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…”

“We may be allowed to conjecture that Jeremiah, in gratitude for Ahikam’s service to himself Jeremiah 26:24, recommended his son Gedaliah to Nebuzaradan, and through him to Nebuchadnezzar, for the office of governor. return to 'Top of Page'”

“Gedaliah - A righteous and good man, and a friend to the prophet Jeremiah. 4 Kings (2 Kings) 25:24”

“25:22-30 Two short appendices describe subsequent events. The first (25:22-26) details the area’s reorganization; the second (25:27-30) tells of the later kind treatment accorded King Jehoiachin. 25:22 Gedaliah’s father Ahikam and grandfather Shaphan had been trusted officials during Josiah’s reign (22:3, 12). Ahikam had supported Jeremiah during the reign of Jehoiakim (Jer 26:24).”

“the people: Jer 40:5, Jer 40:6-12 Gedaliah: Kg2 25:25; Jer 39:14, Jer 41:2 Ahikam: Kg2 22:12; Ch2 34:20; Jer 26:24 4 Kings (2 Kings) 25:23”

“Installation of Gedaliah the governor. His assassination, and the flight of the people to Egypt. - Much fuller accounts have been handed down to us in Jer 40-44 of the events which are but briefly indicated here. Kg2 25:22-23 Over the remnant of the people left in the land Nebuchadnezzar placed Gedaliah as governor of the land, who took up his abode in Mizpah. Gedaliah, the son of Ahikam, who had interested himself on behalf of the prophet Jeremiah and saved his life ( Jer 26:24), and the grandson of Shaphan, a man of whom nothing more is known (see at Kg2 22:12), had his home in Jerusalem, and, as we may infer from his attitude towards Jeremiah, had probably secured the confidence of the…”