2 Kings 25:23-25 sits inside this longer paragraph.
18The captain of the guard took Seraiah the chief priest, Zephaniah the second priest, and the three keepers of the threshold; 19and out of the city he took an officer who was set over the men of war; and five men of those who saw the king’s face, who were found in the city; and the scribe, the captain of the army, who mustered the people of the land; and sixty men of the people of the land, who were found in the city. 20Nebuzaradan the captain of the guard took them, and brought them to the king of Babylon to Riblah. 21The king of Babylon attacked them, and put them to death at Riblah in the land of Hamath. So Judah was carried away captive out of his land. 22As for the people who 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. 23Now 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 Seraiah the son of Tanhumeth the Netophathite, and Jaazaniah the son of the Maacathite, they and their men. 24Gedaliah swore to them and to their men, and said to them, “Don’t be afraid because of the servants of the Chaldeans. Dwell in the land, and serve the king of Babylon, and it will be well with you.”
25But in the seventh month, Ishmael the son of Nethaniah, the son of Elishama, of the royal offspring came, and ten men with him, and struck Gedaliah, so that he died, with the Jews and the Chaldeans that were with him at Mizpah. 26All the people, both small and great, and the captains of the forces, arose, and came to Egypt; for they were afraid of the Chaldeans. 27In the thirty-seventh year of the captivity of Jehoiachin king of Judah, in the twelfth month, on the twenty-seventh day of the month, Evilmerodach king of Babylon, in the year that he began to reign, lifted up the head of Jehoiachin king of Judah out of prison; 28and he spoke kindly to him, and set his throne above the throne of the kings who were with him in Babylon, 29and changed his prison garments. Jehoiachin ate bread before him continually all the days of his life; 30and for his allowance, there was a continual allowance given him from the king, every day a portion, all the days of his life.
Geneva Bible translators 1599 · Public Domain On v24 That is, he did exhort them in the Name…
That is, he did exhort them in the Name of the Lord, according to Jeremiah’s counsel, to submit themselves to Nebuchadnezzar, seeing it was the revealed will of the Lord.
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John Trapp 1656 · Public Domain On vv23–25 2Ki 25:23 And when all the captains of the…
2Ki 25:23 And when all the captains of the armies, they and their men, heard that the king of Babylon had made Gedaliah governor, there came to Gedaliah to Mizpah, even Ishmael the son of Nethaniah, and Johanan the son of Careah, and Seraiah the son of Tanhumeth the Netophathite, and Jaazaniah the son of a Maachathite, they and their men.
Ver. 23. And when all the captains of the army.] Palantes per agros, qui dispersi fuerant; those, likely, that were scattered from Zedekiah. {2Ki 25:5}
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Matthew Poole 1685 · Public Domain On vv23–25 The captains of the armies, which escaped away when…
The captains of the armies, which escaped away when Zedekiah was taken. See Poole "2Ki 25:4", See Poole "2Ki 25:5".
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John Gill 1763 · Public Domain On v25 And it came to pass in the thirty and…
And it came to pass in the thirty and seventh year of the captivity of Jehoiachin king of Judah,.... Who must then be fifty five years of age:
in the twelfth month, on the twenty and seventh day of the month; in Jer 52:31 it is said to be the twenty fifth day; of the reason of which difference; see Gill on Jer 52:31,
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that Evilmerodach king of Babylon; who is supposed, by some (z)", to be the same with Belshazzar, and his successor Neriglissar, the same with Darius the Mede in Daniel. From hence, to the end of the chapter, the same account is given of the kindness of this king to Jehoiachin, as in Jer 52:31. See Gill on Jer 52:31; see Gill on Jer 52:32; see Gill on Jer 52:33; see Gill on Jer 52:34.Metasthenes (a) calls him Amilinus Evilmerodach, and says he reigned thirty years, and makes Belshazzar, or Baltassar, as he calls him, his third son.
(z) Vid. Lampe, Eccles. Hist. l. 1. c. 7. sect. 18. (a) Ut supra. (De Judicio Temp. & Annal. Pers. fol. 221. 2.)
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John Wesley 1765 · Public Domain On vv24–25 Swear - Assured them by his promise and oath,…
Swear - Assured them by his promise and oath, that they should be kept from the evils which they feared. This he might safely swear, because he had not only the king of Babylon's promise but also God's promise deliver'd by Jeremiah. And it might seem, a fair prospect was opening again. But how soon was the scene changed! This hopeful settlement is quickly dashed in pieces, not by the Chaldeans, but by some of themselves.
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Adam Clarke 1810 · Public Domain On vv23–25 Verse 23. To Mizpah] This is said to have…
Verse 23. To Mizpah] This is said to have been situated on the east side of the river Jordan, and most contiguous to Babylon, and therefore the most proper for the residence of Gedaliah, because nearest to the place from which he was to receive his instructions. But there were several places of this name, and we do not exactly know where this was situated.
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Joseph Benson 1811 · Public Domain On vv23–25 2Ki 25:23. When all the captains of the armies…
2Ki 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 blessing to them than many of their kings had been, especially having such a privy counsellor as Jeremiah, who was now with them, and interested himself in their affairs, Jer 40:5-6.
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Albert Barnes 1834 · Public Domain On vv23–25 The captains of the armies - i. e., the…
The captains of the armies - i. e., the officers of the troops who had fled from Jerusalem with Zedekiah 2Ki 25:4, and had then dispersed and gone into hiding 2Ki 25:5.
For Mizpah, see Jos 18:26 note.
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The Netophathite - Netophah, the city of Ephai (compare Jer 40:8), appears to have been in the neighborhood of Bethlehem Neh 7:26; Ezr 2:21-22. The name is perhaps continued in the modern Antubeh, about 2 12 miles S. S. E. of Jerusalem.
A Maachathite - Maachah lay in the stony country east of the upper Jordan, bordering upon Bashan Deu 3:14.
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Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown 1871 · Public Domain On v25 Ishmael . . . of the seed royal, came,…
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 was murdered by this same Ishmael, when entertaining him in his own house (Jer 41:1).
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Daniel D. Whedon 1874 · Public Domain On vv23–25 23. The captains of the armies — The men…
23. The captains of the armies — The men of war who fled by night with Zedekiah from Jerusalem, (2Ki_25:4,) but soon after deserted him, and had become scattered “in the fields.” Jer_40:7.
To Mizpah — In the land of Benjamin. See on Jos_18:25, and 1Sa_7:5. The city had been strongly fortified by Asa, (1Ki_15:22,) and Gedaliah occupied it instead of Jerusalem, because the latter city was in too ruinous a condition to be any proper residence for a governor.
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The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges 1878 · Public Domain On vv23–25 23. And [R.V. Now] when all the captains ……
23. And [R.V. Now] when all the captains … heard] The governorship of Gedaliah appears to have found much favour. We are told (Jeremiah 41) that when Jeremiah was set at liberty by Nebuzar-adan at Ramah he at once made his way to Gedaliah; beside that the captains of the forces gathered to him, and so did the Jews that had escaped into the countries round about, Moab, Ammon and Edom; and it is said ‘they gathered wine and summer fruits very much’. Meantime Gedaliah was warned that Baalis the king of the Ammonites had sent Ishmael to slay him, but he refused to credit the report, and when one of his friends voluntered to slay Ishmael, Gedaliah would not permit it.
captains of the armies] R.V. forces. Thus translated in Jer_40:7.
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to Mizpah] See on 1Ki_15:22. Jerusalem was now in ruins. Mizpah was a strong place about six miles north of the Holy City.
Ishmael the son of Nethaniah] Jer_41:1 (see also below verse 25) adds that Nethaniah was the son of Elishama of the seed royal. How he was connected with the royal blood we cannot discover. He had been in the country of the Ammonites during the destruction of Jerusalem, and when Gedaliah was set up as governor in Mizpah he came into Judah, apparently at the instigation of Baalis, king of Ammon, with the purpose of slaying Gedaliah and occupying his place. At first he acted as if friendly to Gedaliah, but after a short time, at a banquet where he and ten friends were entertained by Gedaliah, the murder of the governor was perpetrated, and at the same time all the Jews in the house with Gedaliah were likewise slain. All this was done with such precaution and secrecy that for two days nobody outside the governor’s palace knew what had been done. After that time Ishmael, observing a party of fourscore pilgrims coming towards Mizpah, went to meet them, and bringing them into the courtyard of the house as if to see Gedaliah, had all but ten of them killed and cast into the well in the court. He now resolved on flight and taking away with him the daughters of Zedekiah, who had been put under Gedaliah’s charge, he turned his steps to the land of Ammon. But Johanan and the other captains, who had by this time discovered the atrocious murders, pursued Ishmael, yet though they came up with him and his party ‘by the great waters that were in Gibeon’, and though Ishmael’s followers were at once ready to desert him, the villain, and eight more with him, escaped into the country of the Ammonites.
Johanan the son of Careah] R.V. Kareah. This is the spelling of A.V. in Jer_40:8; Jer_41:11, &c. It was Johanan who warned Gedaliah of the plot against him. He is mentioned (Jer_43:2-4) as one of those who were prominent in the proceedings when Jeremiah was carried off into Egypt. He is there classed among ‘all the proud men’. A brother of his, Jonathan, is mentioned in Jer_40:8.
Seraiah the son of Tanhumeth] He is called here the Netophathite, but in the enumeration of Jeremiah that description is omitted, and some other persons are described as ‘the sons of Ephai, the Netophathite’.
Jaazaniah the son of a [R.V. the] Maachathite] The name is spelt Jezaniah in Jeremiah’s narrative.
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Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers 1878 · Public Domain On vv23–25 (23) The captains of the armies.—Rather, the army captains;…
(23) The captains of the armies.—Rather, the army captains; or, the captains of the forces. They and their men had fled with the king, and dispersed themselves over the country (Jer_40:7). Now they came out of hiding.
Their men.—The Hebrew text has the men, but all the versions, and Jer_40:7, read rightly, their men.
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Mizpah.—See 1Ki_15:22. It was well suited to be the governor’s residence, as it lay high, and was a naturally strong position. Moreover, it was the seat of an ancient sanctuary (Jdg_20:1), which might serve in some sort as a substitute for the destroyed Temple of Jerusalem (Jer_41:5).
Ishmael.—Grandson of Elishama the royal secretary (2Ki_25:25; Jer_36:12; Jer_36:20), and of royal blood (Jer_41:1).
Johanan the son of Careah.—Jer_40:8, “and Johanan and Jonathan the sons of Careah.”
The Netophathite.—The words, “and the sons of Ophai,” have fallen out before this epithet (Jer_40:8), and probably the names of these sons of Ophai in both passages. Netophah is mentioned in Ezr_2:22; Neh_7:26. It may be Beit Nettif south-west of Jerusalem.
The son of a (the) Maachathite.—His father was an alien, and belonged to the Syrian state of Maachah (2Sa_10:6; 2Sa_10:8).
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The Pulpit Commentary 1880 · Public Domain On vv23–25 And when all the captains of the armies; rather,…
And when all the captains of the armies; rather, the captains of the forces (Revised Version); i.e. the officers in command of the troops which had defended Jerusalem, and, having escaped from the city, were dispersed and scattered in various directions, partly in Judaea, partly in foreign countries. They and their men apparently, each of them had kept with him a certain number of the men under his commandheard that the King of Babylon had made Gedaliah governor. The news was gratifying to them. It was something to have a Jewish ruler set over them, and not a Babylonian; it was, perhaps, even more to have a man noted for his justice and moderation (Josephus, "Ant. Jud:," 10:9. who had no selfish aims, but desired simply the prosperity and good government of the country. There same to Gedaliah to Mispah, even Ishmael the son of Nethaniah, and Jo-hanan the son of Careah Jer_40:8 has "Johanan and Jonathan, the sons of Kareahand Seraiah the son of Tanhumeth the Netophathite. in Jer_40:8 we read, "And Seraiah the son of Tanhumeth, and the sons of Ephai the Netephathite," by which it would seem that some words have fallen out here. By "Netophathite" is to be understood "native of Netophah," now Antubah, near Bethlehem (see Ezr_2:22; Neh_7:26) And Jaazaniah the son of a Maschathite. Called Jezaniak by Jeremiah, and said by him (Jer_42:1) to have been the son of a certain Heshaiah. Hoshaiah was a native of the Syrian kingdom, or district, known as Maschah, or Maachathi (Deu_3:14; 1Ch_19:6, 1Ch_19:7) which adjoined Bashan towards the north. They and their men. The persons mentioned, that is, with the soldiers under them, came to Gedaliah at Mizpah, and placed themselves under him as his subjects.
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C. I. Scofield 1917 · Public Domain On v25 seventh month
seventh month
i.e. October.
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unfoldingWord translationNotes 2017 · CC BY-SA 4.0 On v25 the seventh month
the seventh month
This is the seventh month on the Hebrew calendar. It is during the last part of September and the first part of October on Western calendars. (See: Hebrew Months and Ordinal Numbers)
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Elishama
This is the name of a man. (See: How to Translate Names)
all the people
This is a generalization. AT: "many people" (See: Hyperbole and Generalization)
from the least to the greatest
This is a merism that means "everyone," which is a generalization. AT: "from the least important to the most important" or "everyone" (See: Merism)
translationWords
royal
raise
Egypt
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Tyndale Open Study Notes 2022 · CC BY-SA 4.0 On vv23, 25 25:23-24 Because Gedaliah came from a family experienced in…
25:23-24 Because Gedaliah came from a family experienced in civic affairs, his governorship was initially well accepted (see also Jer 40:1-12). A seal impression recovered from Lachish confirms Gedaliah’s importance as the officer “over the house” (see study note on 1 Kgs 4:6). • In addition to the army commanders, the prophet Jeremiah also went to Mizpah to support Gedaliah (Jer 40:6). This Mizpah was a border town in Benjamin; it had been prominent in Israelite history as a place of religious assembly (1 Sam 7:5-6). • The men listed here held important posts. Ishmael was from a prominent family of royal lineage (2 Kgs 25:25; Jer 36:12). Johanan served Gedaliah faithfully (Jer 40:13-16). The name Jezaniah occurs on materials recovered from excavations at Tell-en-Nasbeh.
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