But Gedaliahthe sonof Ahikamsaidto Johananthe sonof Kareah,"Do not dothisthing,for you are tellinga lieaboutIshmael."
Ishmaelthe sonof Nethaniahand the tenmenwhowere with him aroseand struckdownGedaliahthe sonof Ahikam,the sonof Shaphan,with the swordand putto deaththe one whomthe kingof Babylonhad appointedover the land.
And why not [say] (as we are slanderously reportedand as someclaimthat we say),"Let us doevilthat goodmay come"? Their condemnationis just.
does not act unbecomingly;it does not seekits own,is not provoked,does not take into accounta wrong[suffered],
