Jeremiah:40:1-41
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The worde which came to Ieremiah from the Lorde after that Nebuzar-adan the chiefe stewarde had let him goe from Ramath ,
when hee had taken him being bound in chaines among all that were caried away captiue of Ierusalem &
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Iudah ,
which were caried away captiue vnto Babel .
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Now the LORD hath brought [
it ],
and done according as he hath said :
because ye have (
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God moved this infidel to speak this to declare the great blindness and obstinacy of the Jews who could not feel that which this heathen man confessed .(:
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sinned against the LORD ,
and have not obeyed his voice ,
therefore this thing is come upon you .
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And nowe beholde ,
I loose thee this day from the chaines which were on thine handes ,
if it please thee to come with me into Babel ,
come ,
and I will looke well vnto thee :
but if it please thee not to come with mee into Babel ,
tarie still :
beholde ,
all the lande is before thee :
whither it seemeth good ,
and conuenient for thee to goe ,
thither goe .
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For yet he was not returned :
therefore he said ,
Returne to Gedaliah the sonne of Ahikam ,
the sonne of Shaphan ,
whom the King of Babel hath made gouernour ouer all the cities of Iudah ,
and dwell with him among the people ,
or goe wheresoeuer it pleaseth thee to goe .
So the chiefe stewarde gaue him vitailes and a rewarde ,
and let him goe .
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Then Jeremiah went to Gedaliah the son of Ahikam to (
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Which was a city of Judah .(:
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Mizpah ;
and dwelt with him among the people that were left in the land .
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Now when all the captains of the forces (
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Which were scattered abroad for fear of the Chaldeans .(:
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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 poor of the land ,
of them that were not carried away captive to Babylon ;
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Then they came to Gedaliah to Mizpah ,
even (
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Who was of the king '
s blood and later slew him , (
Jer_41
:2 ).(:
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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 a Maachathite ,
they and their men .
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And Gedaliah the sonne of Ahikam ,
the sonne of Shaphan sware vnto them ,
and to their men ,
saying ,
Feare not to serue the Caldeans :
dwell in the lande ,
and serue the King of Babel ,
and it shall be well with you .
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As for me ,
Beholde ,
I will dwell at Mizpah to serue the Caldeans ,
which will come vnto vs :
but you ,
gather you wine ,
and sommer fruites ,
and oyle ,
and put them in your vessels ,
and dwell in your cities ,
that ye haue taken .
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Likewise when all the Jews that [
were ]
in (
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Which were fed also for fear of the Chaldeans .(:
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Moab ,
and among the Ammonites ,
and in Edom ,
and that [
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 ;
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Euen all the Iewes returned out of all places where they were driuen ,
and came to the land of Iudah to Gedaliah vnto Mizpah ,
and gathered wine and sommer fruites ,
very much .
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Moreouer Iohanan the sonne of Kareah ,
and all the captaines of the hoste ,
that were in the fieldes ,
came to Gedaliah to Mizpah ,
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And said to him ,
Dost thou certainly know that (
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For under the colour of entertaining Ishmael ,
he sought only to make them destroy one another .(:
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Baalis the king of the Ammonites hath sent Ishmael the son of Nethaniah to slay thee ?
But Gedaliah the son of Ahikam believed them not .
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Then Iohanan the sonne of Kareah spake to Gedaliah in Mizpah secretly ,
saying ,
Let me goe ,
I pray thee ,
and I will slay Ishmael the sonne of Nethaniah ,
and no man shall know it .
Wherefore should he kill thee ,
that all the Iewes ,
which are gathered vnto thee ,
shoulde be scattered ,
and the remnant in Iudah perish ?
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But Gedaliah the son of Ahikam said to Johanan the son of Kareah ,
Thou shalt (
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Thus the godly who think no harm to others are soonest deceived and never lack such as conspire their destruction .(:
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not do this thing :
for thou speakest falsely of Ishmael .
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