¹⁶ Then Johanan the son of Kareah and all the commanders of the forces that were with him took from Mizpah ^(A)all the remnant of the people whom he had ^[a]recovered from Ishmael the son of Nethaniah, after he had struck and killed Gedaliah the son of Ahikam, that is, the men who were ^[b]soldiers, the women, the ^[c]children, and the high officials, whom he had brought back from Gibeon. ¹⁷ And they went and stayed in ^[d](B)Geruth Chimham, which is beside Bethlehem, in order to ^(C)proceed into Egypt ¹⁸ because of the Chaldeans; for they were ^(D)afraid of them, since Ishmael the son of Nethaniah had struck and killed Gedaliah the son of Ahikam, whom ^(E)the king of Babylon had appointed over the land.