Jeremiah 40:9-12

9 Gedaliah son of Ahikam, the son of Shaphan, took an oath to reassure them and their men. “Do not be afraid to serve the Babylonians,[a] ” he said. “Settle down in the land and serve the king of Babylon, and it will go well with you.
10 I myself will stay at Mizpah to represent you before the Babylonians who come to us, but you are to harvest the wine, summer fruit and olive oil, and put them in your storage jars, and live in the towns you have taken over.”
11 When all the Jews in Moab, Ammon, Edom and all the other countries heard that the king of Babylon had left a remnant in Judah and had appointed Gedaliah son of Ahikam, the son of Shaphan, as governor over them,
12 they all came back to the land of Judah, to Gedaliah at Mizpah, from all the countries where they had been scattered. And they harvested an abundance of wine and summer fruit.

Cross References 11

  • 1. Jeremiah 5:19; Jeremiah 27:11; Romans 13:1-2; Ephesians 6:5-8
  • 2. Ezekiel 23:23
  • 3. S Jeremiah 38:20; Lamentations 1:1
  • 4. S ver 6
  • 5. S Genesis 27:28; S Exodus 23:16
  • 6. Exodus 7:19; 2 Corinthians 4:7
  • 7. Deuteronomy 1:39
  • 8. S Numbers 21:11; Numbers 25:1
  • 9. S Genesis 25:30
  • 10. Jeremiah 12:14
  • 11. Jeremiah 43:5

Footnotes 1

  • [a]. Or "Chaldeans" ; also in verse 10
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