Jeremiah 40
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Jeremiah 40:5-7

5Now while he had not yet gone backH7725, he said, Go backH7725 also to GedaliahH1436 the sonH1121 of AhikamH296 the sonH1121 of ShaphanH8227, whom the kingH4428 of BabylonH894 had made governorH6485 over the citiesH5892 of JudahH3063, and dwellH3427 with him amongH8432 the peopleH5971: or goH3212 wherever it seemeth convenientH3477H5869 to thee to goH3212. So the captainH7227 of the guardH2876 gaveH5414 him provisionsH737 and a rewardH4864, and let him goH7971. 6Then JeremiahH3414 wentH935 to GedaliahH1436 the sonH1121 of AhikamH296 to MizpahH4708; and dweltH3427 with him amongH8432 the peopleH5971 that were leftH7604 in the landH776.

7Now when all the captainsH8269 of the forcesH2428 who were in the fieldsH7704, even they and their menH582, heardH8085 that the kingH4428 of BabylonH894 had made GedaliahH1436 the sonH1121 of AhikamH296 governorH6485 in the landH776, and had committedH6485 to him menH582, and womenH802, and childrenH2945, and of the poorH1803 of the landH776, of them that were not carried away captiveH1540 to BabylonH894;

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