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Jeremiah 40:6-8
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Jeremiah 40:6-8
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6 So Jeremiah returned to Gedaliah and lived in Judah with the people left in the land.
7 Now when the leaders of the Jewish guerrilla bands in the countryside heard that the king of Babylon had appointed Gedaliah as governor over the poor of the land who were left behind, and had not exiled everyone to Babylon, 8 they came to see Gedaliah at Mizpah, where his headquarters were. These are the names of the leaders who came: Ishmael (son of Nethaniah), Johanan and Jonathan (sons of Kareah), Seraiah (son of Tanhumeth), the sons of Ephai (the Netophathite), Jezaniah (son of a Maacathite), and their men.
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Jeremiah 40:6-8
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Jeremiah 40:6-8
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6 So Jeremiah went to Gedaliah son of Ahikam at Mizpah(A) and stayed with him among the people who were left behind in the land.
Gedaliah Assassinated(B)
7 When all the army officers and their men who were still in the open country heard that the king of Babylon had appointed Gedaliah son of Ahikam as governor(C) over the land and had put him in charge of the men, women and children who were the poorest(D) in the land and who had not been carried into exile to Babylon, 8 they came to Gedaliah at Mizpah(E)—Ishmael(F) son of Nethaniah, Johanan(G) and Jonathan the sons of Kareah, Seraiah son of Tanhumeth, the sons of Ephai the Netophathite,(H) and Jaazaniah[a] the son of the Maakathite,(I) and their men.
Footnotes
- Jeremiah 40:8 Hebrew Jezaniah, a variant of Jaazaniah
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