, even mighty ^cmen of war, and ^cthe women, and the children, and the eunuchs, whom he had brought again from ^aGibeon: