Jeremiah 40:7

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Now when all the captains of the forces who were in the fields, even they and their men, heard that the king of Babylon had made Gedaliah the son of Ahikam governor in the land, and had committed to him men, and women, and children, and of the poorest of the land, of those who were not carried away captive to Babylon;

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The Assyrian and Babylonian ExileThe kingdoms of Judah and Israel with the routes of the Assyrian and Babylonian captivities.

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After Babylon captured Jerusalem, Judean soldiers scattered among neighboring Ammon, Moab, and Edom, east and south of Judah, and in Chaldean-held territory. Hearing that Gedaliah governed the remnant from Mizpah near Jerusalem—after events at Ramah—they returned, showing Babylon’s control over devastated Judah.

Places in this passage

Jeremiah 40:7 mentions Ammon, Babylon, Chaldea, Edom, Jerusalem, Mizpah, Moab and Ramah.

Photo of Ammon — Ammon · Berthold Werner

Photo of Babylon — Babylon · Radomir Vrbovsky

Photo of Chaldea — Chaldea · M.Lubinski from Iraq,USA.