Yeremia 40:7

A Small Judean Province is Established at Mizpah

40:7 Now some of the officers of the Judean army and their troops had been hiding in the countryside. They heard that the king of Babylon had appointed Gedaliah son of Ahikam to govern ¹  the country. They also heard that he had been put in charge over the men, women, and children from the poorer classes of the land who had not been carried off into exile in Babylon. ² 

Yeremia 40:2

40:2 The captain of the royal guard took Jeremiah aside and said to him, “The Lord your God threatened this place with this disaster.

Kisah Para Rasul 25:12

25:12 Then, after conferring with his council, ³  Festus ⁴  replied, “You have appealed to Caesar; ⁵  to Caesar ⁶  you will go!” ⁷ 

Yehezkiel 33:24

33:24 “Son of man, the ones living in these ruins in the land of Israel are saying, ‘Abraham was only one man, yet he possessed the land, but we are many; surely the land has been given to us for a possession.’ ⁸ 

[40:7]  ¹ tn Heb “set him over/ made him overseer over.” See BDB 823-24 s.v. פָּקִיד Hiph.1 and compare usage in Gen 39:4-5.

[40:7]  ² sn Compare Jer 39:10.

[25:12]  ³ tn That is, with his advisers.

[25:12]  ⁴ sn See the note on Porcius Festus in 24:27.

[25:12]  ⁵ tn Or “to the emperor” (“Caesar” is a title for the Roman emperor).

[25:12]  ⁶ tn Or “to the emperor.”

[25:12]  ⁷ sn “To Caesar you will go!” In all probability Festus was pleased to send Paul on to Rome and get this political problem out of his court.

[33:24]  ⁸ sn Outside of its seven occurrences in Ezekiel the term translated “possession” appears only in Exod 6:8 and Deut 33:4.