6Ishmael son of Nethaniah went out from Mizpah to meet them, weeping as he went. When he met them, he said to them, 'Come to Gedaliah son of Ahikam.'
7But when they came into the city, Ishmael son of Nethaniah and the men with him slaughtered them and threw them into a cistern.
8However, ten of them said to Ishmael, 'Do not kill us! We have hidden supplies of wheat, barley, oil, and honey in the field.' So he refrained and did not kill them along with their companions.
9Now the cistern where Ishmael threw all the corpses of the men he had killed because of Gedaliah was the one Asa the king had made as a defense against Baasha king of Israel. Ishmael son of Nethaniah filled it with the dead.
10Ishmael took captive all the remaining people in Mizpah, including the daughters of the king and everyone left there whom Nebuzaradan, the captain of the guard, had put under the care of Gedaliah son of Ahikam. Ishmael led them away, intending to cross over to the Ammonites.
11When Johanan son of Kareah and all the army commanders with him heard of all the evil Ishmael son of Nethaniah had done,
12they took their men and went to fight against Ishmael son of Nethaniah. They found him by the great pool at Gibeon.
13When all the people with Ishmael saw Johanan son of Kareah and all the army commanders with him, they were glad.
14All the people whom Ishmael had taken captive from Mizpah turned around and joined Johanan son of Kareah.
15But Ishmael son of Nethaniah escaped from Johanan with eight of his men and fled to the Ammonites.