| 1 | The word which came to Jeremiah from Yahweh, after that Nebuzaradan the captain of the guard had let him go from Ramah, when he had taken him being bound in chains among all the captives of Jerusalem and Judah, who were carried away captive to Babylon. | Jer 39:11-14 |
| 2 | The captain of the guard took Jeremiah, and said to him, Yahweh your God pronounced this evil on this place; | Jer 22:8 Jer 22:9 Dt 29:24-28 1Ki 9:8 1Ki 9:9 2Ch 7:20-22 Lam 2:15-17 |
| 3 | and Yahweh has brought it, and done according as he spoke: because you have sinned against Yahweh, and have not obeyed his voice, therefore this thing is come on you. | Jer 50:7 Ne 9:28 Ne 9:33 Dn 9:11 Dn 9:12 Ro 2:5 Ro 3:19 |
| 4 | Now, behold, I loose you this day from the chains which are on your hand. If it seem good to you to come with me into Babylon, come, and I will look well to you; but if it seem ill to you to come with me into Babylon, forbear: behold, all the land is before you; where it seems good and right to you to go, there go. |
| 5 | Now while he was not yet gone back, Go back then, [said he], to Gedaliah the son of Ahikam, the son of Shaphan, whom the king of Babylon has made governor over the cities of Judah, and dwell with him among the people; or go wherever it seems right to you to go. So the captain of the guard gave him victuals and a present, and let him go. | Jer 39:14 Jer 41:2 2Ki 25:22-24 |
| 6 | Then went Jeremiah to Gedaliah the son of Ahikam to Mizpah, and lived with him among the people who were left in the land. | Jer 39:14 |
| 7 | Now when all the captains of the forces who 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 to him men, and women, and children, and of the poorest of the land, of those who were not carried away captive to Babylon; | Jer 39:4 2Ki 25:4 2Ki 25:22 2Ki 25:23-26 |
| 8 | then they came to Gedaliah to Mizpah, [to wit], Ishmael the son of Nethaniah, and Johanan and Jonathan the sons of Kareah, and Seraiah the son of Tanhumeth, and the sons of Ephai the Netophathite, and Jezaniah the son of the Maacathite, they and their men. | Jer 40:6 Jer 40:11 Jer 40:12 |
| 9 | Gedaliah the son of Ahikam the son of Shaphan swore to them and to their men, saying, Don`t be afraid to serve the Chaldeans: dwell in the land, and serve the king of Babylon, and it shall be well with you. | 1Sa 20:16 1Sa 20:17 2Ki 25:24 |
| 10 | As for me, behold, I will dwell at Mizpah, to stand before the Chaldeans who shall come to us: but you, gather you wine and summer fruits and oil, and put them in your vessels, and dwell in your cities that you have taken. | Jer 35:19 Dt 1:38 Pr 22:29 Lk 21:36 |
| 11 | Likewise when all the Jews who were in Moab, and among the children of Ammon, and in Edom, and who were in all the countries, heard that the king of Babylon had left a remnant of Judah, and that he had set over them Gedaliah the son of Ahikam, the son of Shaphan; | Jer 24:9 Isa 16:4 Ezk 5:3 Ezk 5:12 Ezk 25:2 Ezk 25:6 Ezk 25:8 Ezk 25:12 Ezk 35:5 Ezk 35:15 Ob 1:11-14 |
| 12 | then all the Jews returned out of all places where they were driven, and came to the land of Judah, to Gedaliah, to Mizpah, and gathered wine and summer fruits very much. |
| 13 | Moreover Johanan the son of Kareah, and all the captains of the forces who were in the fields, came to Gedaliah to Mizpah, |
| 14 | and said to him, Do you know that Baalis the king of the children of Ammon has sent Ishmael the son of Nethaniah to take your life? But Gedaliah the son of Ahikam didn`t believe them. | Jer 25:21 Jer 41:10 Jer 49:1-6 1Sa 11:1-3 2Sa 10:1-6 Ezk 25:2-6 Am 1:13-15 |
| 15 | Then Johanan the son of Kareah spoke to Gedaliah in Mizpah secretly, saying, Please let me go, and I will kill Ishmael the son of Nethaniah, and no man shall know it: why should he take your life, that all the Jews who are gathered to you should be scattered, and the remnant of Judah perish? | 1Sa 24:4 1Sa 26:8 Jb 31:31 |
| 16 | But Gedaliah the son of Ahikam said to Johanan the son of Kareah, You shall not do this thing; for you speak falsely of Ishmael. | Jer 41:2 Mt 10:16 Mt 10:17 Ro 3:8 |
