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Jeremiah 39:14
had Jeremiah brought from the courtyard of the guard, and they turned him over to Gedaliah son of Ahikam, the son of Shaphan, to take him home. So Jeremiah remained among his own people.
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — Babylonian commanders remove Jeremiah from the courtyard of the guard after Jerusalem's fall and hand him to Gedaliah, who is appointed to oversee the remaining Judean population.
The words — The verbs וַ/יִּתְּנ֤וּ (va/i.yi.te.Nu) and וַ/יִּקְח֨וּ (va/i.yik.Chu) record that officials "gave over" Jeremiah to Gedaliah and "fetched" him from confinement.
The thread — This administrative transfer resolves the confinement noted in Jeremiah 38:28 and mirrors the Babylonian appointment of Gedaliah in 2 Kings 25:22.
Why it lands — The verse documents a procedural handover that leaves Jeremiah with his own people, requiring the reader to observe how preservation occurs through political channels rather than supernatural removal.
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The Hebrew words
King James Version
Even they sent, and took Jeremiah out of the court of the prison, and committed him unto Gedaliah the son of Ahikam the son of Shaphan, that he should carry him home: so he dwelt among the people.
Cross-references
- Jeremiah 38:28 And Jeremiah remained in the courtyard of the guard until the day Jerusalem was captured.
- 2 Kings 22:12 and commanded Hilkiah the priest, Ahikam son of Shaphan, Achbor son of Micaiah, Shaphan the scribe, and Asaiah the servant of the king:
- 2 Kings 25:22 Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon appointed Gedaliah son of Ahikam, the son of Shaphan, over the people he had left behind in the land of Judah.
- Jeremiah 26:24 Nevertheless, Ahikam son of Shaphan supported Jeremiah, so he was not handed over to the people to be put to death.
- Psalms 105:19 until his prediction came true and the word of the LORD proved him right.
- Jeremiah 37:21 So King Zedekiah gave orders for Jeremiah to be placed in the courtyard of the guard and given a loaf of bread daily from the street of the bakers, until all the bread in the city was gone. So Jeremiah remained in the courtyard of the guard.
- Jeremiah 38:13 and they pulled him up with the ropes and lifted him out of the cistern. And Jeremiah remained in the courtyard of the guard.
- Jeremiah 39:15 And while Jeremiah had been confined in the courtyard of the guard, the word of the LORD had come to him:
- Jeremiah 40:1 This is the word that came to Jeremiah from the LORD after Nebuzaradan captain of the guard had released him at Ramah, having found him bound in chains among all the captives of Jerusalem and Judah who were being exiled to Babylon.