Jeremiah 40:13-15

Expanded Bible

¹³ Johanan son of Kareah and all the army officers of Judah still in the open country came to Gedaliah at Mizpah. ¹⁴ They said to him, “Don’t you know that Baalis king of the ·Ammonite people [^Lsons of Ammon] wants you dead? He has sent Ishmael son of Nethaniah to ·kill you [^Lstrike your life].” But Gedaliah son of Ahikam ·did [or would] not believe them.

¹⁵ Then Johanan son of Kareah spoke to Gedaliah in ·private [secret] at Mizpah. He said, “Let me go and ·kill [^Lstrike] Ishmael son of Nethaniah. No one will know anything about it. ·We should not let Ishmael [^LWhy should he…?] ·kill you [^Lstrike your life]. Then all ·the Jews [^LJudah] gathered around you would be scattered to different countries again, and the ·few people of Judah who are left alive [^Lthe remnant of Judah] would ·be lost [perish].”