2 Kings 25:22-26 KJV,ASV

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - 2 Kings 25:25-26

Jeremiah gives this history with much fullness of detail Jer. 41–43. read more

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - 2 Kings 25:22

2 Kings 25:22. Over them he made Gedaliah, the son of Ahikam, ruler A righteous and good man, and a friend to the Prophet Jeremiah, Jeremiah 26:24. Ahikam, his father, was a person in such credit in all the latter reigns, that he had been able to screen Jeremiah from the resentment of the king and the fury of the people; so that it is very probable the prophet, in gratitude to the father, obtained this favour for the son, from Nebuzaradan. Or, as some think, Gedaliah, by the advice of... read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - 2 Kings 25:23

2 Kings 25:23. When all the captains of the armies Who escaped when Zedekiah was taken; heard that the king of Babylon had made Gedaliah governor One of themselves, and that things were put into a good posture: there came to Gedaliah to Mizpah A place in the land of Benjamin, famous in Samuel’s time; Ishmael, Johanan, &c., they and their men To put themselves under his protection. Gedaliah, though he had not the pomp and power of a sovereign prince, yet might have been a greater... read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - 2 Kings 25:24

2 Kings 25:24. Gedaliah sware to them Assured them by his promise and oath, that if they would be patient and peaceable under the government of the king of Babylon, and would conduct themselves properly, they should be kept from the evils which they feared. This he might safely swear, because he had not only Nebuchadnezzar’s promise, and interest too, but also God’s promise, delivered by Jeremiah. And it might seem that a fair prospect was now again opening for them. But, alas! this hopeful... read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - 2 Kings 25:25

2 Kings 25:25. Ishmael, of the seed royal, came Moved with envy at Gedaliah’s advancement, and the happy settlement of the people under him; and ten men with him That is, ten captains or officers, and under each of them many soldiers. And smote Gedaliah, and the Jews and Chaldees, &c. Resolved to ruin him and them. Nebuchadnezzar would not, could not, have been a more mischievous enemy to their peace than this degenerate branch of the house of David was! We have a fuller account of... read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - 2 Kings 25:26

2 Kings 25:26. And all the people arose, and came to Egypt Contrary to the persuasion of Jeremiah, who pressed them to stay in the land, that it might not altogether lie uncultivated, (seeing they were to be settled in it again, according to the word of the Lord by the Prophet Isaiah, chap. Isaiah 44:28, and Isaiah 45:1,) assuring them that they should be safe if they would stay in the land of Judah, but should perish if they went into Egypt. See Jeremiah 42:9-10, &c. But they would not... read more

Donald C. Fleming

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - 2 Kings 25:22-30

In Egypt and Babylon (25:22-30)Gedaliah was appointed governor of those who remained in Judah, and with Jeremiah’s support he followed a pro-Babylon policy. He took no action against Judah’s anti-Babylon military leaders who had escaped the Babylonians. Rather he encouraged them, along with others who had fled the country, to return and settle around Mizpah, north of Jerusalem (22-24; Jeremiah 40:7-12).Within a few months Gedaliah was murdered by the leaders of the anti-Babylon group. Fearing a... read more

E.W. Bullinger

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - 2 Kings 25:25-26

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - 2 Kings 25:22

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - 2 Kings 25:23

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - 2 Kings 25:24

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - 2 Kings 25:25

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - 2 Kings 25:26

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - 2 Kings 25:22-30

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - 2 Kings 25:23

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - 2 Kings 25:24

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - 2 Kings 25:25

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