One day, Johanan got together with some of the other men who had been army officers, and they came to Mizpah and met with Gedaliah.
(SEE 40:11)
They said, "Gedaliah, we came to warn you that King Baalis of Ammon hired Ishmael to murder you!" Gedaliah refused to believe them,
(SEE 40:7)
But in the seventh month, Ishmael came to Mizpah with ten of his soldiers. He had been one of the king's officials and was a member of the royal family. Ishmael and his men were invited to eat with Gedaliah.
Johanan, Jezaniah, the other army officers, and everyone else in the group, came to me