Jeremiah 40:15

Overview - Jeremiah 40
Jeremiah, being set free by Nebuzar-adan, goes to Gedaliah.
The dispersed Jews repair unto him.
13 Johanan revealing Ishmael's conspiracy is not believed.
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Jeremiah 40:15  (King James Version)
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?
 


Let
1 Samuel 24:4 ; 26:8 Job 31:31

wherefore
Jeremiah 12:3 Jeremiah 12:4 2 Samuel 18:3 ; 21:17 Ezekiel 33:24-29 ; John 11:50