And Johanan son of Kareah hath spoken unto Gedaliah in  secret, in Mizpah, saying, `Let me go, I pray thee, and I smite  Ishmael son of Nethaniah, and no one doth know; why doth he  smite thy soul? and scattered have been all Judah who are  gathered unto thee, and perished hath the remnant of Judah.`