Jeremiah 40-42 - Johanan

Jeremiah Stays in Judah

Jer 40:2 LSB – [2] And the captain of the bodyguard had taken Jeremiah and said to him, "Yahweh your God promised this calamity against this place;

Jer 40:14 LSB – [14] and said to him, "Do you indeed know that Baalis the king of the sons of Ammon has sent Ishmael the son of Nethaniah to strike down your life?" But Gedaliah the son of Ahikam did not believe them.

Ishmael Strikes Down Gedaliah

Johanan Rescues the People

Jer 41:17-18 LSB – [17] And they went and stayed in Geruth Chimham, which is beside Bethlehem, in order to proceed into Egypt [18] because of the Chaldeans; for they were afraid of them, since Ishmael the son of Nethaniah had struck down Gedaliah the son of Ahikam, whom the king of Babylon had appointed over the land.

The People Ask Jeremiah to Pray

Jer 42:3 LSB – [3] that Yahweh your God may tell us the way in which we should walk and the thing that we should do."

Jer 42:21 LSB – [21] So I have told you today, but you have not listened to the voice of Yahweh your God, even according to all that He has sent me to [tell] you.