Jeremiah 40:5

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Summary

Now while he was not yet gone back, he said, Go back also to Gedaliah the son of Ahikam the son of Shaphan, whom the king of Babylon hath made governor over the cities of Judah, and dwell with him among the people: or go wheresoever it seemeth convenient unto thee to go. So the captain of the guard gave him victuals and a reward, and let him go.

Go back

Jeremiah 39:14

Jeremiah 41:2

2 Kings 25:22

Ahikam

Jeremiah 26:24

2 Kings 22:12

2 Chronicles 34:20

Or go

Proverbs 21:1

Gave him

Bible References

Go back

had Jeremiah brought from the guard’s courtyard and turned him over to Gedaliah son of Ahikam, son of Shaphan, to take him home. So he settled among his own people.

but then Ishmael son of Nethaniah and the 10 men who were with him got up and struck down Gedaliah son of Ahikam, son of Shaphan, with the sword; he killed the one the king of Babylon had appointed in the land.

Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon appointed Gedaliah son of Ahikam, son of Shaphan, over the rest of the people he left in the land of Judah.

Ahikam

But Ahikam son of Shaphan supported Jeremiah, so he was not handed over to the people to be put to death.

Then he commanded Hilkiah the priest, Ahikam son of Shaphan, Achbor son of Micaiah, Shaphan the court secretary, and the king’s servant Asaiah:

Then he commanded Hilkiah, Ahikam son of Shaphan, Abdon son of Micah, Shaphan the court secretary, and the king’s servant Asaiah,

Or go

Now pay attention: Today I am setting you free from the chains that were on your hands. If it pleases you to come with me to Babylon, come, and I will take care of you. But if it seems wrong to you to come with me to Babylon, go no farther. Look—the whole land is in front of you. Wherever it seems good and right for you to go, go there.”

The Lord said:

I will certainly set you free and care for you.
I will certainly intercede for you
in a time of trouble,
in your time of distress, with the enemy.

—came up from Babylon. He was a scribe skilled in the law of Moses, which Yahweh, the God of Israel, had given. The king had granted him everything he requested because the hand of Yahweh his God was on him.

Please, Lord, let Your ear be attentive to the prayer of Your servant and to that of Your servants who delight to revere Your name. Give Your servant success today, and have compassion on him in the presence of this man.

At the time, I was the king’s cupbearer.

Then the king asked me, “What is your request?”

So I prayed to the God of heaven

When a man’s ways please the Lord,
He makes even his enemies to be at peace with him.

A king’s heart is like streams of water in the Lord’s hand:
He directs it wherever He chooses.

Gave him

On the twenty-fifth day of the twelfth month of the thirty-seventh year of the exile of Judah’s King Jehoiachin, Evil-merodach king of Babylon, in the first year of his reign, pardoned King Jehoiachin of Judah and released him from prison.

Elisha came to Damascus while Ben-hadad king of Aram was sick, and the king was told, “The man of God has come here.”

When others are humiliated and you say, “Lift them up,”
God will save the humble.

The next day we put in at Sidon, and Julius treated Paul kindly and allowed him to go to his friends to receive their care.

So they heaped many honors on us, and when we sailed, they gave us what we needed.

Therefore, we may boldly say:

The Lord is my helper;
I will not be afraid.
What can man do to me?