Then Johanan the son of Kareah spake to Gedaliah in Mizpah secretly, saying, Let me go, I pray thee, and I will slay Ishmael the son of Nethaniah, and no man shall know it: wherefore should he take thy life, that all the Jews that are gathered unto thee should be scattered, and the remnant of Judah perish?

Then Johanan, the son of Kareah, said to Gedaliah in Mizpah secretly, Let me now go and put Ishmael, the son of Nethaniah, to death without anyone's knowledge: why let him take your life so that all the Jews who have come together to you may be sent in flight, and the rest of the men of Judah come to an end?

Τοτε Ιωαναν ο υιος του Καρηα ελαλησε κρυφιως προς τον Γεδαλιαν εν Μισπα, λεγων, Ας υπαγω τωρα και ας παταξω τον Ισμαηλ τον υιον του Νεθανιου και ουδεις θελει μαθει αυτο· δια τι να σε φονευση και ουτω παντες οι Ιουδαιοι, οι συνηγμενοι περι σε, να διασκορπισθωσι και το υπολοιπον του Ιουδα να απολεσθη;

Then Johanan the son of Kareah spake to Gedaliah in Mizpah secretly, saying, Let me go, I pray thee, and I will slay Ishmael the son of Nethaniah, and no man shall know it: wherefore should he slay thee, that all the Jews which are gathered unto thee should be scattered, and the remnant in Judah perish?