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Jeremiah 40:15 Cross-References
Explore 9 cross-references for Jeremiah 40:15 from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, connecting Jeremiah chapter 40 verse 15 to related passages throughout the Bible.
“Then Johanan the son of Kareah spake to Gedaliah in Mizpah secretly, saying, Let me go, I pray thee, and I will slay Ishmael the son of Nethaniah, and no man shall know it: wherefore should he slay thee, that all the Jews which are gathered unto thee should be scattered, and the remnant in Judah perish?”
Jeremiah 40:15 (KJV)
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Commentary on Jeremiah 40:15
Johanan's secret offer to Gedaliah—'Let me go, I pray thee, and I will slay Ishmael the son of Nethaniah, and no man shall know it'—reveals both his genuine concern for the governor and the moral complexity of the situation. Johanan proposed pre-emptive assassination 'in secret' (literally 'and a man will not know'), suggesting he understood that public execution of Ishmael (a man of royal blood, verse 1) without clear proof of conspiracy might destabilize the fragile community. His reasoning—'wherefore should he slay thee, that all the Jews which are gathered unto thee should be scattered abr...
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Cross-References for Jeremiah 40:15
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“God has delivered up your enemy into your hand this day: now therefore please let me strike him with the spear to the earth at one stroke”
“and struck the Philistine”
“they who inhabit those waste places in the land of Israel speak”
“You shall not go forth: for if we flee away”
“'Who can find one who has not been filled with his meat?'”
“and that the whole nation not perish.,Nor consider that it is expedient for us, that one man should die for the people, and that the whole nation perish not.,,,,,,,,”
“Yahweh”
“Let”
“Behold”