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Jeremiah 39:14

in Jeremiah 39

had Jeremiah brought from the courtyard of the guard, and they turned him over to Gedaliah son of Ahikam, the son of Shaphan, to take him home. So Jeremiah remained among his own people.

BSB

The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾

ASV

they sent, and took Jeremiah out of the court of the guard, and committed him unto Gedaliah the son of Ahikam, the son of Shaphan, that he should carry him home. So he dwelt among the people.

KJV

Even they sent, and took Jeremiah out of the court of the prison, and committed him unto Gedaliah the son of Ahikam the son of Shaphan, that he should carry him home: so he dwelt among the people.

This verse in Jeremiah 39

Commentary

6 notes on this verse
Jeremiah was to be taken out of the court of the watch, and placed in the palace close by. He dwelt among the people - i. e., he was no longer in custody, but master of his own actions.

This site's exposition

had given orders about Jeremiah

on Jeremiah 39:11-14

Nebuchadnezzar gives orders about Jeremiah: “Take him, look after him, and do not let any harm come to him; do for him whatever he says.” Babylon’s officers bring him from the courtyard of the guard and turn him over to Gedaliah son of Ahikam, whose father protected Jeremiah in 26:24.

This site's exposition

they turned him over to Gedaliah son of Ahikam

Gedaliah's father Ahikam had saved Jeremiah's life at 26:24. Jamieson, Fausset and Brown note that Babylon set Gedaliah over the remnant as a man likely to stay loyal. Albert Barnes reconciles the verse with 40:1, where Jeremiah turns up in chains at Ramah, by placing Gedaliah already at Mizpah.

The record, by era

The Puritans and the Awakening2 voices

A commentator

Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

proposed

Jeremiah had been faithful to his trust as a prophet, and now God approves himself faithful to him and the promise he had made him. Now he is comforted according to the time wherein he had been afflicted, and sees thousands fall on each hand and himself safe. The false prophets fell by those judgments which they said should never come ( ch. xiv.

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Even they sent and took Jeremiah out of the court of the prison,....

The Nineteenth Century1 voice

A commentator

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown

1802–1910

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)

Gedaliah--son of Ahikam, the former supporter of Jeremiah (Jer 26:24). Gedaliah was the chief of the deserters to the Chaldeans, and was set over the remnant in Judea as one likely to remain faithful to Nebuchadnezzar. His residence was at Mizpah (Jer 40:5). home--the house of Gedaliah, wherein Jeremiah might remain as in a safe asylum.

How the passage was read

What the Jewish commentators add

to Gedaliah the son of Ahikam who defected to the Chaldeans in compliance with Jeremiah’s orders, and when the city was taken, he appointed him governor over those remaining there.
Rashi: France, 1040–1105 · Rashi on Jeremiah 39:14:1, via Sefaria, The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg

This section is reception history: how the passage was read and kept in the Jewish tradition. Where a reading parts from an essential of the Christian faith, the section says so at that point.

Texts and citation data: Sefaria; each excerpt follows its version’s licence. 6 further sources are cited on this chapter that carry no English text this site may quote or only restate the verse.

The words behind it

20 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.

  • וַיִּשְׁלְחוּ֩and they sent

    vaiyishlechuH7971 →845 times

  • וַיִּקְח֨וּand they fetched

    vaiyikchuH3947 →966 times

  • אֶֽת־<obj.>

    ʾet-H853 →10935 times

  • יִרְמְיָ֜הוּJeremiah

    yirmeyahuH3414 →147 times

  • מֵחֲצַ֣רfrom [the] courtyard of

    mechatzarH2691 →191 times

  • הַמַּטָּרָ֗הthe guard

    hamatarahH4307 →16 times

  • וַיִּתְּנ֤וּand they gave over

    vaiyitenuH5414 →2011 times

  • אֹתוֹ֙<obj.> him

    ʾotoH853 →10935 times

  • אֶל־to

    ʾel-H413 →5510 times

  • גְּדַלְיָ֙הוּ֙Gedaliah

    gedalyahuH1436 →32 times

  • בֶּן־[the] son of

    ben-H1121 →4930 times

  • אֲחִיקָ֣םAhikam

    ʾachikamH296 →20 times

  • בֶּן־[the] son of

    ben-H1121 →4930 times

  • שָׁפָ֔ןShaphan

    shafanH8227 →34 times

  • לְהוֹצִאֵ֖הוּto take out him

    lehotziehuH3318 →1067 times

  • אֶל־to

    ʾel-H413 →5510 times

  • הַבָּ֑יִתthe house

    habayitH1004 →2046 times

  • וַיֵּ֖שֶׁבand he remained

    vaiyeshevH3427 →1079 times

  • בְּת֥וֹךְin among

    betokhH8432 →418 times

  • הָעָֽם׃ סthe people

    haamH5971 →1873 times

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

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 38:28

    And Jeremiah remained in the courtyard of the guard until the day Jerusalem was captured.

    it leads to

    • Jeremiah 37:21

      So King Zedekiah gave orders for Jeremiah to be placed in the courtyard of the guard and given a loaf of bread daily from the street of the bakers, until all the bread in…

      Reached by 2 separate paths from here.

    • Jeremiah 15:20–21

      Then I will make you a wall to this people, a fortified wall of bronze; they will fight against you but will not overcome you, for I am with you to save and deliver…

    • Psalms 23:4

      Even though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil, for You are with me; Your rod and Your staff, they comfort me.

  • Through

    2 Kings 22:12

    and commanded Hilkiah the priest, Ahikam son of Shaphan, Achbor son of Micaiah, Shaphan the scribe, and Asaiah the servant of the king:

    it leads to

    • Jeremiah 26:24

      Nevertheless, Ahikam son of Shaphan supported Jeremiah, so he was not handed over to the people to be put to death.

    • 2 Kings 25:22

      Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon appointed Gedaliah son of Ahikam, the son of Shaphan, over the people he had left behind in the land of Judah.

  • Through

    Jeremiah 26:24

    Nevertheless, Ahikam son of Shaphan supported Jeremiah, so he was not handed over to the people to be put to death.

    it leads to

    • Jeremiah 40:5–7

      But before Jeremiah turned to go, Nebuzaradan added, “Return to Gedaliah son of Ahikam, the son of Shaphan, whom the king of Babylon has appointed over the cities of Judah, and stay with him…

    • 1 Kings 18:4

      for when Jezebel had slaughtered the prophets of the LORD, Obadiah had taken a hundred prophets and hidden them, fifty men per cave, providing them with food and water.)

    • 2 Kings 22:12–14

      and commanded Hilkiah the priest, Ahikam son of Shaphan, Achbor son of Micaiah, Shaphan the scribe, and Asaiah the servant of the king:

Where this verse is studied

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About Jeremiah

This page draws on Albert Barnes, Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869); Carl Friedrich Keil, The Prophecies of Jeremiah; Jamieson, Fausset & Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763) and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.