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?
Forsoþe Johannan, þe sone of Caree, seide to Godolie asidis half in Masphath, and spak, Y schal go, and sle Ismael, þe sone of Nathanye, while no man knowith, lest he sle thi lijf, and alle þe Jewis ben scatered, þat ben gaderid to þee, and þe remenauntis of Juda schulen perische.