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15 But Ishmael, the son of Nethaniah, escaped from Johanan with eight men and went to the Ammonites.

16 Then Johanan, the son of Kareah, and all the captains of the army who were with him, took the whole remnant of the people whom Ishmael, the son of Nethaniah, had carried away captive from Mizpah (after he had killed Gedaliah, the son of Ahikam), the strong men of war and the women and the children and the eunuchs whom he had brought back from Gibeon.

17 And they departed and dwelt in Geruth, Chimham, which is near Bethlehem, on the way to Egypt,

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