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Jeremiah 40:7

Context

Pericope

A Small Judean Province is Established at Mizpah

NETBible

Now some of the officers of the Judean army and their troops had been hiding in the countryside. They heard that the king of Babylon had appointed Gedaliah son of Ahikam to govern¹ the country. They also heard that he had been put in charge over the men, women, and children from the poorer classes of the land who had not been carried off into exile in Babylon.²