ירמיהו, פרק מ׳, פסוק י״ג

Following the destruction, the surviving military captains begin to gather around their new leader, Gedaliah. Johanan son of Kareah and other military leaders arrive from the open country. The primary approach among commentators is that these commanders were out in the open spaces because they had fled the city, hiding in the fields to escape the Chaldeans.

The repeated mention of these captains and their arrival connects the recent events together, acting as a direct introduction to the events that immediately follow.