⁸ they went to Gedaliah at ^(A)Mizpah—^(B)Ishmael the son of Nethaniah, ^(C)Johanan the son of Kareah, Seraiah the son of Tanhumeth, the sons of Ephai the Netophathite, ^(D)Jezaniah the son of the Maacathite, they and their men.

¹⁵ Then Johanan the son of Kareah spoke secretly to Gedaliah at Mizpah, “Please let me go and strike down Ishmael the son of Nethaniah, and no one will know it. Why should he take your life, so that all the Judeans who are gathered about you would be scattered, ^(A)and the remnant of Judah would perish?” ¹⁶ But Gedaliah the son of Ahikam said to Johanan the son of Kareah, “You shall not do this thing, for you are speaking falsely of Ishmael.”

Warning Against Going to Egypt

42 Then ^(A)all the commanders of the forces, and ^(B)Johanan the son of Kareah and Jezaniah the son of ^(C)Hoshaiah, and all the people ^(D)from the least to the greatest, came near

⁸ Then he summoned ^(A)Johanan the son of Kareah and ^(B)all the commanders of the forces who were with him, and all the people ^(C)from the least to the greatest,