2 Kings 25:22-30

Gedaliah Made Governor

22 Now as for the people who were left in the land of Judah, whom Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon had left, he appointed ¹Gedaliah the son of Ahikam, the son of Shaphan over them.

23 ²When all the captains of the forces, they and their men, heard that the king of Babylon had appointed Gedaliah governor, they came to Gedaliah to ³Mizpah, namely, Ishmael the son of Nethaniah, and Johanan the son of Kareah, and Seraiah the son of Tanhumeth the Netophathite, and Jaazaniah the son of the Maacathite, they and their men.

24 Gedaliah swore to them and their men and said to them, "Do not be afraid of the servants of the Chaldeans; live in the land and serve the king of Babylon, and it will be well with you."

25 ⁴But it came about in the seventh month, that Ishmael the son of Nethaniah, the son of Elishama, of the royal family, came with ten men and struck Gedaliah down so that he died along with the Jews and the Chaldeans who were with him at Mizpah.

26 ⁵Then all the people, both small and great, and the captains of the forces arose and went to Egypt; for they were afraid of the Chaldeans.

27 ⁶Now it came about in the thirty-seventh * year of ⁷the exile of Jehoiachin king of Judah, in the twelfth * month, on the twenty-seventh * day of the month, that Evil-merodach king of Babylon, in the year that he became king, ⁸released * Jehoiachin king of Judah from prison *;

28 and he ⁹spoke kindly to him and set his throne above * the throne of the kings who were with him in Babylon.

29 Jehoiachin changed his prison clothes and ¹⁰had his meals in the king's presence regularly all the days of his life;

30 and for his ¹¹allowance, a regular allowance was given him by the king, a portion for each day, all the days of his life.

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2 Kings 25:22-30 Meaning and Commentary

INTRODUCTION TO 2 KINGS 25

In this chapter is an account of the siege, taking, and burning of the city of Jerusalem, and of the carrying captive the king and the inhabitants to Babylon, 2Ki 25:1-12, as also of the pillars and vessels of the temple brought thither, 2Ki 25:13-17 and of the putting to death several of the principal persons of the land, 2Ki 25:18-22, and of the miserable condition of the rest under Gedaliah, whom Ishmael slew, 2Ki 25:23-26, and the chapter, and so the history, is concluded with the kindness Jehoiachin met with from the king of Babylon, after thirty seven years' captivity, 2Ki 25:27-30.

&c.] Of the reign of Zedekiah king of Judah. From hence to the end of 2Ki 25:7, the account exactly agrees with Jer 52:4-11. 18182-941226-1348-2Ki25.2

Taken from John Gill's Exposition of the Bible

Cross References 11

1. Jeremiah 39:14; Jeremiah 40:7-9
2. Jeremiah 40:7-9
3. Joshua 18:26
4. Jeremiah 41:1, 2
5. Jeremiah 43:4-7
6. Jeremiah 52:31-34
7. 2 Kings 24:12, 15
8. Genesis 40:13, 20
9. Daniel 2:37; Daniel 5:18, 19
10. 2 Samuel 9:7
11. Nehemiah 11:23; Nehemiah 12:47

Footnotes 6

[a]. Lit "seed"
[b]. Lit "and ten men with him"
[c]. Lit "lifted up the head of"
[d]. Lit "he"
[e]. Lit "ate bread"
[f]. Lit "his presence"