إِرْمِيَا 40:15

فَكَلَّمَ يُوحَانَانُ بْنُ قَارِيحَ جَدَلْيَا سِرًّا فِي ٱلْمِصْفَاةِ قَائِلًا: «دَعْنِي أَنْطَلِقْ وَأَضْرِبْ إِسْمَاعِيلَ بْنَ نَثَنْيَا وَلَا يَعْلَمُ إِنْسَانٌ. لِمَاذَا يَقْتُلُكَ فَيَتَبَدَّدَ كُلُّ يَهُوذَا ٱلْمُجْتَمِعُ إِلَيْكَ، وَتَهْلِكَ بَقِيَّةُ يَهُوذَا؟».

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?