5/17/2007

Sending the letter to the exiles

Jeremiah 29:3 - He entrusted the letter to Elasah son of Shaphan and to Gemariah son of Hilkiah, whom Zedekiah king of Judah sent to King Nebuchadnezzar in Babylon.

I wonder why King Zedekiah sent Elasah and Gemariah to Babylon. I doubt it had anything to do with Jeremiah's letter. I wonder if Jeremiah had to "sneak" it to them. Apparently he trusted them. I wonder if they were perhaps even good friends.

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