Jeremiah 42:1

Then all the army officers, including Johanan son of Kareah and Jezaniah son of Hoshaiah ¹  and all the people of every class, ²  went to the prophet Jeremiah.

2Ki 25:23; Isa 29:13; Isa 48:1; Isa 58:1,2; Jer 5:4,5; Jer 6:13; Jer 8:10; Jer 40:8,13; Jer 41:11,16; Jer 42:8; Jer 42:20; Jer 43:4,5; Jer 44:12; Eze 8:11; Eze 11:1; Eze 14:3,4; Eze 20:1-3; Eze 33:31; Mt 15:8; Ac 8:10

¹ sn Jezaniah son of Hoshaiah may have been the same as the Jezaniah son of the Maacathite mentioned in 40:8. The title “the Maacathite” would identify the locality from which his father came, i.e., a region in northern Transjordan east of Lake Huleh. Many think he is also the same man who is named “Azariah” in Jer 43:2 (the Greek version has Azariah both here and in 43:2). It was not uncommon for one man to have two names, e.g., Uzziah who was also named Azariah (compare 2 Kgs 14:21 with 2 Chr 26:1).

² tn Or “without distinction,” or “All the people from the least important to the most important”; Heb “from the least to the greatest.” This is a figure of speech that uses polar opposites as an all-inclusive designation of everyone without exception (i.e., it included all the people from the least important or poorest to the most important or richest.)