The Captives Rescued by Johanan

11 When Johanan son of Kareah and all the commanders of the armies(A) 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.(B) 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.

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11 When Johanan the son of Kareah and all the commanders of the armies who were with him, heard[a] all the evil that Ishmael the son of Nethaniah had done, 12 then they took all the men and went to fight against Ishmael the son of Nethaniah. And they met him at the great pool that is in Gibeon. 13 And then,[b] the moment that all the people who were with Ishmael saw Johanan the son of Kareah and all the commanders of the armies who were with him, they were glad. 14 So all the people whom Ishmael had taken captive from Mizpah turned around and returned and went to Johanan the son of Kareah. 15 But Ishmael the son of Nethaniah escaped with eight men from[c] Johanan, and they went to the Ammonites.[d]

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Footnotes

  1. Jeremiah 41:11 The Hebrew verb is singular
  2. Jeremiah 41:13 Literally “And it was”
  3. Jeremiah 41:15 Literally “from the face of”
  4. Jeremiah 41:15 Literally “sons of Ammon”