Berean Standard Bible
2 Kings 25:23-25
23When allH3605 the commandersH8269 of the armiesH2428 and their menH582 heardH8085 thatH3588 the kingH4428 of BabylonH894 had appointedH6485 Gedaliah as governorH1436, they cameH935 toH413 GedaliahH1436 at MizpahH4709—IshmaelH3458 sonH1121 of NethaniahH5418, JohananH3110 sonH1121 of KareahH7143, SeraiahH8304 sonH1121 of TanhumethH8576 the NetophathiteH5200, and JaazaniahH29701 sonH1121 of the MaacathiteH4602, as well as their menH582. 24And GedaliahH1436 took an oathH7650 before them and their menH582, assuringH559 them, “Do notH408 be afraidH3372 of the servantsH5650 of the ChaldeansH3778. LiveH3427 in the landH776 and serveH5647 the kingH4428 of BabylonH894, and it will be wellH3190 with you.”
In the seventhH7637 month, howeverH2320, IshmaelH3458 sonH1121 of NethaniahH5418, the sonH1121 of ElishamaH476, who was a member of the royalH4410 familyH2233, cameH935 withH854 tenH6235 menH582 and struck downH5221 and killedH4191 GedaliahH1436, along with the JudeansH853H3064 and ChaldeansH3778 whoH834 wereH1961 with himH854 at MizpahH4709.
Notes
- 1. 2 Kings 25:23 Jaazaniah is a variant of Jezaniah; see Jeremiah 40:8. ↩
Commentaries on 2 Kings 25
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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