Jeremiah 41:17

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and they departed, and lived in Geruth Chimham, which is by Bethlehem, to go to enter into Egypt,

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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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Geruth Chimham was a lodging place near Bethlehem, south of Jerusalem, where Johanan gathered survivors after the murder at Mizpah of Gedaliah, Babylon’s appointed governor. The surrounding places trace the crisis: fugitives from Gibeon, Samaria, Shechem, and Shiloh feared Babylon/Ch

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Jeremiah 41:17 mentions Ammon, Babylon, Bethlehem, Chaldea, Egypt, Geruth Chimham, Gibeon, Jerusalem, Mizpah, Samaria, Shechem and Shiloh.

Photo of Ammon — Ammon · Berthold Werner

Photo of Babylon — Babylon · Radomir Vrbovsky

Photo of Bethlehem — Bethlehem · Berthold Werner

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