Jeremiah 41:6 meaning and explanation

And Ishmael son of Nethaniah went out from Mizpah to meet them, weeping as he went. When Ishmael encountered the men, he said, “Come to Gedaliah son of Ahikam.”

Jeremiah 41:6, Berean Standard Bible

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Ishmael has just murdered Gedaliah, the Babylonian appointed governor, and no one outside Mizpah knows yet. The eighty men from Shechem, Shiloh and Samaria are pilgrims mourning the destroyed temple, carrying grain offerings and frankincense.

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