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Jeremiah went to Gedaliah, Ahikam’s son at Mizpah, and he stayed with him and the people who remained in the land.

Gedaliah’s provisional government

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. So they went out to meet Gedaliah at Mizpah: Ishmael, Nethaniah’s son; Johanan and Jonathan, Kareah’s sons; Seraiah son of Tanhumeth; the sons of Ephai the Netophathite; Jezaniah son of the Maacathite; and their troops.

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So Jeremiah went to Gedaliah son of Ahikam at Mizpah(A) and stayed with him among the people who were left behind in the land.

Gedaliah Assassinated(B)

When all the army officers and their men who were still in the open country heard that the king of Babylon had appointed Gedaliah son of Ahikam as governor(C) over the land and had put him in charge of the men, women and children who were the poorest(D) in the land and who had not been carried into exile to Babylon, they came to Gedaliah at Mizpah(E)—Ishmael(F) son of Nethaniah, Johanan(G) and Jonathan the sons of Kareah, Seraiah son of Tanhumeth, the sons of Ephai the Netophathite,(H) and Jaazaniah[a] the son of the Maakathite,(I) and their men.

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Footnotes

  1. Jeremiah 40:8 Hebrew Jezaniah, a variant of Jaazaniah