2 Kings 25:22-26 KJV,ASV

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - 2 Kings 25:26

came to Egypt. In defiance of the counsel of Jeremiah (whom they took with them). See Jeremiah 42:0 and 2Ki 43:8-13 , who foretold that Egypt also would be given to the king of Babylon (Jeremiah 44:29 , Jeremiah 44:30 ). read more

James Burton Coffman

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - 2 Kings 25:22

GEDALIAH WAS MADE GOVERNOR OF JUDEA"And as for the people that were left in the land of Judah, whom Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon had left, even over them he made Gedaliah the son of Ahikam, the son of Shaphan, governor. Now when all the captains of the forces, they and their men, heard that the king of Babylon had made Gedaliah governor, they came to Gedaliah to Mizpah, even Ishmael the son of Nethaniah, and Johanan the son of Kareah, and Serajah the son of Tanhumeth the Netophathite, and... read more

Thomas Coke

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - 2 Kings 25:22

2 Kings 25:22. Gedaliah, the son of Ahikam— Ahikam, the father of Gedaliah, 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 that the prophet, in gratitude to the father, obtained this favour for the son from Nebuzaradan. This might also be the motive which induced him to go and live with him in Judea, rather than to go to Babylon, when that general put it to... read more

Thomas Coke

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - 2 Kings 25:23

2 Kings 25:23. To Mizpah— See Gen 31:49-50 where the reason of the name of this place will be found. It was situate on the east side of the river Jordan, and in the division of the land fell to the tribe of Dan; and here it was that Gedaliah chose to fix his habitation, or perhaps was ordered to fix it, because it lay nearest of any to Babylon, from whence he was to receive his instructions, as to the administration of the government. See Wells's Geography. A fuller account of the events... read more

Robert Jamieson; A. R. Fausset; David Brown

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - 2 Kings 25:22

22-26. Nebuchadnezzar . . . made Gedaliah . . . ruler—The people permitted to remain were, besides the king's daughters, a few court attendants and others ( :-) too insignificant to be removed, only the peasantry who could till the land and dress the vineyards. Gedaliah was Jeremiah's friend (Jeremiah 26:24), and having, by the prophet's counsel, probably fled from the city as abandoned of God, he surrendered himself to the conqueror (Jeremiah 38:2; Jeremiah 38:17), and being promoted to the... read more

Robert Jamieson; A. R. Fausset; David Brown

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - 2 Kings 25:25

25. Ishmael . . . of the seed royal, came, and ten men with him, and smote Gedaliah—He had found refuge with Baalis, king of the Ammonites, and he returned with a bad design, being either instigated by envy of a governor not descended from the house of David, or bribed by Baalis to murder Gedaliah. The generous governor, though apprised of his intentions, refused to credit the report, much less to sanction the proposal made by an attached friend to cut off Ishmael. The consequence was, that he... read more

Robert Jamieson; A. R. Fausset; David Brown

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - 2 Kings 25:26

26. and all the people . . . came to Egypt—In spite of Jeremiah's dissuasions (Jeremiah 43:7; Jeremiah 43:8) they settled in various cities of that country (Jeremiah 44:1). read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - 2 Kings 25:8-30

I. The Captivity of the Southern Kingdom 25:8-30Nebuzaradan, Nebuchadnezzar’s commander-in-chief, returned to destroy Jerusalem more thoroughly and to preclude any successful national uprising in Judah.His burning of Yahweh’s house (2 Kings 25:9) was a statement that the Babylonians had overcome Yahweh as much as it was an effort to keep the remaining Judahites from worshipping Him. This act would have thoroughly demoralized even the godly in Judah, since in the ancient Near East the condition... read more

John Dummelow

John Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible - 2 Kings 25:1-30

The Fall of JerusalemThis chapter relates the siege and destruction of Jerusalem, the capture of king Zedekiah, and the deportation of most of the Jewish people.1. In the tenth day] The successive stages in the overthrow of the city are carefully marked by the historian: cp. 2 Kings 25:3, 2 Kings 25:8. Forts] perhaps movable towers for throwing troops upon the walls.3. The famine] the sufferings of the besieged are described in Jeremiah 21:7-9; Lamentations 4:8; Lamentations 5:10.4. The city... read more

Charles John Ellicott

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - 2 Kings 25:22

(22) Gedaliah the son of Ahikam.—Ahikam was one of Josiah’s princes (2 Kings 22:12). In the reign of Jehoiakim he saved the prophet Jeremiah from the popular fury (Jeremiah 26:24). Nebuzaradan committed the prophet to the care of Gedaliah, who probably, like his father, sympathised with Jeremiah’s views (Jeremiah 39:13-14). After hesitating whether to accompany Nebuzaradan to Babylon or not, the prophet finally decided upon repairing to Gedaliah at Mizpah (Jeremiah 40:1-6). Gedaliah’s... read more

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - 2 Kings 25:26

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - 2 Kings 25:22

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - 2 Kings 25:22

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - 2 Kings 25:23

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - 2 Kings 25:22

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - 2 Kings 25:25

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - 2 Kings 25:26

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - 2 Kings 25:8-30

John Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible - 2 Kings 25:1-30

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - 2 Kings 25:22

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