October 586 B.C. King Gedaliah is killed. 2 Kings 25.22-26
October
586 B.C. King Gedaliah is killed. 2 Kings 25.22-26
Babylonian
Conquest, Gedaliah Made Governor of Judah But Killed in Rebellion
22 Then he
made Gedaliah the son of Ahikam, the son of Shaphan, governor over the people
who remained in the land of Judah, whom Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon had
left. 23 Now when all the captains of the armies, they and their
men, heard that the king of Babylon had made Gedaliah governor, they came to
Gedaliah at Mizpah—Ishmael the son of Nethaniah, Johanan the son of Careah,
Seraiah the son of Tanhumeth the Netophathite, and Jaazaniah the son of a
Maachathite, they and their men. 24 And Gedaliah took an oath
before them and their men, and said to them, “Do not be afraid of the servants
of the Chaldeans. Dwell in the land and serve the king of Babylon, and it shall
be well with you.” 25 But it happened in the seventh month that
Ishmael the son of Nethaniah, the son of Elishama, of the royal family, came
with ten men and struck and killed Gedaliah, the Jews, as well as the Chaldeans
who were with him at Mizpah. 26 And all the people, small and
great, and the captains of the armies, arose and went to Egypt; for they were
afraid of the Chaldeans.
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