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Jeremiah 41
¹² they took all their men and set out to stop him. They caught up with him at the large pool near Gibeon.
¹³ The people Ishmael had captured shouted for joy when they saw Johanan and the other guerrilla leaders.
¹⁴ And all the captives from Mizpah escaped and began to help Johanan.
¹⁵ Meanwhile, Ishmael and eight of his men escaped from Johanan into the land of Ammon.
¹⁶ Then Johanan son of Kareah and the other guerrilla leaders took all the people they had rescued in Gibeon—the soldiers, women, children, and court officials whom Ishmael had captured after he killed Gedaliah.
¹⁷ They took them all to the village of Geruth-kimham near Bethlehem, where they prepared to leave for Egypt.
¹⁸ They were afraid of what the Babylonians would do when they heard that Ishmael had killed Gedaliah, the governor appointed by the Babylonian king.
Jeremiah 42
¹ Then all the guerrilla leaders, including Johanan son of Kareah and Jezaniah son of Hoshaiah, and all the people, from the least to the greatest, approached
² Jeremiah the prophet. They said, “Please pray to the LORD your God for us. As you can see, we are only a tiny remnant compared to what we were before.
³ Pray that the LORD your God will show us what to do and where to go.”
⁴ “All right,” Jeremiah replied. “I will pray to the LORD your God, as you have asked, and I will tell you everything he says. I will hide nothing from you.”