Within a few months, Gedaliah was killed, and the remaining Jews took Jeremiah with them when they moved to Egypt. ​ — Jeremiah 40: 5 - 7; 41: 1, 2; 43: 4 - 7.
शाफानचा पुत्र गमऱ्‍या आणि नातू मीखाया यांनी यिर्मया पुस्तकातील ३६ व्या अध्यायातील घटनांमध्ये महत्त्वाची भूमिका बजावली.