21 Then the king of Babylon struck them and put them to death at Riblah in the land of Hamath. (A)Thus Judah was carried away captive from its own land.

Gedaliah Made Governor of Judah(B)

22 Then he made Gedaliah the son of (C)Ahikam, the son of Shaphan, governor over (D)the people who remained in the land of Judah, whom Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon had left. 23 Now when all the (E)captains of the armies, they and their men, heard that the king of Babylon had made Gedaliah governor, they came to Gedaliah at Mizpah—Ishmael the son of Nethaniah, Johanan the son of Careah, Seraiah the son of Tanhumeth the Netophathite, and [a]Jaazaniah the son of a Maachathite, they and their men.

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Footnotes

  1. 2 Kings 25:23 Jezaniah, Jer. 40:8

21 There at Riblah,(A) in the land of Hamath, the king had them executed.(B)

So Judah went into captivity,(C) away from her land.(D)

22 Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon appointed Gedaliah(E) son of Ahikam,(F) the son of Shaphan, to be over the people he had left behind in Judah. 23 When all the army officers and their men heard that the king of Babylon had appointed Gedaliah as governor, they came to Gedaliah at Mizpah—Ishmael son of Nethaniah, Johanan son of Kareah, Seraiah son of Tanhumeth the Netophathite, Jaazaniah the son of the Maakathite, and their men.

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