Jeremiah 28:5

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Then the prophet Jeremiah said to the prophet Hananiah in the presence of the priests, and in the presence of all the people who stood in the house of Yahweh,

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Babylon was the Mesopotamian imperial power that had taken Judah’s king and temple vessels, making Hananiah’s promise of their quick return central to the dispute. Gibeon, a Levitical town northwest of Jerusalem, was Hananiah’s hometown and identifies him as the prophet Jeremiah publicly answered.

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Jeremiah 28:5 mentions Babylon and Gibeon.

Babylon · Radomir Vrbovsky
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