Jeremiah 40:11-12
New American Standard Bible
11 Likewise, also all the Jews who were in (A)Moab and among the sons of (B)Ammon and in (C)Edom, and who were in all the other countries, heard that the king of Babylon had [a]left a remnant for Judah, and that he had appointed over them Gedaliah the son of Ahikam, the son of Shaphan. 12 Then all the Jews (D)returned from all the places to which they had been scattered and came to the land of Judah, to Gedaliah at Mizpah, and gathered wine and summer fruit in great abundance.
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Jeremiah 40:11-12
Lexham English Bible
11 And also all the Judeans who were in Moab, and among the Ammonites,[a] and in Edom, and who were in all the lands, when they heard that the king of Babylon had given a remnant to Judah and that he had appointed Gedaliah the son of Ahikam, the son of Shaphan, in an official position over them, 12 then all the Judeans returned from all the places to which they were scattered. And they came to the land of Judah, to Gedaliah at Mizpah, and they gathered wine and summer fruit that yielded in great abundance.[b]
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- Jeremiah 40:11 Literally “sons of Ammon”
- Jeremiah 40:12 Literally “very numerous”
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