Jeremiah 40:15 meaning and explanation
Then Johanan son of Kareah spoke privately to Gedaliah at Mizpah. “Let me go and kill Ishmael son of Nethaniah,” he said. “No one will know it. Why should he take your life and scatter all the people of Judah who have gathered to you, so that the remnant of Judah would perish?”
Jeremiah 40:15, Berean Standard Bible
Explanation preview
After Jerusalem fell, Babylon appointed Gedaliah governor over the poor remnant in Judah, and survivors were gathering at Mizpah. Johanan, a military commander, had heard that the Ammonite king Baalis sent Ishmael to kill Gedaliah.
Read and study this verse. Three complete study layers are included with Premium.