Gedaliah
Then Ishmael carried away captive all the residue of the
people that [were] in Mizpah, [even] the king's daughters, and
all the people that remained in Mizpah, whom Nebuzaradan the
captain of the guard had committed to Gedaliah the son of
Ahikam: and Ishmael the son of Nethaniah carried them away
captive, and departed to go over to the Ammonit...
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Now the pit wherein Ishmael had cast all the dead bodies of
the men, whom he had slain because of Gedaliah, [was] it which
Asa the king had made for fear of Baasha king of Israel: [and]
Ishmael the son of Nethaniah filled it with [them that were]
slain....
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Then Johanan the son of Kareah spake to Gedaliah in Mizpah
secretly, saying, Let me go, I pray thee, and I will slay
Ishmael the son of Nethaniah, and no man shall know [it]:
wherefore should he slay thee, that all the Jews which are
gathered unto thee should be scattered, and the remnant in
Judah perish?...
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According to the Hebrew Bible, Gedaliah was appointed by
Nebuchadnezzar as governor of Yehud province,[1] which was
formed after the defeat the Kingdom of Judah and the
destruction of Jerusalem, in a part of the territory that
previously formed the kingdom. He was supported by a Chaldean
guard stationed at Mizpah.[2] On hearing of the appointm...
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ged-a-li'-a (gedhalyah; except in 1 Ch 25:3,9 and Jer 38:1,
where it is gedhalyahu, "Yah(u) is great"):
(1) Gedaliah, the son of Ahikam (the friend and protector of
Jeremiah) and grandson of Shaphan (the scribe in the reign
of Josiah) (2 Ki 25:22-25; Jer 39:14; 40:5-16; 41:1-18).
1. His Appointment as Governor in Judah:
After the destruction of ...
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1. Governor appointed by Nebucbadnezzar after carrying the
Jews into captivity
2Ki 25:22-24
Jeremiah committed to the care of
Jer 39:14; 40:5,6
Warned of the conspiracy of Ishmael by Johanan, and the
captains of his army
Jer 40:13-16
Killed by Ishmael
2Ki 25:25,26; Jer 41:1-10
-2. A musician
1Ch 25:3,9
-3. A priest, who divorced his Gen...
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(God is my greatness), son of Ahikam (Jeremiah's protector,
Jer 26:24 and grandson of Shaphan the secretary of King
Josiah. After the destruction of the temple, B.C. 588,
Nebuchadnezzar departed from Judea, leaving Gedaliah with a
Chaldean guard, Jer 40:5 at Mizpah to govern the vinedressers
and husbandmen, Jer 52:16 who were exempted from cap...
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made great by Jehovah. (1.) the son of Jeduthum (1 Chr.
25:3,
9). (2.) The grandfather of the prophet Zephaniah,
and the
father of Cushi (Zeph. 1:1). (3.) One of the Jewish
nobles who
conspired against Jeremiah (Jer. 38:1). (4.) The son
of Ahikam,
and grandson of Shaphan, secretary of king Josiah
(Jer. 26:24).
After the destruction of Jer...
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1. Son of Ahikam, who saved Jeremiah from death (Jeremiah
26:24); grandson of Shaphan, Josiah's secretary, whom the
king sent to inquire concerning the book of Jehovah' s law
recently found (2 Kings 22:12; 2 Kings 22:14). Gedaliah thus
inherited from father and grandfather a legacy of the fear
of God. Left by Nebuchadnezzar, after the destruct...
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