Jeremiah 41:18 meaning and explanation
to escape the Chaldeans. For they were afraid of the Chaldeans because Ishmael son of Nethaniah had struck down Gedaliah son of Ahikam, whom the king of Babylon had appointed over the land.
Jeremiah 41:18, Berean Standard Bible
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After Babylon destroyed Jerusalem, Nebuchadnezzar appointed Gedaliah to govern the surviving Judeans, and they gathered at Mizpah under his protection. Ishmael, a member of the royal family, murdered Gedaliah and many others, then fled to the Ammonites.
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