Verse 7
Now when all the captains{H8269} of the forces{H2428} that were in the fields,{H7704} even they and their men,{H582} heard{H8085} that the king{H4428} of Babylon{H894} had made Gedaliah{H1436} the son{H1121} of Ahikam{H296} governor{H6485} in the land,{H776} and had committed{H6485} unto him men,{H582} and women,{H802} and children,{H2945} and of the poorest{H1803} of the land,{H776} of them that were not carried away captive{H1540} to Babylon;{H894}
Referenced Verses
- Jer 39:10 : 10 But Nebuzaradan{H5018} the captain{H7227} of the guard{H2876} left{H7604} of the poor{H1800} of the people,{H5971} that had nothing,{H3972} in the land{H776} of Judah,{H3063} and gave{H5414} them vineyards{H3754} and fields{H3010} at the same time.{H3117}
- Ezek 33:24-29 : 24 Son{H1121} of man,{H120} they that inhabit{H3427} those waste{H2723} places in the land{H127} of Israel{H3478} speak,{H559} saying,{H559} Abraham{H85} was one,{H259} and he inherited{H3423} the land:{H776} but we are many;{H7227} the land{H776} is given{H5414} us for inheritance.{H4181} 25 Wherefore say{H559} unto them, Thus saith{H559} the Lord{H136} Jehovah:{H3069} Ye eat{H398} with the blood,{H1818} and lift up{H5375} your eyes{H5869} unto your idols,{H1544} and shed{H8210} blood:{H1818} and shall ye possess{H3423} the land?{H776} 26 Ye stand{H5975} upon your sword,{H2719} ye work{H6213} abomination,{H8441} and ye defile{H2930} every one{H376} his neighbor's{H7453} wife:{H802} and shall ye possess{H3423} the land?{H776} 27 Thus shalt thou say{H559} unto them, Thus saith{H559} the Lord{H136} Jehovah:{H3069} As I live,{H2416} surely they that are in the waste{H2723} places shall fall{H5307} by the sword;{H2719} and him that is in the open{H6440} field{H7704} will I give{H5414} to the beasts{H2416} to be devoured;{H398} and they that are in the strongholds{H4679} and in the caves{H4631} shall die{H4191} of the pestilence.{H1698} 28 And I will make{H5414} the land{H776} a desolation{H8077} and an astonishment;{H8077} and the pride{H1347} of her power{H5797} shall cease;{H7673} and the mountains{H2022} of Israel{H3478} shall be desolate,{H8074} so that none shall pass through.{H5674} 29 Then shall they know{H3045} that I am Jehovah,{H3068} when I have made{H5414} the land{H776} a desolation{H8077} and an astonishment,{H8077} because of all their abominations{H8441} which they have committed.{H6213}
- Ezek 45:16 : 16 All the people{H5971} of the land{H776} shall give unto this oblation{H8641} for the prince{H5387} in Israel.{H3478}
- 2 Kgs 25:4 : 4 Then a breach{H1234} was made in the city,{H5892} and all the men{H582} of war{H4421} [fled] by night{H3915} by the way{H1870} of the gate{H8179} between the two walls,{H2346} which was by the king's{H4428} garden{H1588} (now the Chaldeans{H3778} were against the city{H5892} round about);{H5439} and [the king] went{H3212} by the way{H1870} of the Arabah.{H6160}
- 2 Kgs 25:22-26 : 22 And as for the people{H5971} that were left{H7604} in the land{H776} of Judah,{H3063} whom Nebuchadnezzar{H5019} king{H4428} of Babylon{H894} had left,{H7604} even over them he made Gedaliah{H1436} the son{H1121} of Ahikam,{H296} the son{H1121} of Shaphan,{H8227} governor.{H6485} 23 Now when all the captains{H8269} of the forces,{H2428} they and their men,{H582} heard{H8085} that the king{H4428} of Babylon{H894} had made Gedaliah{H1436} governor,{H6485} they came{H935} to Gedaliah{H1436} to Mizpah,{H4709} even Ishmael{H3458} the son{H1121} of Nethaniah,{H5418} and Johanan{H3110} the son{H1121} of Kareah,{H7143} and Seraiah{H8304} the son{H1121} of Tanhumeth{H8576} the Netophathite,{H5200} and Jaazaniah{H2970} the son{H1121} of the Maacathite,{H4602} they and their men.{H582} 24 And Gedaliah{H1436} sware{H7650} to them and to their men,{H582} and said{H559} unto them, Fear{H3372} not because of the servants{H5650} of the Chaldeans:{H3778} dwell{H3427} in the land,{H776} and serve{H5647} the king{H4428} of Babylon,{H894} and it shall be well{H3190} with you. 25 But it came to pass in the seventh{H7637} month,{H2320} that Ishmael{H3458} the son{H1121} of Nethaniah,{H5418} the son{H1121} of Elishama,{H476} of the seed{H2233} royal,{H4410} came,{H935} and ten{H6235} men{H582} with him, and smote{H5221} Gedaliah,{H1436} so that he died,{H4191} and the Jews{H3064} and the Chaldeans{H3778} that were with him at Mizpah.{H4709} 26 And all the people,{H5971} both small{H6996} and great,{H1419} and the captains{H8269} of the forces,{H2428} arose,{H6965} and came{H935} to Egypt;{H4714} for they were afraid{H3372} of{H6440} the Chaldeans.{H3778}
- Jer 39:4 : 4 And it came to pass that, when Zedekiah{H6667} the king{H4428} of Judah{H3063} and all the men{H582} of war{H4421} saw{H7200} them, then they fled,{H1272} and went forth{H3318} out{H3318} of the city{H5892} by night,{H3915} by the way{H1870} of the king's{H4428} garden,{H1588} through the gate{H8179} betwixt the two walls;{H2346} and he went out{H3318} toward the Arabah.{H6160}