15. Then, Johanan son of Kareah, spake unto Gedaliah secretly, in Mizpah, saying, Let me go I pray thee, and smite Ishmael son of Nethaniah, and not, a man, shall know it, wherefore should he smite thee to death, and all Judah who have gathered themselves unto thee, be dispersed, and the remnant of Judah perish?