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after King Jeconiah, the queen mother, the palace officials,[a] the officials[b] of Judah and Jerusalem, the craftsmen, and the smiths left Jerusalem. The letter was sent by Shaphan’s son Elasah and by Hilkiah’s son Gemariah, whom King Zedekiah of Judah sent to Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon in Babylon, and it said, “This is what the Lord of the Heavenly Armies, the God of Israel, says to all the exiles who were taken from Jerusalem into exile to Babylon,

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  1. Jeremiah 29:2 Or eunuchs
  2. Jeremiah 29:2 Or princes

(This was after King Jehoiachin[a](A) and the queen mother,(B) the court officials and the leaders of Judah and Jerusalem, the skilled workers and the artisans had gone into exile from Jerusalem.) He entrusted the letter to Elasah son of Shaphan and to Gemariah son of Hilkiah, whom Zedekiah king of Judah sent to King Nebuchadnezzar in Babylon. It said:

This is what the Lord Almighty, the God of Israel, says to all those I carried(C) into exile from Jerusalem to Babylon:

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  1. Jeremiah 29:2 Hebrew Jeconiah, a variant of Jehoiachin