Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - 2 Kings 25:24
2 Kings 25:24. Gedaliah sware to them Assured them by his promise and oath, that if they would be patient and peaceable under the government of the king of Babylon, and would conduct themselves properly, they should be kept from the evils which they feared. This he might safely swear, because he had not only Nebuchadnezzar’s promise, and interest too, but also God’s promise, delivered by Jeremiah. And it might seem that a fair prospect was now again opening for them. But, alas! this hopeful... read more
Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - 2 Kings 25:23
2 Kings 25:23. When all the captains of the armies Who escaped when Zedekiah was taken; heard that the king of Babylon had made Gedaliah governor One of themselves, and that things were put into a good posture: there came to Gedaliah to Mizpah A place in the land of Benjamin, famous in Samuel’s time; Ishmael, Johanan, &c., they and their men To put themselves under his protection. Gedaliah, though he had not the pomp and power of a sovereign prince, yet might have been a greater... read more