2 Kings 25:24

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.

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Word	Hebrew	Strong’s	Meaning
Gedaliah	גְּדַלְיָ֙הוּ֙ ge.dal.Ya.hu	H1436	Gedaljah · proper noun, a man's name
sware	וַיִּשָּׁבַ֨ע vai.yi.sha.Va'	H7650	to seven oneself · conjunction + verb, niphal sequential imperfect, 3rd person masculine singular
men	וּלְאַנְשֵׁיהֶ֔ם u.le.'an.shei.Hem	H582	a man in general (singly or collectively) · conjunction + preposition + noun, common masculine plural construct + pronominal suffix, 3rd person masculine plural
said	וַיֹּ֣אמֶר vai.Yo.mer	H559	to say (used with great latitude) · conjunction + verb, qal sequential imperfect, 3rd person masculine singular
Fear	תִּֽירְא֖וּ ti.re.'U	H3372	to fear · verb, qal jussive, 2nd person masculine plural
servants	מֵעַבְדֵ֣י me.'av.Dei	H5650	a servant · preposition + noun, common masculine plural construct
Chaldees	הַכַּשְׂדִּ֑ים ha.kas.Dim	H3778	a Kasdite · definite article + noun, gentilic masculine plural absolute
dwell	שְׁב֣וּ she.Vu	H3427	properly · verb, qal imperative, 2nd person masculine plural
land	בָאָ֗רֶץ va.'A.retz	H776	the earth (at large · preposition with the article + noun, common feminine singular absolute
serve	וְעִבְד֛וּ ve.'iv.Du	H5647	to work (in any sense) · conjunction + verb, qal imperative, 2nd person masculine plural
king	מֶ֥לֶךְ Me.lekh	H4428	a king · noun, common masculine singular construct
Babylon	בָּבֶ֖ל ba.Vel	H894	Babel (i.e. Babylon) · proper noun, a place name
well	וְיִטַ֥ב ve.yi.Tav	H3190	to be (causative) make well · conjunction + verb, qal, 3rd person masculine singular

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Cross-references

2 Samuel 14:11 Then said she, I pray thee, let the king remember the LORD thy God, that thou wouldest not suffer the revengers of blood to destroy any more…
2 Samuel 19:23 Therefore the king said unto Shimei, Thou shalt not die. And the king sware unto him.
Jeremiah 40:9-10 And Gedaliah the son of Ahikam the son of Shaphan sware unto them and to their men, saying, Fear not to serve the Chaldeans: dwell in the la…
Jeremiah 43:6 Even men, and women, and children, and the king’s daughters, and every person that Nebuzar-adan the captain of the guard had left with Gedal…
Ezekiel 33:24-29 Son of man, they that inhabit those wastes of the land of Israel speak, saying, Abraham was one, and he inherited the land: but we are many;…

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Commentary

Matthew Henry on 2 Kings 25:22–end

In these verses we have, I. The dispersion of the remaining people. The city of Jerusalem was quite laid waste. Some people there were in the land of Judah (Kg2 25:22) that had weathered the storm, and (which was no small favour at this time, Jer 45:5) had their lives given them for a prey. Now see, 1. What a good posture they were put into. The king of Babylon appointed Gedaliah, one of themselves, to be their governor and protector under him, a very good man, and one that would make the best of the bad, Kg2 25:22. His father Ahikam was one that countenanced and protected Jeremiah when the princes had vowed his death, Jer 26:24. It is probable that this Gedaliah, by the advice of Jeremiah,…

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Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on 2 Kings 25:22

Nebuchadnezzar . . . made Gedaliah . . . ruler--The people permitted to remain were, besides the king's daughters, a few court attendants and others (Jer 40:7) too insignificant to be removed, only the peasantry who could till the land and dress the vineyards. Gedaliah was Jeremiah's friend (Jer 26:24), and having, by the prophet's counsel, probably fled from the city as abandoned of God, he surrendered himself to the conqueror (Jer 38:2, Jer 38:17), and being promoted to the government of Judea, fixed his provincial court at Mizpeh. He was well qualified to surmount the difficulties of ruling at such a crisis. Many of the fugitive Jews, as well as the soldiers of Zedekiah who had accompanie…

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Adam Clarke on 2 Kings 25:24

Gedaliah sware to them - He pledged himself in the most solemn manner to encourage and protect them.

John Gill on 2 Kings 25:22

And as for the people that remained,.... That were left in the land to be vinedressers and husbandmen; over these the king of Babylon made Gedaliah governor, to whom the captains, with their scattered troops, came, and submitted for a time; of whom; see Gill on Jeremiah 40:7; see Gill on Jeremiah 40:8; see Gill on Jeremiah 40:9.

Dictionary and topics

Chaldees — Or Chaldeans, the inhabitants of the country of which Babylon was the capital. They were so called till the time of the Captivity (2 Kings 25; Isa. 13:19; 23:13), when, particularly in the Book of…
Fast — The sole fast required by the law of Moses was that of the great Day of Atonement (q.v.), Lev. 23:26-32. It is called “the fast” (Acts 27:9). The only other mention of a periodical fast in the Old…
Jerusalem — Called also Salem, Ariel, Jebus, the “city of God,” the “holy city;” by the modern Arabs el-Khuds, meaning “the holy;” once “the city of Judah” (2 Chr. 25:28). This name is in the original in the…
Kings, The Books of — The two books of Kings formed originally but one book in the Hebrew Scriptures. The present division into two books was first made by the LXX., which now, with the Vulgate, numbers them as the third…
Zedekiah — Righteousness of Jehovah. (1.) The last king of Judah. He was the third son of Josiah, and his mother’s name was Hamutal, the daughter of Jeremiah of Libnah, and hence he was the brother of Jehoahaz…
Gedaliah · into — into
Ishmael · and takes many Jews — and takes many Jews
Jerusalem · Calamities of, mentioned: Taken and burned by Nebuchadnezzar — Calamities of, mentioned: Taken and burned by Nebuchadnezzar
Johanan · 1. A Jewish — 1. A Jewish

Dictionary: Easton's (1897) and Smith's (1863), public domain. Topics: Nave's Topical Bible (1896) and Torrey's Topical Textbook (1897), public domain. Both as parsed by NEUU (CC BY 4.0).

2 Kings 25:24

Word by word — the Hebrew

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Commentary

Matthew Henry on 2 Kings 25:22–end

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on 2 Kings 25:22

Adam Clarke on 2 Kings 25:24

John Gill on 2 Kings 25:22

Dictionary and topics

2 Kings 25:24

Word by word — the Hebrew

Cross-references

Commentary

Matthew Henry on 2 Kings 25:22–end

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on 2 Kings 25:22

Adam Clarke on 2 Kings 25:24

John Gill on 2 Kings 25:22

Dictionary and topics

Keil & Delitzsch on 2 Kings 25:22-26

Tyndale Open Study Notes on 2 Kings 25:23-24

Rashi on 2 Kings 25:23