Yeremia 38:19

38:19 Then King Zedekiah said to Jeremiah, “I am afraid of the Judeans who have deserted to the Babylonians. ¹  The Babylonians might hand me over to them and they will torture me.” ² 

Yeremia 43:6

43:6 They also led off all the men, women, children, and royal princesses ³  that Nebuzaradan, the captain of the royal guard, had left with Gedaliah, ⁴  the son of Ahikam and grandson of Shaphan. This included the prophet Jeremiah and Baruch son of Neriah.

[38:19]  ¹ tn Heb “Chaldeans.” See the study note on 21:4 for explanation.

[38:19]  ² tn Or “and they will badly abuse me.” For the usage of this verb in the situation presupposed see Judg 19:25 and 1 Sam 31:4.

[43:6]  ³ tn Heb “the daughters of the king.” See the translator’s note on 41:10.

[43:6]  ⁴ sn This refers to the group mentioned in Jer 40:7 and 41:10. The two groups together constituted all the people who were at Mizpah when Gedaliah was murdered, had been taken captive by Ishmael, had been rescued by Johanan and the other army officers, and had consulted Jeremiah at Geruth Chimham.