2 Kings 25:26
in 2 Kings 25Then all the people small and great, together with the commanders of the army, arose and fled to Egypt for fear of the Chaldeans.
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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
And all the people, both small and great, and the captains of the forces, arose, and came to Egypt; for they were afraid of the Chaldeans.
KJV
And all the people, both small and great, and the captains of the armies, arose, and came to Egypt: for they were afraid of the Chaldees.
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This verse in 2 Kings 25
Commentary
6 notes on this verseIn the twelfth year of king Zedekiah, seventy years before the dominance of the Persians, Nebuchadnezzar campaigned against the Phoenicians and Jews, as Berossus says in his "Researches on the Chaldeans." Juba, writing "On the Assyrians," admits that he took his account from Berossus, testifying to its accuracy. Nebuchadnezzar blinded Zedekiah and removed him to Babylon, deporting the whole people except a few who escaped to Egypt. The captivity lasted for seventy years. Jeremiah and Habakkuk continued to prophesy under Zedekiah, and in the fifth year of his reign Ezekiel was prophesying in Babylon.
This site's exposition
who was a member of the royal family
on 2 Kings 25:25-26
Ishmael, "a member of the royal family," kills Gedaliah "along with the Judeans and Chaldeans who were with him at Mizpah." Jeremiah 40:14 gives the fuller account, naming Baalis king of Ammon behind the plot. Then "all the people small and great" flee "to Egypt for fear of the Chaldeans."
This site's exposition
fled to Egypt for fear
Matthew Henry reads the flight of all the people to Egypt as the last threat of Deuteronomy 28:68 fulfilled. John Gill counts the king's daughters and Baruch among those who fled for fear of the Chaldeans. Jeremiah 44 records the prophet's word to them in Egypt.
The record, by era
The Puritans and the Awakening2 voices
And all the people, both small and great,.... High and low, rich and poor, among whom were the king's daughters, committed to the care of Gedaliah, and also the prophets Jeremiah and Baruch, see Jer 41:16. and the captains of the armies rose, and came to Egypt; contrary to the express command of God; these were Johanan, and the captain of the forces with him, Jer 43:4. for they were afraid of the Chaldees; lest they should come and avenge the death of Gedaliah, appointed governor of Judea, see Jer 41:17.
Thus was there a full end made of them by their own folly and disobedience, and Egypt had the last of them, that the last verse of that chapter of threatenings might be fulfilled, after all the rest, Deut. xxviii. 68 , The Lord shall bring thee into Egypt again. These events are more largely related by the prophet Jeremiah, ch. xl. to ch. xlv.
The Nineteenth Century1 voice
A commentator
Jamieson, Fausset & Brown1802–1910
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)
proposed
Gedaliah was Jeremiah's friend (Jer 26:24), and having, by the prophet's counsel, probably fled from the city as abandoned of God, he surrendered himself to the conqueror (Jer 38:2, 17), and being promoted to the government of Judea, fixed his provincial court at Mizpeh. He was well qualified to surmount the difficulties of ruling at such a crisis.
The words behind it
14 Hebrew wordsEvery Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.
| Hebrew | Sound | Meaning | Word study | In the Bible |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| וַיָּקֻ֨מוּ | vaiyakumu | and they arose | H6965 → | 628 times |
| כָל־ | khol- | all | H3605 → | 5413 times |
| הָעָ֜ם | haam | the people | H5971 → | 1873 times |
| מִקָּטֹ֤ן | mikaton | from [the] small | H6996 → | 101 times |
| וְעַד־ | vead- | and unto | H5704 → | 1261 times |
| גָּדוֹל֙ | gadol | [the] great | H1419 → | 526 times |
| וְשָׂרֵ֣י | vesarei | and [the] commanders of | H8269 → | 421 times |
| הַחֲיָלִ֔ים | hachayalim | the armies | H2428 → | 246 times |
| וַיָּבֹ֖אוּ | vaiyavou | and they went | H935 → | 2568 times |
| מִצְרָ֑יִם | mitzrayim | Egypt | H4714 → | 641 times |
| כִּ֥י | ki | for | H3588 → | 4482 times |
| יָרְא֖וּ | yareu | they were afraid | H3372 → | 315 times |
| מִפְּנֵ֥י | mipenei | of <the face of> | H6440 → | 2123 times |
| כַשְׂדִּֽים׃ פ | khasdim | [the] Chaldeans | H3778 → | 80 times |
וַיָּקֻ֨מוּand they arose
vaiyakumuH6965 →628 times
כָל־all
khol-H3605 →5413 times
הָעָ֜םthe people
haamH5971 →1873 times
מִקָּטֹ֤ןfrom [the] small
mikatonH6996 →101 times
וְעַד־and unto
vead-H5704 →1261 times
גָּדוֹל֙[the] great
gadolH1419 →526 times
וְשָׂרֵ֣יand [the] commanders of
vesareiH8269 →421 times
הַחֲיָלִ֔יםthe armies
hachayalimH2428 →246 times
וַיָּבֹ֖אוּand they went
vaiyavouH935 →2568 times
מִצְרָ֑יִםEgypt
mitzrayimH4714 →641 times
כִּ֥יfor
kiH3588 →4482 times
יָרְא֖וּthey were afraid
yareuH3372 →315 times
מִפְּנֵ֥יof <the face of>
mipeneiH6440 →2123 times
כַשְׂדִּֽים׃ פ[the] Chaldeans
khasdimH3778 →80 times
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
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This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; Clement of Alexandria, The Stromata Book 1; Jamieson, Fausset & Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763) and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.