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Jeremiah 42:1

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Then all the captains of the forces, and Johanan the son of Kareah, and Jezaniah the son of Hoshaiah, and all the people from the least even to the greatest, came near,

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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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Jerusalem was Judah’s ruined capital after Babylon’s conquest; Babylon was the Mesopotamian empire that had deported many Judeans. Egypt, southwest of Judah, was the refuge some remaining people considered seeking, prompting their request for Jeremiah to ask God’s direction.

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Jeremiah 42:1 mentions Babylon, Egypt and Jerusalem.

Babylon · Radomir Vrbovsky
Egypt · Ricardo Liberato
Jerusalem · Godot13

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