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Verse 2 Kings 25:24. _GEDALIAH SWARE TO THEM_] He pledged himself in
the most solemn manner to encourage and protect them....
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3. THE SIEGE OF JERUSALEM AND JUDAH'S COMPLETE OVERTHROW
CHAPTER 25
_ 1. The last siege and complete overthrow (2 Kings 25:1; 2 Chronicles
36:17)_
2. Gedaliah (2 Kings 25:22)
3. J
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DESTRUCTION OF JERUSALEM. FATE OF THE REMNANT. This again is more
fully related in Jeremiah (Jeremiah 39:8 to Jeremiah 42:22), of which
the passage before us is probably an abridgement.
2 Kings 25:8....
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IT SHALL BE WELL WITH YOU. So God designed it (Jeremiah 27:5; Jeremiah
27:6; Jeremiah 27:11)....
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_Gedaliah sware to them_ He gave them a most solemn promise that they
should enjoy the security which he expected under the rule of the
Chaldæans.
_Fear not to be_[R.V. BECAUSE OF] _the servants of t...
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B. THE APPOINTMENT AND ASSASSINATION OF GEDALIAH 25:22-26
TRANSLATION
(22) As for the people who were left in the land of Judah, whom
Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon had left, he appointed over them
G...
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_AND GEDALIAH SWARE TO THEM, AND TO THEIR MEN, AND SAID UNTO THEM,
FEAR NOT TO BE THE SERVANTS OF THE CHALDEES: DWELL IN THE LAND, AND
SERVE THE KING OF BABYLON; AND IT SHALL BE WELL WITH YOU._
No JF...
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THE FALL OF JERUSALEM
This chapter relates the siege and destruction of Jerusalem, the
capture of king Zedekiah, and the deportation of most of the Jewish
people....
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THE LAST KINGS OF *ISRAEL AND *JUDAH
BOOK OF 2 KINGS
_PHILIP SMITH_
CHAPTER 25
THE KING OF BABYLON ATTACKS JERUSALEM
V1 King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon marched out with his whole army. He
marche...
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(22-26) An extract from Jeremiah 40-63, relating to the people left in
the land....
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FEAR NOT TO BE THE SERVANTS. — Rather, _Be not afraid of the
servants._ By “the servants of the Chaldees” Gedaliah probably
means those who recognised the Chaldeans as their masters — that is
to say,...
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וַ יִּשָּׁבַ֨ע לָהֶ֤ם גְּדַלְיָ֨הוּ֙
וּ לְ אַ
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GEDALIAH
B.C. 586
2 Kings 25:22
" _ Vedi che son un che piango._ "
- DANTE, "Inferno."
"No rather steel thy melting heart To act the martyr s sternest part,
To watch with firm, unshrinking eye Th...
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THE REMNANT FLEE TO EGYPT
2 Kings 25:22
Thus at last the city, which had been full of people, sat solitary,
bewailed by Jeremiah in exquisite elegies. The poorest only were left,
under Gedaliah, the...
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The rebellion was easily quelled, and Zedekiah was captured and taken
to Babylon. His fate is tragic and awful. With eyes put out, and bound
in fetters, he was carried to the court of his conqueror as...
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And Gedaliah (l) sware to them, and to their men, and said unto them,
Fear not to be the servants of the Chaldees: dwell in the land, and
serve the king of Babylon; and it shall be well with you.
(l)...
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Jeremiah had told Baruch that his life should be given for a prey, and
here we find certain of the people were preserved, Jeremiah 45:5. It
was the mercy of God, in the midst of judgment, to incline t...
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Well, then, in the next portion of our book (2 Kings 21:1-26) we see
how truly a pious father may be followed by an impious son. Manasseh,
young as he was, did not only begin to reign, but "did that w...
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THE FOLLOWING COMMENTARY COVERS CHAPTER S 24 AND 25.
The kings of Israel had been the fatal examples of a course which had
led Judah and all Israel to their ruin (see 2 Kings 16:3). The pious
Jehoshap...
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2 Kings 25:22...
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And Gedaliah sware to them, and to their men, and said unto them, Fear
not to be the servants of the Chaldees: dwell in the land, and serve
the king of Babylon; and it shall be well with you.
Ver. 24...
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_Gedaliah sware to them_ Assured them by his promise and oath, that if
they would be patient and peaceable under the government of the king
of Babylon, and would conduct themselves properly, they shou...
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1 Ierusalem is besieged.
4 Zedekiah taken, his sonnes slaine, his eyes put out.
8 Nabuzaradan defaceth the city, carieth the remnant, except a few
poore labourers, into captiuitie,
13 Spoileth and...
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And Gedahiah sware to them and to their men, in order to reassure them
and make them willing to acknowledge the supremacy of the king of
Babylon, AND SAID UNTO THEM, FEAR NOT TO BE THE SERVANTS OF THE...
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GEDALIAH GOVERNOR OF JUDAH...
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THE TOTAL CAPTIVITY OF JUDAH
(vv.1-21)
In the ninth year of Zedekiah's reign Nebuchadnezzar came and besieged
Jerusalem, building a wall around it. Jeremiah told Zedekiah, by the
word of the Lord, t...
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22-30 The king of Babylon appointed Gedaliah to be the governor and
protector of the Jews left their land. But the things of their peace
were so hidden from their eyes, that they knew not when they w...
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SWARE TO THEM, AND TO THEIR MEN; assured them by his promise and oath,
that they, doing what he required, should be kept from the evils which
they feared. This he might safely swear, because he had no...
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2 Kings 25:24 Gedaliah H1436 oath H7650 (H8735) men H582 said H559
(H8799) afraid H3372 (H8799) servants...
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CONTENTS: Seige of Jerusalem and final deportation.
CHARACTERS: God, Zedekiah, Nebuchadnezzar, Gedaliah, Ishmael,
Evil-merodach, Jehoiachin.
CONCLUSION: Those who have by sin provoked God to leave t...
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2 Kings 25:18. _Seraiah,_ the father of Ezra, was put to death with
the nobles for rebellion; but many of those who thus suffered had also
made a false covenant with the Lord; and their sins found the...
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2 KINGS—NOTE ON 2 KINGS 25:22 GEDALIAH, the new GOVERNOR of the
territory that once was Judah, was the grandson of King Josiah’s
secretary SHAPHAN. His assassination caused a ge
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THE UTTER DESOLATION OF JERUSALEM
CRITICAL AND EXPLANATORY NOTES.—
2 Kings 25:1. IN THE NINTH YEAR OF HIS REIGN—The revolt of Zedekiah
so incensed Nebuchadnezzar that he determined on the final act o...
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EXPOSITION
2 KINGS 25:1
THE LAST SIEGE OF JERUSALEM. THE JEWS LED INTO CAPTIVITY. HISTORY OF
THE REMNANT LEFT
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2 Samuel 14:11; 2 Samuel 19:23; Ezekiel 33:24; Jeremiah 40:10;...
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Sware — 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'...