# Jeremiah 40:15

> The King James Version (1769) is in the public domain in the United States.

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- Book: [Jeremiah](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/jeremiah)
- Chapter: [Jeremiah 40](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/jeremiah/40)
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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?