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Prophecies Concerning Israel: The People in Fear, Take Refuge in Egypt

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2 Kings 25:26 Then all the people small and great, together with the commanders of the army, arose and fled to Egypt for fear of the Chaldeans.
Jeremiah 41:14–18 and all the people whom Ishmael had taken captive at Mizpah turned and went over to Johanan son of Kareah. / But Ishmael son of Nethaniah and eight of his men escaped from Johanan and went to the Ammonites. / Then Johanan son of Kareah and all the commanders of the armies with him took the whole remnant of the people from Mizpah whom he had recovered from Ishmael son of Nethaniah after Ishmael had killed Gedaliah son of Ahikam: the soldiers, women, children, and court officials he had brought back from Gibeon.
Jeremiah 42:13–18 But if you say, ‘We will not stay in this land,’ and you thus disobey the voice of the LORD your God, / and if you say, ‘No, but we will go to the land of Egypt and live there, where we will not see war or hear the sound of the ram’s horn or hunger for bread,’ / then hear the word of the LORD, O remnant of Judah! This is what the LORD of Hosts, the God of Israel, says: ‘If you are determined to go to Egypt and reside there,