⁶ Then Jeremiah went to ^(A)Gedaliah the son of Ahikam, at ^(B)Mizpah, and lived with him ^(C)among the people ^(D)who were left in the land.

¹⁴ sent and took Jeremiah from ^(A)the court of the guard. They entrusted him to ^(B)Gedaliah the son of ^(C)Ahikam, son of ^(D)Shaphan, that he should take him home. So ^(E)he lived among the people.

Israel's War with the Tribe of Benjamin

20 Then ^(A)all the people of Israel came out, ^(B)from Dan to Beersheba, including the land of Gilead, and the congregation assembled as one man to the Lord at ^(C)Mizpah.

⁵ Then Samuel said, “Gather all Israel at ^(A)Mizpah, and I will pray to the Lord for you.” ⁶ So they gathered at ^(B)Mizpah ^(C)and drew water and poured it out before the Lord ^(D)and fasted on that day and said there, ^(E)“We have sinned against the Lord.” And Samuel judged the people of Israel at Mizpah.

Wives Provided for the Tribe of Benjamin

21 Now the men of Israel had sworn ^(A)at Mizpah, “No one of us shall give his daughter in marriage to Benjamin.”

³⁸ Dilean, Mizpeh, Joktheel,