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Then Johanan the son of Kareah and all the commanders of the forces that were with him took from Mizpah ^(C1)all the remnant of the people whom he had ^(F1)recovered from Ishmael the son of Nethaniah, after he had struck and killed Gedaliah the son of Ahikam, that is, the men who were ^(F2)soldiers, the women, the ^(F3)children, and the high officials, whom he had brought back from Gibeon.

And they went and stayed in ^(F1)(C1)Geruth Chimham, which is beside Bethlehem, in order to ^(C2)proceed into Egypt

because of the Chaldeans; for they were ^(C1)afraid of them, since Ishmael the son of Nethaniah had struck and killed Gedaliah the son of Ahikam, whom ^(C2)the king of Babylon had appointed over the land.