Jeremiah 40:7 meaning and explanation
When all the commanders and men of the armies in the field heard that the king of Babylon had appointed Gedaliah son of Ahikam over the land and that he had put him in charge of the men, women, and children who were the poorest of the land and had not been exiled to Babylon,
Jeremiah 40:7, Berean Standard Bible
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After Jerusalem fell in 586 BC, the Babylonians appointed Gedaliah, a Judean from a respected family, as governor over the land. The commanders and their men were guerrilla fighters who had escaped the siege and were hiding in the countryside.
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