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Texts -- 2 Kings 25:23 (NET)
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- 2Ki 25:22-26 -- Gedaliah Appointed Governor
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Tanhumeth
[ebd] consolation, a Netophathite; one of the captains who supported Gedaliah (2 Kings 25:23; Jer. 40:8).
[isbe] TANHUMETH - tan-hu'-meth (tanchumeth): One of those who were left in Judah by Nebuchadnezzar under the governorship of Gedallah (2 Ki 25:23; Jer 40:8).
[smith] (consolation), the father of Seraiah in the time of Gedaliah. (2Â Kings 25:23; Jeremiah 40:8) (B.C. before 582.)
[nave] TANHUMETH, father of Seraiah, 2 Kin. 25:23; Jer. 40:8.
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Seraiah
[ebd] soldier of Jehovah. (1.) The father of Joab (1 Chr. 4:13, 14). (2.) The grandfather of Jehu (1 Chr. 4:35). (3.) One of David's scribes or secretaries (2 Sam. 8:17). (4.) A Netophathite (Jer. 40:8), a chief priest of the time...
[isbe] SERAIAH - se-ra'-ya, se-ri'-a (serayahu, "Yah hath prevailed"; Septuagint Saraias, or Saraia): (1) Secretary of David (2 Sam 8:17); in 2 Sam 20:25 he is called Sheva; in 1 Ki 4:3 the name appears as Shisha. This last or Shas...
[smith] The king?s scribe or secretary in the reign of David. (2Â Samuel 8:17) (B.C. 1043.) The high priest in the reign of Zedekiah. (2Â Kings 25:18; 1Â Chronicles 6:14; Jeremiah 52:24) (B.C. 594.) The son of Tanhumeth the Ne...
[nave] SERAIAH 1. Called also Sheva, Shisha, and Shavsha. David's scribe, 2 Sam. 8:17; 20:25; 1 Kin. 4:3; 1 Chr. 18:16. 2. Chief priest at time of taking of Jerusalem, 2 Kin. 25:18. Father of Ezra, Ezra 7:1. Slain by Nebuchadne...
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Nethaniah
[ebd] given of Jehovah. (1.) One of Asaph's sons, appointed by David to minister in the temple (1 Chr. 25:2, 12). (2.) A Levite sent by Jehoshaphat to teach the law (2 Chr. 17:8). (3.) Jer. 36:14. (4.) 2 Kings 25:23, 25.
[isbe] NETHANIAH - neth-a-ni'-a (nethanyahu, "Yah has given"; Nathanias): (1) An Asaphite musician (1 Ch 25:2,12). (2) A Levite who accompanied the princes sent by Jehoshaphat to teach in the cities of Judah (2 Ch 17:8). (3) The fa...
[smith] (given of Jehovah). The son of Elishama, and father of Ishmael who murdered Gedaliah. (2Â Kings 25:23,25) He was of the royal family of Judah. (B.C. 620.) One of the four sons of Asaph the minstrel. (1Â Chronicles 25:12)...
[nave] NETHANIAH 1. Father of Ishmael, 2 Kin. 25:23, 25; Jer. 40:8, 14, 15; 41:1, 2, 6, 7, 9-12. 2. A singer, and chief of the temple musicians, 1 Chr. 25:2, 12. 3. A Levite appointed by Jehoshaphat to accompany the princes who w...
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MAACATHITES
[isbe] MAACATHITES - ma-ak'-a-thits (~hama`akhathi]; Septuagint: Codex Vaticanus ho Machatei; Codex Alexandrinus Machathi): Mentioned in Scripture are Ahasbai M (2 Sam 23:34), Jaazaniah (2 Ki 25:23), Naham (1 Ch 4:19) and Jezaniah ...
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Kings, The Books of
[ebd] 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 and fourth books of Kings...
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Kareah
[isbe] KAREAH - ka-re'-a (qareach, "bald head"): The father of Johanan and Jonathan, who after the fall of Jerusalem joined Gedaliah at Mizpah (2 Ki 25:23; Jer 40:8).
[nave] KAREAH, called also Careah. Father of Johanan, 2 Kin. 25:23; Jer. 40:8, 13; 41:11, 13, 14, 16.
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KINGS, BOOKS OF
[isbe] KINGS, BOOKS OF - || I. TITLE II. SCOPE III. CHARACTER OF BOOKS AND POSITION IN THE HEBREW CANON 1. Purpose 2. Character of Data IV. HISTORICAL VALUE 1. Treatment of Historical Data 2. Chronology 3. Value of Assyrian Records...
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Johanan
[ebd] whom Jehovah graciously bestows. (1.) One of the Gadite heroes who joined David in the desert of Judah (1 Chr. 12:12). (2.) The oldest of King Josiah's sons (1 Chr. 3:15). (3.) Son of Careah, one of the Jewish chiefs who ral...
[isbe] JOHANAN - jo-ha'-nan (yochanan, "Yahweh has been gracious"; Ioanan; compare JEHOHANAN): (1) Son of Kareah, and one of "the captains of the forces who were in the fields" (i.e. probably guerrilla bands), who allied with Gedal...
[nave] JOHANAN 1. A Jewish captain, 2 Kin. 25:22-24. Warns Gedaliah against Ishmael, Jer. 40:13-16. Ishmael defeated by, Jer. 41:11-15. Sought prayers of Jeremiah, Jer. 42:2, 3. Disobeyed Jeremiah and took him to Egypt, Jer. 43...
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Jerusalem
[ebd] 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 dual form, and means "posses...
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Jaazaniah
[isbe] JAAZANIAH - ja-az-a-ni'-a (ya'azanyahu, in 2 Ki 25:23; Ezek 8:11; ya'azanyah, in Jer 35:3; Ezek 11:1, "Yah hears"): (1) In 2 Ki 25:23, "son of the Maacathite," and one of the Judean "captains of the forces" who joined Gedali...
[smith] (whom Jehovah hears). One of the captains of the forces who accompanied Hohanan ben-Kareah to pay his respects to Gedaliah at Mizpah, (2Â Kings 25:23) and who appears afterwards to have assisted in recovering Ishmael?s pre...
[nave] JAAZANIAH 1. Called also Jezaniah. A captain who joined Gedaliah at Mizpah, 2 Kin. 25:23; Jer. 40:8; 42:1. 2. A Rechabite, Jer. 35:3. 3. An idolatrous zealot, Ezek. 8:11. 4. A wicked prince of Judah, Ezek. 11:1-13.
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Jaaz-aniah
[ebd] heard by Jehovah. (1.) The son of Jeremiah, and one of the chief Rechabites (Jer. 35:3). (2.) The son of Shaphan (Ezek. 8:11). (3.) The son of Azur, one of the twenty-five men seen by Ezekiel (11:1) at the east gate of the t...
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ISHMAEL (1)
[isbe] ISHMAEL (1) - ish'-ma-el (yishma`e'l, "God heareth," or "God may," "shall hear"; Ismael): (1) The son of Abraham by Hagar, the Egyptian slave of his wife Sarah. The circumstances connected with his birth reveal what seems to...
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HOSHAIAH
[isbe] HOSHAIAH - ho-sha'-ya (hosha`yah, "whom Yahweh helpeth"): (1) Father of Jezaniah (probably = Azariah, so the Septuagint; compare Jer 42:1 and 43:2 with 2 Ki 25:23 and note similar letters in names in Hebrew), who with other ...
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Gedaliah
[isbe] GEDALIAH - ged-a-li'-a (gedhalyah; except in 1 Ch 25:3,9 and Jer 38:1, where it is gedhalyahu, "Yah(u) is great"): (1) Gedaliah, the son of Ahikam (the friend and protector of Jeremiah) and grandson of Shaphan (the scribe in...
[nave] GEDALIAH 1. Governor appointed by Nebuchadnezzar after carrying the Jews into captivity, 2 Kin. 25:22-24. Jeremiah committed to the care of, Jer. 39:14; 40:5, 6. Warned of the conspiracy of Ishmael by Johanan, and the capt...
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Fast
[ebd] 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 Testament is in Zech. 7:1-7...
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FORCES
[isbe] FORCES - for'-sis (chayil): (1) The word is used as a military term, equivalent to army, in 2 Ki 25:23,16 (where the King James Version reads "armies"); 2 Ch 17:2; Jer 40:7, etc. See ARMY. (2) In Isa 60:5,11, it is rendered ...
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FEASTS AND FASTS
[isbe] FEASTS AND FASTS - fests (mo`edh, "an appointed day" or "an assembling," chagh, from chaghagh, "to dance" or possibly "to make a pilgrimage"; tsom, "fast," ta`anith, "a day of affliction"): I. PRE-EXILIC A) Annual 1. Passove...
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Chaldees
[ebd] 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 Daniel (5:30; 9:1), the nam...
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AMMON; AMMONITES
[isbe] AMMON; AMMONITES - am'-on, am'-on-its (`ammon; `ammonim): The Hebrew tradition makes this tribe descendants of Lot and hence related to the Israelites (Gen 19:38). This is reflected in the name usually employed in Old Testam...
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ALLIANCE
[isbe] ALLIANCE - a-li'-ans. 1. In the Patriarchal Stories: Frequent references are made to alliances between the patriarchs and foreigners. Abraham is reported to have had "confederates" among the chiefs of the Canaanites (Gen 14:...
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Expositions Of Holy Scripture (Maclaren)
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