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    4 others in the registry answer to the name Gedaliah. Every Gedaliah in the Bible

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    Gedaliah

    גְּדַלְיָ֫הוּ

    Gedaliah, appointed governor of Judah by the Babylonians after the fall of Jerusalem, was assassinated by Ishmael, leading to the flight of the remaining Jews to Egypt.

    verses
    26
    first named
    2 Kings 25:22
    last named
    Jeremiah 43:6
    period
    Divided Monarchy
    role
    Governor

    Description

    Who was Gedaliah?

    In the words of STEPBible TIPNR:

    Gedaliah, the son of Ahikam, was appointed governor of Judah by the Babylonians after the fall of Jerusalem in 586 BC (2Ki.25.22; Jer.40.5). He established his base at Mizpah and encouraged the remaining Jews to submit to Babylonian rule and live peacefully in the land (Jer.40.9-10). Many Jews who had fled to surrounding countries returned to Judah and settled under Gedaliah's leadership (Jer.40.11-12). However, Ishmael, a member of the royal family, conspired against Gedaliah and assassinated him along with the Babylonian officials and Jews who were with him (2Ki.25.25; Jer.41.1-3). This act of treachery led to the flight of the remaining Jews to Egypt, fearing Babylonian reprisals (2Ki.25.26; Jer.41.16-18; 43.5-7). Gedaliah's assassination marked the end of Jewish self-rule in the land and the beginning of the Babylonian exile. The prophet Jeremiah, who had been released from prison by the Babylonians and entrusted to Gedaliah's care (Jer.39.14; 40.5-6), witnessed these tragic events and mourned the loss of Gedaliah and the fate of his people (Jer.41.4-6).

    Relations

    Direct connections

    Every entity the graph places in a stated relation with this one, grouped by the kind of link. Each relation is authored once and its inverse derived, so both ends always agree. Rows marked “registry” come from the identity spine rather than from a verse, and a row marked “which bearer is the source’s decision” is one where the name could have meant more than one person. The last group is not a relation at all — it counts the events two entities stand in together.

    How the graph connects Gedaliah10 of 18 entities the graph connects to Gedaliah, in 2 groups: kinship 2, events 8. Kinship, company and ground are stated relations; events counts the acts two entities stand in together and is not a relation. Each mark is sized by how many verses name that entity and labelled with the link and the count, so the grouping and the size are both readable without colour. Distance from the centre carries nothing.ShaphanChild of · 23 versesAhikamChild of · 20 versesKinshipJudah1 event · 1,023 versesJeremiah4 events · 124 versesChaldea2 events · 90 versesNebuchadnezzar1 event · 88 versesStaying1 event · 66 versesMizpah10 events · 50 versesIshmael9 events · 21 versesJohanan4 events · 15 versesEventsGedaliah

    The 10 best-attested of 18 are drawn. All 18 are listed below.

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    Stands in the same events as

    and 2 more, ordered by how many events they share.

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    Where this happens

    The places the claims about this person reach, drawn where the gazetteer locates them. A point is where a row puts them and never where tradition does; no line joins two points, because the rows state where and not in what order.

    Where the story of Gedaliah happensThe one place the claims about Gedaliah reach, on a map of the world the text moves through, framed to them: Mizpah. Each dot is a coordinate from the gazetteer, sized by how many rows put Gedaliah there. The coastline is a modern one, simplified; no border, road or settlement of any period is drawn, and no line joins two points, because the rows state where and not in what order.Mizpah
    Divided MonarchyThe one place the claims about Gedaliah reach

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    Where to read it

    Every verse of the text carried here that names this entity — 26, across 2 books. The name is written 27 times in them.

    1. 2 Kings4 verses

      25:2225:2325:2425:25

    2. Jeremiah22 verses

      39:1440:540:640:740:840:940:1140:1240:1340:1440:1540:1641:141:241:341:441:641:941:1041:1641:1843:6

    Onward

    Where this page goes

    Not the direct relations above — these are one hop further out, ranked so that a rare shared connection outweighs a common one. Descriptions by STEPBible TIPNR.

    via Nebuchadnezzar’s appointment of Gedaliah and King Of Babylon and Nebuzaradan’s appointment of Gedaliah and LandAppointmentAppointment is a concept gathering 110 labelled instances in the text.via Ishmael and Ten Men’s killing of Gedaliah, Jews With Gedaliah, and Chaldean Soldiers and Ishmael and Men With Ishmael’s slaughter of Eighty Men and GedaliahIshmaelAssassinated Gedaliah the governor; led captives to Ammon.via Ahikam and ShaphanElasahMessenger who carried Jeremiah's letter to the exilesvia Ahikam and ShaphanGemariahSon of Shaphan; official during Jehoiakim's reign; opposed burning scroll.via Ahikam and ShaphanHilkiah, Ahikam, Achbor, Shaphan, Asaiah, and Huldah’s going and speaking of VisitorsHilkiah, Ahikam, Achbor, Shaphan, Asaiah, and Huldah’s going and speaking of Visitors is an event attested across 2 verses, connecting 6 pageable entities.via Nebuchadnezzar’s appointment of GedaliahNebuchadnezzarEmperor of Babylon who conquered Judahvia King Of Babylon and Nebuzaradan’s appointment of Gedaliah and LandNebuzaradanBabylonian captain of the guard during Jerusalem's fall.via Ishmael and Men With Ishmael’s slaughter of Eighty Men and GedaliahSlaughterSlaughter is a concept gathering 54 labelled instances in the text.via Ishmael and Ten Men’s killing of Gedaliah, Jews With Gedaliah, and Chaldean SoldiersKillingKilling is a concept gathering 151 labelled instances in the text.

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