Jeremiah 40:7 - The Scriptures 1998

⁷ And all the commanders of the armies who were in the fields, they and their men, heard that the sovereign of Baḇ

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

⁷ Now when all the captains of the forces which were in the fields, even they and their men, heard that the king of Babylon had made Gedaliah the son of Ahikam governor in the land, and had committed unto him men, and women, and children, and of the poor of the land, of them that were not carried away captive to Babylon;

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

⁷ Now when all the captains of the forces that were in the open country [of Judah] and their men heard that the king of Babylon had made Gedaliah son of Ahikam governor in the land [of Judah] and had committed to him men, women, and children, those of the poorest of the land who had not been taken into exile to Babylon,

American Standard Version (1901)

⁷ Now when all the captains of the forces that were in the fields, even they and their men, heard that the king of Babylon had made Gedaliah the son of Ahikam governor in the land, and had committed unto him men, and women, and children, and of the poorest of the land, of them that were not carried away captive to Babylon;

Common English Bible

⁷ Some of the army officers and their troops were still hiding out in the countryside when they heard that the king of Babylon had appointed Gedaliah, Ahikam’s son, over the region, responsible for the men, women, and children who were the poorest in the land and who hadn’t been deported to Babylon.

Catholic Public Domain Version

⁷ And when all the leaders of the army, who had been dispersed throughout the regions, they and their associates, had heard that the king of Babylon had made Gedaliah, the son of Ahikam, governor of the land, and that he had committed to him the men, and women, and children, and the poor of the land, who had not been carried away to Babylon,

Jeremiah 40:7 Cross References

2 Kings 25:12

But the chief of the guard left some of the poor of the land as vinedressers and farmers.

2 Kings 25:4

Then the city wall was breached, and all the men of battle fled at night by way of the gate between two walls, which was by the sovereign’s garden, even though the Chaldeans were still encamped all around against the city. And the sovereign went by way of the desert plain.

Jeremiah 39:10

But Neḇ

Jeremiah 39:14

and had Yirmeyahu taken from the court of the guard, and gave him to Geḏ

Jeremiah 39:4

And it came to be, when Tsiḏ

Jeremiah 39:9

And Neḇ

Jeremiah 41:1

And in the seventh month it came to be that Yishmaʽ

Jeremiah 41:10

Then Yishmaʽ

Jeremiah 41:11

But Yoḥ

Jeremiah 43:6

the men, and the women, and the children, and the sovereign’s daughters, and every being whom Neḇ

Jeremiah 52:16

But Neḇ

Ezekiel 45:16

“All the people of the land are to give this contribution to the prince in Yisra’ĕ