KJV
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?
BSB
Then Johanan son of Kareah spoke privately to Gedaliah at Mizpah. “Let me go and kill Ishmael son of Nethaniah,” he said. “No one will know it. Why should he take your life and scatter all the people of Judah who have gathered to you, so that the remnant of Judah would perish?”