2 Kings 25:25

25. In the seventh month Only two months after the destruction of Jerusalem. 2 Kings 25:8.

Ishmael… came According to Jeremiah 40:14, he was instigated to this deed by Baalis, the king of the Ammonites, and Johanan had warned Gedaliah of the plot, but the latter would not credit it.

Of the seed royal This explains the deeper cause of his action. He was jealous of Gedailah, and unwilling, as a member of the royal house, to be subject to him.

And the Jews and the Chaldees… at Mizpah He aimed to annihilate this new-made government, and according to Jeremiah was proceeding with many captives to the Ammonites when he was overtaken and put to flight by Johanan, who had gathered some forces and pursued him.