Johanan Rescues the People

11 But Johanan the son of Kareah and all the (A)commanders of the forces that were with him heard about all the evil that Ishmael the son of Nethaniah had done. 12 So they took all the men and went to (B)fight with Ishmael the son of Nethaniah and they found him by the (C)large [a]pool that is in Gibeon. 13 Now as soon as all the people who were with Ishmael saw Johanan the son of Kareah and all the commanders of the forces that were with him, they were joyful. 14 So all the people whom Ishmael had taken captive from Mizpah turned around and came back, and went to Johanan the son of Kareah. 15 But Ishmael the son of Nethaniah (D)escaped from Johanan with eight men, and went to the sons of Ammon.

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Footnotes

  1. Jeremiah 41:12 Lit waters

11 But when Joha′nan the son of Kare′ah and all the leaders of the forces with him heard of all the evil which Ish′mael the son of Nethani′ah had done, 12 they took all their men and went to fight against Ish′mael the son of Nethani′ah. They came upon him at the great pool which is in Gib′eon. 13 And when all the people who were with Ish′mael saw Joha′nan the son of Kare′ah and all the leaders of the forces with him, they rejoiced. 14 So all the people whom Ish′mael had carried away captive from Mizpah turned about and came back, and went to Joha′nan the son of Kare′ah. 15 But Ish′mael the son of Nethani′ah escaped from Joha′nan with eight men, and went to the Ammonites.

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