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And the king commanded Hilkiah the priest, and Ahikam the son of Shaphan, and Achbor the son of Micaiah, and Shaphan the scribe, and Asaiah the king's servant, saying,
And Hilkiah the priest, and Ahikam, and Achbor, and Shaphan, and Asaiah, went to the prophetess Huldah (Hebr. Choldah), the wife of Shallum, the son of Tikvah, the son of Harhas, keeper of the wardrobe, who lived in Jerusalem in the Second Quarter, and they spoke with her. [The name Hulda is the feminine form of Hebr. choled, which is the word for weasel, the basic meaning of which has to do with being quick and nimble. Hulda is also mentioned in .]
And the people who remained in the land of Judah, whom Nebuchadnezzar, king of Babylon, had left, over them he made Gedaliah, the son of Ahikam, the son of Shaphan, governor.
And the king commanded Hilkiah (Hebr. Chilqijaho) and Ahikam, Shafan's son, and Abdon, Mic.'s son, and the scribe Shafan, and Asaiah, the king's servant, saying,
However, the hand of Ahikam, the son of Shaphan, was with Jeremiah, so that they did not hand him over to the people to be put to death.
and they sent [messengers] and took Jeremiah out of the guardhouse and handed him over to Gedaliah, the son of Ahikam, the son of Shaphan, to take him home to live among the people.
But he did not want to return. "Then return to Gedaliah, son of Ahikam, son of Shaphan, whom the king of Babylon has made governor over the cities of Judah, and live with him among the people, or go wherever it seems good to you to go."
And the captain of the guard gave him provisions and a gift and let him go.
And Jeremiah went to Gedaliah, son of Ahikam, at Mizpah, and lived with him among the people who were left in the land.
And when all the captains of the forces in the field, they and their men, heard that the king of Babylon had made Gedaliah, the son of Ahikam, governor over the land, and had committed to him the men, the women, the children, and the weak who were left in the land, who had not been carried away captive to Babylon,
And Gedaliah, the son of Ahikam, the son of Shaphan, swore to them and their men, saying, "Do not be afraid to serve the Chaldeans. Dwell in the land and serve the king of Babylon, and it shall be well with you.
And all the Jews who were in Moab and among the sons of Ammon and in Edom and in all the countries heard that the king of Babylon had left a remnant in Judah and had appointed Gedaliah, the son of Ahikam, the son of Shaphan, over them.
and said to him, "Do you know that Baalis, king of the Ammonites, has sent Ishmael, son of Nethaniah, to take your life?" But Gedaliah, son of Ahikam, did not believe them.
But Gedaliah, the son of Ahikam, said to Johanan, the son of Kareah, "You shall not do this thing, for you are speaking falsely about Ishmael."
And it came to pass in the seventh month [Tishri – Sept/Oct], that Ishmael, the son of Nethaniah, the son of Elishama, of royal descent (birth) and one of the king's chief officers, and ten men with him, came to Gedaliah, the son of Ahikam, to Mizpah, and there they ate bread together in Mizpah.
Then Ishmael, the son of Nethaniah, and the ten men who were with him, rose up and struck Gedaliah, the son of Ahikam, the son of Shaphan, with the sword and killed him, whom the king of Babylon had made governor over the land.
And Ishmael, the son of Nethaniah, went out from Mizpah to meet them, weeping all the way as he went, and it came to pass when he met them that he said to them, "Come to Gedaliah, the son of Ahikam."
And Ishmael carried away captive all the remnant of the people who were in Mizpah, the king's daughters, and all the people who were left in Mizpah, whom Nebuzaradan, captain of the guard, had committed to Gedaliah, the son of Ahikam. Ishmael, the son of Nethaniah, carried them captive and departed to go over to the sons of Ammon.
And Johanan, the son of Kareah, and all the captains of the forces who were with him, took all the remnant of the people whom he had recovered from Ishmael, the son of Nethaniah, from Mizpah, after he had killed Gedaliah, the son of Ahikam, the men, the warriors, the women, the children, and the leaders whom he had brought back from Gibeon,
because of the Chaldeans, for they were afraid of them, since Ishmael, the son of Nethaniah, had killed Gedaliah, the son of Ahikam, whom the king of Babylon had made governor over the land.
the men (men in their prime, full of strength and power) and the women and children and the king's daughters and every person whom Nebuzaradan, the captain of the guard, had left with Gedaliah, the son of Ahikam, the son of Shaphan, and Jeremiah the prophet and Baruch, the son of Neriah,
