Jeremiah 41:11

11 Johanan son of Kareah and all his army officers with him heard about all the evil things Ishmael son of Nethaniah had done.

Jeremiah 41:11 Meaning and Commentary

Jeremiah 41:11

But when Johanan the son of Kareah
The same that is mentioned ( Jeremiah 40:8 Jeremiah 40:13 Jeremiah 40:15 ) ; and who had informed Gedaliah of Ishmael's designs against him, but he would not believe him: and all the captains of the forces that [were] with him;
his brother Jonathan, Seraiah, the sons of Ephai, and Jezaniah, ( Jeremiah 40:8 ) ; heard of all the evil that Ishmael the son of Nethaniah had done;
in murdering Gedaliah, and those that were with him, destroying seventy other persons he had decoyed, and carrying captive the rest of the people at Mizpah; for though Ishmael kept all this a secret as much as he could, for fear of these forces, and that he might get off clear to Ammon; yet, by some means or another, these captains came to hear of it, who, probably, were not at a great distance from Mizpah.

Jeremiah 41:11 In-Context

9 Now the well where he had thrown all the bodies had been made by King Asa as a part of his defenses against Baasha king of Israel. But Ishmael son of Nethaniah put dead bodies in it until it was full.

10 Ishmael captured all the other people in Mizpah: the king's daughters and all the other people who were left there. They were the ones whom Nebuzaradan commander of the guard had chosen Gedaliah son of Ahikam to take care of. So Ishmael son of Nethaniah captured those people, and he started to cross over to the country of the Ammonites.

11 Johanan son of Kareah and all his army officers with him heard about all the evil things Ishmael son of Nethaniah had done.

12 So they took their men and went to fight Ishmael son of Nethaniah and caught him near the big pool of water at Gibeon.

13 When the captives Ishmael had taken saw Johanan and the army officers, they were glad.