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Text -- 2 Kings 25:16-30 (NET)

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25:16 The bronze of the items that King Solomon made for the Lord’s temple– including the two pillars, the big bronze basin called “The Sea,” the twelve bronze bulls under “The Sea,” and the movable stands– was too heavy to be weighed. 25:17 Each of the pillars was about twenty-seven feet high. The bronze top of one pillar was about four and a half feet high and had bronze latticework and pomegranate shaped ornaments all around it. The second pillar with its latticework was like it. 25:18 The captain of the royal guard took Seraiah the chief priest and Zephaniah, the priest who was second in rank, and the three doorkeepers. 25:19 From the city he took a eunuch who was in charge of the soldiers, five of the king’s advisers who were discovered in the city, an official army secretary who drafted citizens for military service, and sixty citizens from the people of the land who were discovered in the city. 25:20 Nebuzaradan, captain of the royal guard, took them and brought them to the king of Babylon at Riblah. 25:21 The king of Babylon ordered them to be executed at Riblah in the territory of Hamath. So Judah was deported from its land.
Gedaliah Appointed Governor
25:22 Now King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon appointed Gedaliah son of Ahikam, son of Shaphan, as governor over the people whom he allowed to remain in the land of Judah. 25:23 All of the officers of the Judahite army and their troops heard that the king of Babylon had appointed Gedaliah to govern. So they came to Gedaliah at Mizpah. The officers who came were Ishmael son of Nethaniah, Johanan son of Kareah, Seraiah son of Tanhumeth the Netophathite, and Jaazaniah son of the Maacathite. 25:24 Gedaliah took an oath so as to give them and their troops some assurance of safety. He said, “You don’t need to be afraid to submit to the Babylonian officials. Settle down in the land and submit to the king of Babylon. Then things will go well for you.” 25:25 But in the seventh month Ishmael son of Nethaniah, son of Elishama, who was a member of the royal family, came with ten of his men and murdered Gedaliah, as well as the Judeans and Babylonians who were with him at Mizpah. 25:26 Then all the people, from the youngest to the oldest, as well as the army officers, left for Egypt, because they were afraid of what the Babylonians might do.
Jehoiachin in Babylon
25:27 In the thirty-seventh year of the exile of King Jehoiachin of Judah, on the twenty-seventh day of the twelfth month, King Evil-Merodach of Babylon, in the first year of his reign, pardoned King Jehoiachin of Judah and released him from prison. 25:28 He spoke kindly to him and gave him a more prestigious position than the other kings who were with him in Babylon. 25:29 Jehoiachin took off his prison clothes and ate daily in the king’s presence for the rest of his life. 25:30 He was given daily provisions by the king for the rest of his life until the day he died.
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Names, People and Places, Dictionary Themes and Topics

Names, People and Places:
 · Ahikam son of Shaphan; an official under King Josiah
 · Babylon a country of Babylon in lower Mesopotamia
 · Egypt descendants of Mizraim
 · Elishama son of Ammihud of Ephraim; Moses' deputy over Ephraim,Elishama I; son of David,son of David; Elishama II,son of Jekamiah of Judah,grandfather of Ishmael who killed Gedaliah; the father of Nethaniah,a man who was the secretary of King Jehoiakim,a priest whom King Jehoshaphat sent to teach the law in Judah
 · Evil-Merodach son and successor of Nebuchadnezzar, king of Babylon
 · Evil-merodach son and successor of Nebuchadnezzar, king of Babylon
 · Gedaliah son of Ahikam son of Shaphan,son of Jeduthun (Levi); worship leader under Jeduthun and David,a priest of the Jeshua clan who put away his heathen wife,son of Amariah (Hezekiah); grandfather of Zephaniah the prophet,son of Pashhur; a prince under King Zedekiah
 · hamath a town of Syria on the Orontes between Aleppo and Damascus (OS)
 · Hamath a town of unknown location
 · Ishmael son of Abraham and Hagar,father of Zebadiah, governor of Judah under Jehoshaphat,son of Azel of Benjamin,son of Jehohanan,a priest of the Pashur clan who put away his heathen wife,son of Nethaniah; a militia leader who assasinated Gedaliah
 · Jaazaniah son of "the Maacathite"; a militia leader under Gedaliah,the son of Jeremiah son of Habazziniah of the Rechabites,son of Shaphan; uncle to Gedaliah; an elder under Zedekiah,son of Azzur; leader of Jerusalem in Zedekiah's time
 · Jehoiachin son and successor of King Jehoiakim of Judah
 · Jew the people descended from Israel
 · Johanan son of Kareah; a militia leader who rallied to Gedaliah,son of King Josiah,son of Eli-O-Enai, a descendant of Hananiah, Zerubbabel and David,a high priest; son of Azariah I,a Benjamite man who defected to David at Ziklag,Gadite officer who defected to David in the wilderness,a man of Ephraim; father of Azariah, who opposed Israel's taking Judeans captive,son of Hakkatan; head of a family group descended from Azgad who returned from exile,a Levite leader during the time of Nehemiah,son of Eliashib; a chief priest
 · Judah the son of Jacob and Leah; founder of the tribe of Judah,a tribe, the land/country,a son of Joseph; the father of Simeon; an ancestor of Jesus,son of Jacob/Israel and Leah; founder of the tribe of Judah,the tribe of Judah,citizens of the southern kingdom of Judah,citizens of the Persian Province of Judah; the Jews who had returned from Babylonian exile,"house of Judah", a phrase which highlights the political leadership of the tribe of Judah,"king of Judah", a phrase which relates to the southern kingdom of Judah,"kings of Judah", a phrase relating to the southern kingdom of Judah,"princes of Judah", a phrase relating to the kingdom of Judah,the territory allocated to the tribe of Judah, and also the extended territory of the southern kingdom of Judah,the Province of Judah under Persian rule,"hill country of Judah", the relatively cool and green central highlands of the territory of Judah,"the cities of Judah",the language of the Jews; Hebrew,head of a family of Levites who returned from Exile,a Levite who put away his heathen wife,a man who was second in command of Jerusalem; son of Hassenuah of Benjamin,a Levite in charge of the songs of thanksgiving in Nehemiah's time,a leader who helped dedicate Nehemiah's wall,a Levite musician who helped Zechariah of Asaph dedicate Nehemiah's wall
 · Kareah father of Johanan, a militia leader in the time of Gedaliah
 · Maacathite member(s) of the clan of Maacah
 · Mizpah a town of Moab
 · Nebuchadnezzar the king of Babylon who took Judah into exile
 · Nebuzaradan a man of Babylon; captain of the guard for Nebuchadnezzar
 · Nethaniah father of Ishmael who killed Gedaliah; son of Elishama,son of Asaph the Levite; worship leader under Asaph & David,a Levite King Jehoshaphat sent to teach the law around Judah,son of Shelemiah; father of Jehudi in the days of Jehoiakim
 · Netophathite resident(s) of the town of Netophah
 · Riblah a town 80 km north of Damascus
 · Seraiah secretary of King David,a high priest; son of Azariah III,son of Tanhumeth; a militia leader who rallied to Gedaliah,son of Kenaz son of Jephunneh of Judah,son of Asiel; ancestor of a large influential family of Simeon,priest leader of some who returned from exile with Zerubbabel,son of Hilkiah; head of the priestly clan of Immer in Jerusalem,son of Azriel; a prince in the time of Jehoiakim,son of Neriah; quartermaster deported to Babylon with Zedekiah
 · Shaphan son of Azaliah; father of Gemariah;, a prince of Judah in the time of Jehoiakim,son of Azaliah son of Meshullam (OS); secretary to King Josiah,father of Jaazaniah, an idolatrous elder under Zedekiah
 · Solomon the tenth son of David; the father of Rehoboam; an ancestor of Jesus; the third king of Israel.,son of David and Bath-Sheba; successor of King David
 · Tanhumeth the Netophathite father of Seraiah who rallied to Gedaliah
 · Zephaniah the second high priest in the time of Zedekiah of Judah,son of Tahath of Kohath son of Levi,son of Cushi (Hezekiah Judah); minor prophet under King Josiah,father of Josiah, post-exile keeper of the temple treasures


Dictionary Themes and Topics: Jerusalem | Babylon | Nebuchadnezzar | FEASTS AND FASTS | Assyria | Captivity | ALLIANCE | Israel | Kings, The Books of | Chaldees | Prophecy | Fast | Seraiah | KINGS, BOOKS OF | Gedaliah | Evil-merodach | NEBUZARADAN | EZRA | Zephaniah | Jehoiachin | more
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NET Notes: 2Ki 25:16 The MT lacks “the twelve bronze bulls under ‘the Sea,’” but these words have probably been accidentally omitted by homoioarcto...

NET Notes: 2Ki 25:17 Heb “three cubits.” The parallel passage in Jer 52:22 has “five.”

NET Notes: 2Ki 25:19 Heb “the people of the land.”

NET Notes: 2Ki 25:21 Heb “land.”

NET Notes: 2Ki 25:22 Heb “And the people who were left in the land of Judah, whom Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon left, he appointed over them Gedaliah son of Ahikam,...

NET Notes: 2Ki 25:23 Heb “of the army.” The word “Judahite” has been supplied in the translation for clarity.

NET Notes: 2Ki 25:24 The words “so as to give them…some assurance of safety” are supplied in the translation for clarification.

NET Notes: 2Ki 25:25 Heb “and they struck down Gedaliah and he died.”

NET Notes: 2Ki 25:26 Heb “arose and went to.”

NET Notes: 2Ki 25:27 The words “released him” are supplied in the translation on the basis of Jer 52:31.

NET Notes: 2Ki 25:28 Heb “made his throne above the throne of.”

NET Notes: 2Ki 25:29 Heb “he”; the referent (Jehoiachin) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

NET Notes: 2Ki 25:30 The words “until the day he died” do not appear in the MT, but they are included in the parallel passage in Jer 52:34. Probably they have ...

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