7 ^gWhen all the captains of the forces in the open country and their men heard that the king of Babylon had appointed Gedaliah the son of Ahikam governor in the land and had committed to him men, women, and children, ^hthose of the poorest of the land who had not been taken into exile to Babylon,

10 Then Ishmael took captive all the rest of the people who were in Mizpah, the king’s daughters and all the people who were left at Mizpah, whom Nebuzaradan, the captain of the guard, had ^mcommitted to Gedaliah the son of Ahikam. Ishmael the son of Nethaniah took them captive and set out to cross over to the ⁿAmmonites.