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Hebrew Modern Translation

מלכים ב 25:22

והעם הנשאר בארץ יהודה אשר השאיר נבוכדנאצר מלך בבל ויפקד עליהם את גדליהו בן אחיקם בן שפן׃

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Ahikam;   Gedaliah;   Israel, Prophecies Concerning;   Johanan;   Shaphan;   Thompson Chain Reference - Gedaliah;   Torrey's Topical Textbook - Jerusalem;  

Dictionaries:

- American Tract Society Bible Dictionary - Captivity;   Gedaliah;   Jeremiah, the Book of;   Shaphan;   Zedekiah;   Bridgeway Bible Dictionary - Babylon;   Egypt;   Gedaliah;   Jeremiah;   Judah, tribe and kingdom;   Lamentations;   Easton Bible Dictionary - Ahikam;   Gedaliah;   Zedekiah;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Ahikam;   Gedaliah;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Israel;   Lamentations, Book of;   Morrish Bible Dictionary - Babylon ;   Gedaliah ;   Shaphan ;   People's Dictionary of the Bible - Ahikam;   Captivity;   Gedaliah;  

Encyclopedias:

- International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Ahikam;   Ammon;   Gedaliah;   Kings, Books of;  

Parallel Translations

Hebrew Aleppo Codex
והעם הנשאר בארץ יהודה אשר השאיר נבוכדנאצר מלך בבל ויפקד עליהם את גדליהו בן אחיקם בן שפן
Biblia Hebrica Stuttgartensia (1967/77)
וְהָעָ֗ם הַנִּשְׁאָר֙ בְּאֶ֣רֶץ יְהוּדָ֔ה אֲשֶׁ֣ר הִשְׁאִ֔יר נְבֽוּכַדְנֶאצַּ֖ר מֶ֣לֶךְ בָּבֶ֑ל וַיַּפְקֵ֣ד עֲלֵיהֶ֔ם אֶת־גְּדַלְיָ֖הוּ בֶּן־אֲחִיקָ֥ם בֶּן־שָׁפָֽן ׃ פ
Westminster Leningrad Codex
וְהָעָם הַנִּשְׁאָר בְּאֶרֶץ יְהוּדָה אֲשֶׁר הִשְׁאִיר נְבֽוּכַדְנֶאצַּר מֶלֶךְ בָּבֶל וַיַּפְקֵד עֲלֵיהֶם אֶת־גְּדַלְיָהוּ בֶּן־אֲחִיקָם בֶּן־שָׁפָֽן ׃ פ

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

the people: Jeremiah 40:5, Jeremiah 40:6-12

Gedaliah: 2 Kings 25:25, Jeremiah 39:14, Jeremiah 41:2

Ahikam: 2 Kings 22:12, 2 Chronicles 34:20, Jeremiah 26:24

Reciprocal: 2 Kings 22:9 - Shaphan Jeremiah 36:11 - Shaphan Jeremiah 40:7 - all the Ezekiel 8:11 - Shaphan

Gill's Notes on the Bible

Ver. 22-24. 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,

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Barnes' Notes on the Bible

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.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse 2 Kings 25:22. Made Gedaliah - ruler. — This was no regal dignity; he was only a sort of hind or overseer, appointed to regulate the husbandmen.


 
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