2 Kings 25:22 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ And as for the people that remained in the land of Judah, whom Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon had left, even over them he made Gedaliah the son of Ahikam, the son of Shaphan, ruler. ”

2 Kings 25:22 - Albert 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...
2 Kings 25:22 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

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 K...
2 Kings 25:22 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

And as for the people that remained in the land of Judah, whom Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon had left, even over them he made Gedaliah the son of Ahikam, the son of Shaphan, ruler. Made Gedaliah -...
2 Kings 25:22 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Gedaliah, the son of Ahikam— Ahikam, the father of Gedaliah, was a person in such credit in all the latter reigns, that he had been able to screen Jeremiah from the resentment of the king, and the...
2 Kings 25:22 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

And as for the people that remained in the land of Judah, whom Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon had left, even over them he made Gedaliah the son of Ahikam, the son of Shaphan, ruler. No JFB co...
2 Kings 25:22 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

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.
2 Kings 25:22 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Gedaliah the son of Ahikam. — Ahikam was one of Josiah’s princes ( 2 Kings 22:12 ). In the reign of Jehoiakim he saved the prophet Jeremiah from the popular fury ( Jeremiah 26:24 ). Nebuzaradan com...
2 Kings 25:22 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

GEDALIAH B.C. 586 2 Kings 25:22-30 " 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, unshrinkin...
2 Kings 25:22 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

the Remnant Flee to Egypt 2 Kings 25:22-30 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 Gedal...
2 Kings 25:22 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

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 a...
2 Kings 25:22 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

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 inclin...
2 Kings 25:22 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire 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...
2 Kings 25:22 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

And [as for] the people that remained in the land of Judah, whom Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon had left, even over them he made Gedaliah the son of Ahikam, the son of Shaphan, ruler. Ver. 22. Ove...
2 Kings 25:22 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Over them he made Gedaliah, the son of Ahikam, ruler A righteous and good man, and a friend to the Prophet Jeremiah, Jeremiah 26:24 . Ahikam, his father, was a person in such credit in all the lat...
2 Kings 25:22 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

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 Lor...
2 Kings 25:22 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Dispersion of the Remnant of Judah. B. C. 552. 22 And as for the people that remaine...
2 Kings 25:22 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

A righteous and good man, and a friend to the prophet Jeremiah, Jeremiah 26:24 .
2 Kings 25:22 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

3). The Final Destruction Of Jerusalem And The Death Of Its Leaders ( 2 Kings 25:8-22 ). Kings began with a description of the building of the house of YHWH and of the king's house ( 1 Kings 5:1...
2 Kings 25:22 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

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 fin...
2 Kings 25:22 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

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...
2 Kings 25:22 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

EXPOSITION 2 Kings 25:1-12 THE LAST SIEGE OF JERUSALEM . THE JEWS LED INTO CAPTIVITY . HISTORY OF THE REMNANT LEFT BEHIND . RELEASE FROM PRISON OF JEHO...
2 Kings 25:22 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

And as for the people that remained in the land of Judah, whom Nebuchadnezzar, king of Babylon, had left, even over them he made Gedaliah, the son of Ahikam, the son of Shaphan, ruler. Ahikam had bee...
2 Kings 25:22 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

2 Chronicles 34:20 ; 2 Kings 22:12 ; 2 Kings 25:25 ; Jeremiah 26:24 ; Jeremiah 39:14 ; Jeremiah 40:5 ; Jeremiah 40:6-12 ; Jeremiah 41:2
2 Kings 25:22 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Gedaliah — A righteous and good man, and a friend to the prophet Jeremiah.

2 Kings 25:22 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

2 Kings 25:22 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

2 Kings 25:22 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

2 Kings 25:22 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

2 Kings 25:22 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

2 Kings 25:22 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

2 Kings 25:22 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

2 Kings 25:22 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

2 Kings 25:22 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

2 Kings 25:22 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

2 Kings 25:22 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

2 Kings 25:22 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

2 Kings 25:22 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

2 Kings 25:22 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

2 Kings 25:22 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

2 Kings 25:22 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

2 Kings 25:22 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

2 Kings 25:22 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

2 Kings 25:22 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

2 Kings 25:22 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

2 Kings 25:22 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

2 Kings 25:22 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

2 Kings 25:22 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

2 Kings 25:22 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes