A man knew of a plot to kill the Babylonian-appointed governor of Judah, but the governor would not listen,

“Then Johanan the son of Kareah spoke secretly to Gedaliah in Mizpah, saying, ‘Let me go, please, and I will kill Ishmael the son of Nethaniah, and no one will know it. Why should he murder you, so that all the Jews who are gathered to you would be scattered, and the remnant in Judah perish?’ But Gedaliah the son of Ahikam said to Johanan the son of Kareah, ‘You shall not do this thing, for you speak falsely concerning Ishmael’” (Jeremiah 40:15-16).

We can understand Johanan wanting to protect the new governor, but we also understand the new governor not wanting killing going on in his name.

What should the governor have done then? Rather than dismissing the report, I believe he should have investigated the matter.

What do you think?