Jeremiah 40-42

Events After the Fall of Jerusalem (40:1–45:5)

1. Release of Jeremiah (40:1–6)

2. The Governorship of Gedaliah (40:7–41:18)

(1) The People’s Response to Gedaliah’s Appointment (40:7–12)

(2) A Warning to Gedaliah of an Assassination Plot (40:13–16)

(3) The Assassination of Gedaliah (41:1–3) 

(4) Other Violent Acts by Ishmael (41:4–10) 

(5) Rescue of Ishmael’s Captives (41:11–18) 

3. The Flight to Egypt (42:1–43:7)

(1) A Request for Jeremiah’s Advice (42:1–6)

(2) Jeremiah’s Advice to the People (42:7–22)