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Jeremiah 40:7

Christian Standard Bible Anglicised

All the commanders of the armies that were in the countryside #– #they and their men #– #heard that the king of Babylon had appointed Gedaliah son of Ahikam over the land. He had been put in charge of the men, women, and children from among the poorest of the land, who had not been deported to Babylon.

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However, Nebuzaradan, the captain of the guards, left in the land of Judah some of the poor people who owned nothing, and he gave them vineyards and fields at that time.


‘All the people of the land must take part in this contribution for the prince in Israel.


When King Zedekiah of Judah and all the fighting men saw them, they fled. They left the city at night by way of the king’s garden  through the city gate between the two walls. They left along the route to the Arabah.


Then the city was broken into,  and all the warriors fled  at night by way of the city gate between the two walls near the king’s garden,  even though the Chaldeans surrounded the city. As the king made his way along the route to the Arabah,


But the captain of the guards left some of the poorest of the land to be vinedressers and farmers.


When Johanan son of Kareah and all the commanders of the armies  with him heard of all the evil that Ishmael son of Nethaniah had done,


They led away the men, women, children, king’s daughters, and everyone whom Nebuzaradan, captain of the guards, had allowed to remain with Gedaliah son of Ahikam son of Shaphan.  They also led the prophet Jeremiah and Baruch son of Neriah away.


But Nebuzaradan, the captain of the guards, left some of the poorest of the land to be vinedressers and farmers.


Nebuzaradan, the captain of the guards,  deported the rest of the people to Babylon #– #those who had remained in the city and those deserters who had defected to him along with the rest of the people who remained.


had Jeremiah brought from the guard’s courtyard  and turned him over to Gedaliah  son of Ahikam,  son of Shaphan, to take him home. So he settled among his own people.


In the seventh month, Ishmael son of Nethaniah, son of Elishama, of the royal family and one of the king’s chief officers, came with ten men to Gedaliah son of Ahikam at Mizpah. They ate a meal together there in Mizpah,


Then Ishmael took captive all the rest of the people of Mizpah, including the daughters of the king #– #all those who remained in Mizpah, over whom Nebuzaradan, captain of the guards, had appointed Gedaliah son of Ahikam. Ishmael son of Nethaniah took them captive and set off to cross over to the Ammonites.





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