But Johanan the son of Kareah, and all the captains of the host took all the remnant of Judah that were returned from all [a]nations, whither they had been driven, to dwell in the land of Judah:

Even men and women, and children, and the king’s daughters, and every person that Nebuzaradan the chief steward had left with Gedaliah the son of Ahikam, the son of Shaphan, and Jeremiah the [b]Prophet, and Baruch the son of Neriah.

So they came into the land of Egypt: for they obeyed not the voice of the Lord: thus came they to [c]Tahpanhes.

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Footnotes

  1. Jeremiah 43:5 As from the Moabites, Ammonites, and Edomites, Jer. 40:11.
  2. Jeremiah 43:6 Whom these wicked lead away by force.
  3. Jeremiah 43:7 A city in Egypt near to Nilus.

Instead, Johanan son of Kareah and all the army officers led away all the remnant of Judah who had come back to live in the land of Judah from all the nations where they had been scattered.(A) They also led away all those whom Nebuzaradan commander of the imperial guard had left with Gedaliah son of Ahikam, the son of Shaphan—the men, the women,(B) the children and the king’s daughters. And they took Jeremiah the prophet and Baruch(C) son of Neriah along with them. So they entered Egypt(D) in disobedience to the Lord and went as far as Tahpanhes.(E)

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