24:040:005 Now while he was not yet gone back, he
said, Go back also to
Gedaliah
the son of Ahikam the son of Shaphan, whom the king
of
Babylon hath made governor over the cities of Judah,
and
dwell
with him among the people: or go wheresoever it
seemeth
convenient
unto thee to go. So the captain of the guard gave
him
victuals and a reward, and let him go.
24:040:006 Then went Jeremiah unto Gedaliah the son
of Ahikam to Mizpah;
and
dwelt with him among the people that were left in the
land.
24:040:007 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;
24:040:008 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 Tanhumeth, and the sons of Ephai the
Netophathite,
and Jezaniah the son of a Maachathite, they and
their
men.
24:040:009 And Gedaliah the son of Ahikam the son
of Shaphan sware unto
them
and to their men, saying, Fear not to serve the
Chaldeans:
dwell in the land, and serve the king of Babylon,
and
it shall be well with you.
24:040:010 As for me, behold, I will dwell at Mizpah,
to serve the
Chaldeans,
which will come unto us: but ye, gather ye wine,
and
summer fruits, and oil, and put them in your vessels,
and
dwell
in your cities that ye have taken.
24:040:011 Likewise when all the Jews that were in
Moab, and among the
Ammonites,
and in Edom, and that were in all the countries,
heard
that the king of Babylon had left a remnant of Judah,
and
that he had set over them Gedaliah the son of Ahikam
the
son
of Shaphan;
24:040:012 Even all the Jews returned out of all places
whither they were
driven,
and came to the land of Judah, to Gedaliah, unto
Mizpah,
and gathered wine and summer fruits very much.
24:040:013 Moreover Johanan the son of Kareah, and
all the captains of
the
forces that were in the fields, came to Gedaliah to
Mizpah,
24:040:014 And said unto him, Dost thou certainly
know that Baalis the
king
of the Ammonites hath sent Ishmael the son of Nethaniah
to
slay thee? But Gedaliah the son of Ahikam believed
them
not.


