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Jeremiah 40:6-8
EasyEnglish Bible
Jeremiah 40:6-8
EasyEnglish Bible
6 So Jeremiah went to live with Gedaliah in Mizpah. He stayed among the few people who continued to live in Judah.
Gedaliah rules Judah
7 Some officers of Judah's army were living in fields in the country, with their soldiers.[a] They heard news that the king of Babylon had chosen Ahikam's son Gedaliah to have authority over Judah. He ruled over the very poor people of Judah who continued to live there. They were the men, women and children that Babylon's soldiers had not taken away as prisoners. 8 These army officers and their soldiers came to meet with Gedaliah at Mizpah. The officers were:
Nethaniah's son Ishmael,
Kareah's sons, Johanan and Jonathan,
Tanhumeth's son, Seraiah,
the sons of Ephai, who came from Netophah,
and Jaazaniah, whose father came from Maakah.
Footnotes
- 40:7 These soldiers and officers of Judah's army were hiding from Babylon's army.
Jeremiah 40:6-8
New International Version
Jeremiah 40:6-8
New International Version
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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