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As Jeremiah was still not goingback, he said, "Go on back then to Gedaliah the son of Ahikam, the son of Shaphan, whom the king of Babylon has appointed over the cities of Judah, and stay with him among the people; or else goanywhere it seems right for you to go." So the captain of the bodyguardgave him a ration and a gift and let him go.
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Now all the commanders of the forces that were in the field, they and their men, heard that the king of Babylon had appointedGedaliah the son of Ahikam over the land and that he had put him in charge of the men, women and children, those of the poorest of the landwho had not been exiled to Babylon.
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So they came to Gedaliah at Mizpah, along with 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 the Maacathite, both they and their men.
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Then Gedaliah the son of Ahikam, the son of Shaphan, swore to them and to their men, saying, "Do not be afraid of serving the Chaldeans; stay in the land and serve the king of Babylon, that it may gowell with you.