11 When Johanan(A) son of Kareah and all the army officers who were with him heard about all the crimes Ishmael son of Nethaniah had committed, 12 they took all their men and went to fight(B) Ishmael son of Nethaniah. They caught up with him near the great pool(C) in Gibeon. 13 When all the people(D) Ishmael had with him saw Johanan son of Kareah and the army officers who were with him, they were glad. 14 All the people Ishmael had taken captive at Mizpah(E) turned and went over to Johanan son of Kareah. 15 But Ishmael son of Nethaniah and eight of his men escaped(F) from Johanan and fled 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”