Verse 5

Now while he was not yet gone back{H7725}{(H8799)}, he said, Go back{H7725}{(H8798)} also to Gedaliah{H1436} the son{H1121} of Ahikam{H296} the son{H1121} of Shaphan{H8227}, whom the king{H4428} of Babylon{H894} hath made governor{H6485}{(H8689)} over the cities{H5892} of Judah{H3063}, and dwell{H3427}{(H8798)} with him among{H8432} the people{H5971}: or go{H3212}{(H8798)} wheresoever it seemeth convenient{H3477}{H5869} unto thee to go{H3212}{(H8800)}. So the captain{H7227} of the guard{H2876} gave{H5414}{(H8799)} him victuals{H737} and a reward{H4864}, and let him go{H7971}{(H8762)}.

Referenced Verses

  • Jer 39:14 : 14 Even they sent{H7971}{(H8799)}, and took{H3947}{(H8799)} Jeremiah{H3414} out of the court{H2691} of the prison{H4307}, and committed{H5414}{(H8799)} him unto Gedaliah{H1436} the son{H1121} of Ahikam{H296} the son{H1121} of Shaphan{H8227}, that he should carry{H3318}{(H8687)} him home{H1004}: so he dwelt{H3427}{(H8799)} among{H8432} the people{H5971}.
  • Jer 41:2 : 2 Then arose{H6965}{(H8799)} Ishmael{H3458} the son{H1121} of Nethaniah{H5418}, and the ten{H6235} men{H582} that were with him, and smote{H5221}{(H8686)} Gedaliah{H1436} the son{H1121} of Ahikam{H296} the son{H1121} of Shaphan{H8227} with the sword{H2719}, and slew{H4191}{(H8686)} him, whom the king{H4428} of Babylon{H894} had made governor{H6485}{(H8689)} over the land{H776}.
  • 2 Kgs 8:7-9 : 7 And Elisha{H477} came{H935}{(H8799)} to Damascus{H1834}; and Benhadad{H1130} the king{H4428} of Syria{H758} was sick{H2470}{(H8802)}; and it was told{H5046}{(H8714)} him, saying{H559}{(H8800)}, The man{H376} of God{H430} is come{H935}{(H8804)} hither{H2008}. 8 And the king{H4428} said{H559}{(H8799)} unto Hazael{H2371}, Take{H3947}{(H8798)} a present{H4503} in thine hand{H3027}, and go{H3212}{(H8798)}, meet{H7125}{(H8800)} the man{H376} of God{H430}, and enquire{H1875}{(H8804)} of the LORD{H3068} by him, saying{H559}{(H8800)}, Shall I recover{H2421}{(H8799)} of this disease{H2483}? 9 So Hazael{H2371} went{H3212}{(H8799)} to meet{H7125}{(H8800)} him, and took{H3947}{(H8799)} a present{H4503} with him{H3027}, even of every good thing{H2898} of Damascus{H1834}, forty{H705} camels{H1581}' burden{H4853}, and came{H935}{(H8799)} and stood{H5975}{(H8799)} before{H6440} him, and said{H559}{(H8799)}, Thy son{H1121} Benhadad{H1130} king{H4428} of Syria{H758} hath sent{H7971}{(H8804)} me to thee, saying{H559}{(H8800)}, Shall I recover{H2421}{(H8799)} of this disease{H2483}?
  • 2 Kgs 22:12 : 12 And the king{H4428} commanded{H6680}{(H8762)} Hilkiah{H2518} the priest{H3548}, and Ahikam{H296} the son{H1121} of Shaphan{H8227}, and Achbor{H5907} the son{H1121} of Michaiah{H4320}, and Shaphan{H8227} the scribe{H5608}{(H8802)}, and Asahiah{H6222} a servant{H5650} of the king's{H4428}, saying{H559}{(H8800)},
  • 2 Kgs 22:14 : 14 So Hilkiah{H2518} the priest{H3548}, and Ahikam{H296}, and Achbor{H5907}, and Shaphan{H8227}, and Asahiah{H6222}, went{H3212}{(H8799)} unto Huldah{H2468} the prophetess{H5031}, the wife{H802} of Shallum{H7967} the son{H1121} of Tikvah{H8616}, the son{H1121} of Harhas{H2745}, keeper{H8104}{(H8802)} of the wardrobe{H899};(now she dwelt{H3427}{(H8802)} in Jerusalem{H3389} in the college{H4932};) and they communed{H1696}{(H8762)} with her.
  • 2 Kgs 25:22-24 : 22 And as for the people{H5971} that remained{H7604}{(H8737)} in the land{H776} of Judah{H3063}, whom Nebuchadnezzar{H5019} king{H4428} of Babylon{H894} had left{H7604}{(H8689)}, even over them he made Gedaliah{H1436} the son{H1121} of Ahikam{H296}, the son{H1121} of Shaphan{H8227}, ruler{H6485}{(H8686)}. 23 And when all the captains{H8269} of the armies{H2428}, they and their men{H582}, heard{H8085}{(H8799)} that the king{H4428} of Babylon{H894} had made Gedaliah{H1436} governor{H6485}{(H8689)}, there came{H935}{(H8799)} to Gedaliah{H1436} to Mizpah{H4709}, even Ishmael{H3458} the son{H1121} of Nethaniah{H5418}, and Johanan{H3110} the son{H1121} of Careah{H7143}, and Seraiah{H8304} the son{H1121} of Tanhumeth{H8576} the Netophathite{H5200}, and Jaazaniah{H2970} the son{H1121} of a Maachathite{H4602}, they and their men{H582}. 24 And Gedaliah{H1436} sware{H7650}{(H8735)} to them, and to their men{H582}, and said{H559}{(H8799)} unto them, Fear{H3372}{(H8799)} not to be the servants{H5650} of the Chaldees{H3778}: dwell{H3427}{(H8798)} in the land{H776}, and serve{H5647}{(H8798)} the king{H4428} of Babylon{H894}; and it shall be well{H3190}{(H8799)} with you.
  • 2 Chr 34:20 : 20 And the king{H4428} commanded{H6680}{(H8762)} Hilkiah{H2518}, and Ahikam{H296} the son{H1121} of Shaphan{H8227}, and Abdon{H5658} the son{H1121} of Micah{H4318}, and Shaphan{H8227} the scribe{H5608}{(H8802)}, and Asaiah{H6222} a servant{H5650} of the king's{H4428}, saying{H559}{(H8800)},
  • Ezra 7:6 : 6 This Ezra{H5830} went up{H5927}{(H8804)} from Babylon{H894}; and he was a ready{H4106} scribe{H5608}{(H8802)} in the law{H8451} of Moses{H4872}, which the LORD{H3068} God{H430} of Israel{H3478} had given{H5414}{(H8804)}: and the king{H4428} granted{H5414}{(H8799)} him all his request{H1246}, according to the hand{H3027} of the LORD{H3068} his God{H430} upon him.
  • Ezra 7:27 : 27 Blessed{H1288}{(H8803)} be the LORD{H3068} God{H430} of our fathers{H1}, which hath put{H5414}{(H8804)} such a thing as this in the king's{H4428} heart{H3820}, to beautify{H6286}{(H8763)} the house{H1004} of the LORD{H3068} which is in Jerusalem{H3389}:
  • Neh 1:11 : 11 O Lord{H136}, I beseech{H577} thee, let now thine ear{H241} be attentive{H7183} to the prayer{H8605} of thy servant{H5650}, and to the prayer{H8605} of thy servants{H5650}, who desire{H2655} to fear{H3372}{(H8800)} thy name{H8034}: and prosper{H6743}{(H8685)}, I pray thee, thy servant{H5650} this day{H3117}, and grant{H5414}{(H8798)} him mercy{H7356} in the sight{H6440} of this man{H376}. For I was the king's{H4428} cupbearer{H8248}{(H8688)}.
  • Neh 2:4-8 : 4 Then the king{H4428} said{H559}{(H8799)} unto me, For what dost thou make request{H1245}{(H8764)}? So I prayed{H6419}{(H8691)} to the God{H430} of heaven{H8064}. 5 And I said{H559}{(H8799)} unto the king{H4428}, If it please{H2895}{(H8804)} the king{H4428}, and if thy servant{H5650} have found favour{H3190}{(H8799)} in thy sight{H6440}, that thou wouldest send{H7971}{(H8799)} me unto Judah{H3063}, unto the city{H5892} of my fathers{H1}' sepulchres{H6913}, that I may build{H1129}{(H8799)} it. 6 And the king{H4428} said{H559}{(H8799)} unto me,(the queen{H7694} also sitting{H3427}{(H8802)} by him{H681},) For how long shall thy journey{H4109} be? and when wilt thou return{H7725}{(H8799)}? So it pleased{H3190}{(H8799)}{H6440} the king{H4428} to send{H7971}{(H8799)} me; and I set{H5414}{(H8799)} him a time{H2165}. 7 Moreover I said{H559}{(H8799)} unto the king{H4428}, If it please{H2895}{(H8804)} the king{H4428}, let letters{H107} be given{H5414}{(H8799)} me to the governors{H6346} beyond{H5676} the river{H5104}, that they may convey me over{H5674}{(H8686)} till I come{H935}{(H8799)} into Judah{H3063}; 8 And a letter{H107} unto Asaph{H623} the keeper{H8104}{(H8802)} of the king's{H4428} forest{H6508}, that he may give{H5414}{(H8799)} me timber{H6086} to make beams{H7136}{(H8763)} for the gates{H8179} of the palace{H1002} which appertained to the house{H1004}, and for the wall{H2346} of the city{H5892}, and for the house{H1004} that I shall enter into{H935}{(H8799)}. And the king{H4428} granted{H5414}{(H8799)} me, according to the good{H2896} hand{H3027} of my God{H430} upon me.
  • Job 22:29 : 29 When men are cast down{H8213}{(H8689)}, then thou shalt say{H559}{(H8799)}, There is lifting up{H1466}; and he shall save{H3467}{(H8686)} the humble{H7807} person{H5869}.
  • Prov 16:7 : 7 When a man's{H376} ways{H1870} please{H7521}{(H8800)} the LORD{H3068}, he maketh even his enemies{H341}{(H8802)} to be at peace{H7999}{(H8686)} with him.
  • Prov 21:1 : 1 The king's{H4428} heart{H3820} is in the hand{H3027} of the LORD{H3068}, as the rivers{H6388} of water{H4325}: he turneth{H5186}{(H8686)} it whithersoever he will{H2654}{(H8799)}.
  • Jer 15:11 : 11 The LORD{H3068} said{H559}{(H8804)}, Verily{H3808}{H518} it shall be well{H2896} with thy remnant{H8281}{(H8765)}{(H8675)}{H8293}; verily{H518} I will cause the enemy{H341}{(H8802)} to entreat{H6293}{(H8689)} thee well in the time{H6256} of evil{H7451} and in the time{H6256} of affliction{H6869}.
  • Jer 26:24 : 24 Nevertheless the hand{H3027} of Ahikam{H296} the son{H1121} of Shaphan{H8227} was with Jeremiah{H3414}, that they should not give{H5414}{(H8800)} him into the hand{H3027} of the people{H5971} to put him to death{H4191}{(H8687)}.
  • Jer 52:31-34 : 31 And it came to pass in the seven{H7651} and thirtieth{H7970} year{H8141} of the captivity{H1546} of Jehoiachin{H3078} king{H4428} of Judah{H3063}, in the twelfth{H8147}{H6240} month{H2320}, in the five{H2568} and twentieth{H6242} day of the month{H2320}, that Evilmerodach{H192} king{H4428} of Babylon{H894} in the first year{H8141} of his reign{H4438} lifted up{H5375}{(H8804)} the head{H7218} of Jehoiachin{H3078} king{H4428} of Judah{H3063}, and brought him forth{H3318}{(H8686)} out of prison{H1004}{H3628}, 32 And spake{H1696}{(H8762)} kindly{H2896} unto him, and set{H5414}{(H8799)} his throne{H3678} above{H4605} the throne{H3678} of the kings{H4428} that were with him in Babylon{H894}, 33 And changed{H8138}{(H8765)} his prison{H3608} garments{H899}: and he did continually{H8548} eat{H398}{(H8804)} bread{H3899} before{H6440} him all the days{H3117} of his life{H2416}. 34 And for his diet{H737}, there was a continual{H8548} diet{H737} given{H5414}{(H8738)} him of the king{H4428} of Babylon{H894}, every{H3117} day{H3117} a portion{H1697} until the day{H3117} of his death{H4194}, all the days{H3117} of his life{H2416}.
  • Acts 27:3 : 3 And{G5037} the next{G2087} day we touched{G2609}{(G5648)} at{G1519} Sidon{G4605}. And{G5037} Julius{G2457} courteously{G5364} entreated{G5530}{(G5666)} Paul{G3972}, and gave him liberty{G2010}{(G5656)} to go{G4198}{(G5679)} unto{G4314} his friends{G5384} to refresh himself{G5177}{(G5629)}{G1958}.
  • Acts 27:43 : 43 But{G1161} the centurion{G1543}, willing{G1014}{(G5740)} to save{G1295}{(G5658)} Paul{G3972}, kept{G2967}{(G5656)} them{G846} from their purpose{G1013}; and{G5037} commanded{G2753}{(G5656)} that they which could{G1410}{(G5740)} swim{G2860}{(G5721)} should cast{G641}{(G5660)} themselves first{G4413} into the sea, and get{G1826}{(G5750)} to{G1909} land{G1093}:
  • Acts 28:10 : 10 Who{G3739} also{G2532} honoured{G5092} us{G2248} with many{G4183} honours{G5091}{(G5656)}; and{G2532} when we departed{G321}{(G5746)}, they laded{G2007}{(G5639)} us with such things as{G4314} were necessary{G5532}.
  • Heb 13:6 : 6 So that{G5620} we{G2248} may boldly{G2292}{(G5723)} say{G3004}{(G5721)}, The Lord{G2962} is my{G1698} helper{G998}, and{G2532} I will{G5399} not{G3756} fear{G5399}{(G5700)} what{G5101} man{G444} shall do{G4160}{(G5692)} unto me{G3427}.
  • Jer 40:4 : 4 And now, behold, I loose{H6605}{(H8765)} thee this day{H3117} from the chains{H246} which were upon thine hand{H3027}. If it seem good{H2896}{H5869} unto thee to come{H935}{(H8800)} with me into Babylon{H894}, come{H935}{(H8798)}; and I will look well{H7760}{(H8799)}{H5869} unto thee: but if it seem ill{H7489}{(H8804)}{H5869} unto thee to come{H935}{(H8800)} with me into Babylon{H894}, forbear{H2308}{(H8798)}: behold{H7200}{(H8798)}, all the land{H776} is before{H6440} thee: whither it seemeth{H413} good{H2896} and convenient{H3477}{H5869} for thee to go{H3212}{(H8800)}, thither go{H3212}{(H8798)}.