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ESV Global Study Bible :: Footnotes for Jeremiah 40

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References for Jer 40:2 —  1   2 

Jer. 40:1 Nebuzaradan. See 39:11–14. Ramah. Five miles (8 km) north of Jerusalem. along with all the captives. By some mistake (see 39:11–12), Jeremiah had been taken away with the exiles.

Jer. 40:2–5 Nebuzaradan recognizes the truth of Jeremiah’s preaching about Jerusalem’s fall. As Nebuchadnezzar ordered (39:11–12), Nebuzaradan offered Jeremiah a choice of where to live and put him under Gedaliah’s protection.

Jer. 40:6 Mizpah. About 5–8 miles (8–13 km) north of Jerusalem (Judg. 20:1–3). lived with him. In the governor’s house (Jer. 39:14).

Jer. 40:9 Perhaps Judah’s surviving soldiers (vv. 7–8) wanted Gedaliah to lead a revolt. If so, they were disappointed. He gave them the same advice Jeremiah gave the exiles in 29:1–9.

Jer. 40:13–14 Apparently the former soldiers (vv. 7–9) appreciated Gedaliah. They warned him of a plot against his life involving Baalis the king of the Ammonites, and Ishmael, one of the “captains of the forces in the open country” (vv. 7–8), but he did not believe the rumors. The Ammonites opposed Babylon (27:3) and would therefore oppose Gedaliah.

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