¹¹When all the Jews in Moab,^k Ammon, Edom^l and all the other countries^m heard that the king of Babylon had left a remnant in Judah and had appointed Gedaliah son of Ahikam, the son of Shaphan, as governor over them, ¹²they all came back to the land of Judah, to Gedaliah at Mizpah, from all the countries where they had been scattered.ⁿ And they harvested an abundance of wine and summer fruit.

¹³Johanan^o son of Kareah and all the army officers still in the open country came to Gedaliah at Mizpah^p ¹⁴and said to him, “Don’t you know that Baalis king of the Ammonites^q has sent Ishmael^r son of Nethaniah to take your life?” But Gedaliah son of Ahikam did not believe them.

¹⁵Then Johanan^s son of Kareah said privately to Gedaliah in Mizpah, “Let me go and kill^t Ishmael son of Nethaniah, and no one will know it. Why should he take your life and cause all the Jews who are gathered around you to be scattered^u and the remnant^v of Judah to perish?”

¹⁶But Gedaliah son of Ahikam said to Johanan^w son of Kareah, “Don’t do such a thing! What you are saying about Ishmael is not true.”

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Cross references

kSee Nu 21:11; 25:1
lSee Ge 25:30
m Jer 12:14
n Jer 43:5
o Jer 42:1
pver 8
qSee Ge 19:38; 2 Sa 10:1–19; Jer 25:21; 41:10; 49:1
rSee ver 8
sSee ver 8
tSee Dt 5:17; Mt 5:21–22
uSee Ge 11:4; See Lev 26:33; Mt 26:31; Jn 11:52; Jas 1:1
vSee 2 Ki 21:14; See Isa 1:9; Ro 11:5
w Jer 43:2