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17 And they set out and stayed at the lodging place of Chimham that is near Bethlehem, intending[a] to go to Egypt 18 because of the Chaldeans. For they were afraid of them,[b] because Ishmael the son of Nethaniah had killed Gedaliah the son of Ahikam, whom the king of Babylon had appointed in an official position over the land.

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Footnotes

  1. Jeremiah 41:17 Literally “going”
  2. Jeremiah 41:18 Literally “from the face of them”