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Jeremiah 40:13

in Jeremiah 40

Meanwhile, Johanan son of Kareah and all the commanders of the armies in the field came to Gedaliah at Mizpah

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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾

ASV

Moreover Johanan the son of Kareah, and all the captains of the forces that were in the fields, came to Gedaliah to Mizpah,

KJV

Moreover Johanan the son of Kareah, and all the captains of the forces that were in the fields, came to Gedaliah to Mizpah,

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This verse in Jeremiah 40

Commentary

3 notes on this verse

This site's exposition

came to Gedaliah to Mizpah

on Jeremiah 40:13-16

Johanan and the other captains bring Gedaliah a specific warning, that Baalis king of Ammon has sent Ishmael son of Nethaniah to kill him, and offer to remove the threat secretly before it can strike. Gedaliah refuses to believe them and forbids the killing, calling the report a lie about Ishmael, a decision the commentators uniformly read as fatal naivety rather than genuine virtue. Clarke notes that Gedaliah's trust was itself commendable in a man of good will, but his refusal to credit Johanan's specific intelligence left the whole remnant exposed to the assassination the next chapter carries out.

The record, by era

The Puritans and the Awakening2 voices

Moreover, Johanan the son of Kareah,....

A commentator

Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

proposed

6 Then went Jeremiah unto Gedaliah the son of Ahikam to Mizpah; and dwelt with him among the people that were left in the land. The title of this part of the book, which begins the chapter, seems misapplied ( The word which came to Jeremiah ), for here is nothing of prophecy in this chapter, but it is to be referred to ch. xlii.

The words behind it

12 Hebrew words

Every Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.

  • וְיֽוֹחָנָן֙and Johanan

    veyochananH3110 →22 times

  • בֶּן־[the] son of

    ben-H1121 →4930 times

  • קָרֵ֔חַKareah

    kareachH7143 →14 times

  • וְכָל־and all

    vekholH3605 →5413 times

  • שָׂרֵ֥י[the] commanders of

    sareiH8269 →421 times

  • הַחֲיָלִ֖יםthe armies

    hachayalimH2428 →246 times

  • אֲשֶׁ֣רwhich

    ʾasherH834 →5497 times

  • בַּשָּׂדֶ֑ה[were] in the open country

    basadehH7704 →334 times

  • בָּ֥אוּthey came

    bauH935 →2568 times

  • אֶל־to

    ʾel-H413 →5510 times

  • גְּדַלְיָ֖הוּGedaliah

    gedalyahuH1436 →32 times

  • הַמִּצְפָּֽתָה׃<the> Mizpah towards

    hamitzpatahH4709 →40 times

A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.

Related verses

3 in all, six open

The walk

8 stops

Each card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.

  • Through

    Jeremiah 42:1

    Then all the commanders of the forces, along with Johanan son of Kareah, Jezaniah son of Hoshaiah, and all the people from the least to the greatest, approached

    it leads to

    • Jeremiah 42:8

      and he summoned Johanan son of Kareah, all the commanders of the forces who were with him, and all the people from the least to the greatest.

      Reached by 2 separate paths from here.

    • Jeremiah 41:11

      When Johanan son of Kareah and all the commanders of the armies with him heard of all the crimes that Ishmael son of Nethaniah had committed,

    • Jeremiah 6:13

      “For from the least of them to the greatest, all are greedy for gain; from prophet to priest, all practice deceit.

    • Jeremiah 44:12

      And I will take away the remnant of Judah who have resolved to go to the land of Egypt to reside there; they will meet their end. They will all fall by the sword…

    • Jeremiah 40:8

      they came to Gedaliah at Mizpah—Ishmael son of Nethaniah, Johanan and Jonathan the sons of Kareah, Seraiah son of Tanhumeth, the sons of Ephai the Netophathite, and Jezaniah son of the Maacathite—they and their…

  • Through

    Jeremiah 40:8

    they came to Gedaliah at Mizpah—Ishmael son of Nethaniah, Johanan and Jonathan the sons of Kareah, Seraiah son of Tanhumeth, the sons of Ephai the Netophathite, and Jezaniah son of the Maacathite—they and their…

    it leads to

    • Jeremiah 42:1

      Then all the commanders of the forces, along with Johanan son of Kareah, Jezaniah son of Hoshaiah, and all the people from the least to the greatest, approached

    • Deuteronomy 3:14

      Jair, a descendant of Manasseh, took the whole region of Argob as far as the border of the Geshurites and Maacathites. He renamed Bashan after himself, Havvoth-jair, by which it is called to this…

    • Joshua 12:5

      He ruled over Mount Hermon, Salecah, all of Bashan up to the border of the Geshurites and Maacathites, and half of Gilead to the border of Sihon king of Heshbon.

About Jeremiah

The Prophet Jeremiah, Gustave Doré, 1866. Public domain.
The Prophet Jeremiah, Gustave Doré, 1866. Public domain.
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This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763) and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.

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