¹⁶ Then Johanan the son of Kareah and all the commanders of the armies who were with him took from Mizpah all the rest of the people whom he had recovered from Ishmael the son of Nethaniah, after he had killed Gedaliah the son of Ahikam, strong men, soldiers,^[a] and women, and little children, and eunuchs whom he brought back from Gibeon. ¹⁷ And they set out and stayed at the lodging place of Chimham that is near Bethlehem, intending^[b] to go to Egypt ¹⁸ because of the Chaldeans. For they were afraid of them,^[c] because Ishmael the son of Nethaniah had killed Gedaliah the son of Ahikam, whom the king of Babylon had appointed in an official position over the land.