⁴ So Johanan the son of Kareah, all the captains of the forces, and all the people would ^(A)not obey the voice of the Lord, to remain in the land of Judah. ⁵ But Johanan the son of Kareah and all the captains of the forces took ^(B)all the remnant of Judah who had returned to dwell in the land of Judah, from all nations where they had been driven— ⁶ men, women, children, ^(C)the king’s daughters, ^(D)and every person whom Nebuzaradan the captain of the guard had left with Gedaliah the son of Ahikam, the son of Shaphan, and Jeremiah the prophet and Baruch the son of Neriah. ^7 (E)So they went to the land of Egypt, for they did not obey the voice of the Lord. And they went as far as ^(F)Tahpanhes.