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Jeremiah 40:7 (NIV2010)

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⁷ When all the army officers and their men who were still in the open country heard that the king of Babylon had appointed Gedaliah son of Ahikam as governor over the land and had put him in charge of the men, women and children who were the poorest in the land and who had not been carried into exile to Babylon,

Definition(s):
Ahikam (A-high-kam): a brother who raises up or avenges
Babylon (Bab-el-on): same as Babel
Gedaliah (Gedd-a-lie-a): God is my greatness