Then they took all the men, and went to fight with Ishmael the son of Nethaniah, and found him by the great waters that are in Gibeon.
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Gill's Exposition
Then they took all the men,.... All the soldiers that were under their command; this they did at once, believing the report to be true, as they had reason to do; since they knew of Ishmael's designs,…
Barnes' Notes
An open pool still exists at Gibeon, and a large subterranean reservoir fed by a copious natural spring. Gibeon is about two miles north of Mizpah.
It would have been well if Johanan, when he gave information to Gedaliah of Ishmael's treasonable design, though he could not obtain leave to kill Ishmael and to prevent it that way, yet had staid…
Cambridge Bible
Gibeon See on Jer 28:1. The "great waters" apparently are to be identified with the "pool" of 2Sa 2:13. Gibeon was about a mile N. of Mizpah.
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