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.
They said, “Gedaliah, we came to warn you that King Baalis of Ammon hired Ishmael to murder you!” Gedaliah refused to believe them,
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