prison. house of detention: as in Jeremiah 38:6; Jeremiah 38:13; Jeremiah 38:28.
Gedaliah. See note on Ahikam, Jeremiah 26:24. Compare Jeremiah 40:6.
Shaphan. See note on 2 Kings 22:3.
carry him home. Some codices, with one early printed edition (Rabbinic), read "out of the [prison] house". From the next chapter we learn that he was taken north to Ramah with other captives, and from that place was set free, and went to Gedaliah to Mizpah (Jeremiah 40:6). This verse (Jeremiah 39:14) is only. brief summary.
so. and.