13. One day, Johanan got together with some of the other men who had been army officers, and they came to Mizpah and met with Gedaliah.
14. They said, “Gedaliah, we came to warn you that King Baalis of Ammon hired Ishmael to murder you!”Gedaliah refused to believe them,
15. so Johanan went to Gedaliah privately and said, “Let me kill Ishmael. No one will find out who did it. There are only a few people left in Judah, but they are depending on you. And if you are murdered, they will be scattered or killed.”
16. Gedaliah answered, “Don't kill Ishmael! What you've said about him can't be true.”