Jeremiah 40:5-7
Holman Christian Standard Bible
5 When Jeremiah had not yet turned to go, Nebuzaradan said to him: “Return[a] to Gedaliah son of Ahikam, son of Shaphan, whom the king of Babylon has appointed over the cities of Judah, and stay with him among the people or go wherever you want to go.” So the captain of the guard gave him a ration(A) and a gift(B) and released him. 6 Jeremiah therefore went to Gedaliah son of Ahikam at Mizpah,(C) and he stayed with him among the people who remained in the land.
Gedaliah Advises Peace
7 When all the commanders of the armies in the field—they and their men—heard that the king of Babylon had appointed Gedaliah son of Ahikam over the land and that he had put him in charge of the men, women, and children from the poorest of the land who had not been deported to Babylon,
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- Jeremiah 40:5 LXX reads But if not, run, return; Hb obscure
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