Story · 8 · Josiah and Huldah
Ten days waiting for an answer
Survivors ask Jeremiah for God's direction. After ten days, the oracle comes: stay in Judah, don't flee to Egypt. It wasn't what their leaders wanted to hear.
An unwelcome answer, defied.
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Johanan and the army commanders force a large group, including Jeremiah, to migrate to Egypt anyway.
Bible reference: Jeremiah 42–43
Source: Why the Bible Began, pp. 131
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