Jer 40:15 | NASB2020 | STEP | Then Johanan the son of Kareah spoke secretly to Gedaliah in Mizpah , saying , “ Let me go and kill Ishmael the son of Nethaniah , and no one will know ! Why should he take your life , so that all the Jews who are gathered to you would be scattered and the remnant of Judah would perish ?”

Jeremiah 40:15

15 Then Johanan the son of Kareah spoke secretly to Gedaliah in Mizpah, saying, “ ^aLet me go and kill Ishmael the son of Nethaniah, and no one will know! Why should he ^btake your life, so that all the Jews who are gathered to you would be scattered and the ^cremnant of Judah would perish?”