Jeremiah 40:16

וַיֹּאמֶר גְּדַלְיָהוּ בֶן ־ אֲחִיקָם אֶל ־ יוֹחָנָן בֶּן ־ קָרֵחַ אַֽל ־ תעש אֶת ־ הַדָּבָר הַזֶּה כִּֽי ־ שֶׁקֶר אַתָּה דֹבֵר אֶל ־ יִשְׁמָעֵֽאל ׃ ס

Hebrew Tanakh (Original)

In The King James Version

But Gedaliah the son of Ahikam said unto Johanan the son of Kareah, Thou shalt not do this thing: for thou speakest falsely of Ishmael.

In Context

15וְיוֹחָנָן בֶּן ־ קָרֵחַ אָמַר אֶל ־ גְּדַלְיָהוּ בַסֵּתֶר בַּמִּצְפָּה לֵאמֹר אֵלְכָה נָּא וְאַכֶּה אֶת ־ יִשְׁמָעֵאל בֶּן ־ נְתַנְיָה וְאִישׁ לֹא יֵדָע לָמָּה יַכֶּכָּה נֶּפֶשׁ וְנָפֹצוּ כָּל ־ יְהוּדָה הַנִּקְבָּצִים אֵלֶיךָ וְאָבְדָה שְׁאֵרִית יְהוּדָֽה ׃

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Matthew Henry on Jeremiah 40:8-16

Gedaliah's Address to the People. ( b. c. 588.) 7 Now when all the captains of the forces which were in the fields, even they and their men, heard that the king of Babylon had made Gedaliah the son of Ahikam governor in the land, and had committed unto him men, and women, and children, and of the poor of the land, of them that were not carried away captive to Babylon; 8 Then they came to Gedaliah to Mizpah, even Ishmael the son of Nethaniah, and Johanan and Jonathan the sons of Kareah, and Seraiah the son of… Read the whole commentary →

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