Jeremiah 41:2 meaning and explanation
Then Ishmael son of Nethaniah and the ten men who were with him got up and struck down Gedaliah son of Ahikam, the son of Shaphan, with the sword, killing the one whom the king of Babylon had appointed to govern the land.
Jeremiah 41:2, Berean Standard Bible
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Jeremiah 41:2 records the murder of Gedaliah, the governor Babylon appointed over the Jews left in Judah after Jerusalem fell. Ishmael, a member of the royal family, had just shared a meal with Gedaliah at Mizpah, so the killing came as a betrayal of hospitality, a grave wrong in the ancient world.
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