Jeremiah 40:15-16

International Standard Version

¹⁵ Then Kareah’s son Jonathan spoke privately to Gedaliah at Mizpah: “Let me go kill Nethaniah’s son Ishmael, and no one will know. Why should he take your life? Otherwise^[a] all the Judeans who have gathered around you will be scattered, and the remnant of Judah will perish.”

¹⁶ Ahikam’s son Gedaliah replied to Kareah’s son Jonathan, “Don’t do this! You’re lying about Ishmael!”