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Summary
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?
Wherefore
Bible References
Wherefore
John 11:50
You do not understand that it is expedient for you that one man should die for the people, and that the whole nation not perish."