2 KINGS 25:22 — KING JAMES VERSION 0
“And as for the people that remained in the land of Judah, whom Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon had left, even over them he made Gedaliah the son of Ahikam, the son of Shaphan, ruler.”
Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon appointed Gedaliah son of Ahikam son of Shaphan as governor over the people who remained in the land of Judah — Nebuchadnezzar appoints Gedaliah (גְּדַלְיָה, *Gedalyah*), son of Ahikam (the official from Josiah's era), as governor over the remaining population. The appointment of a native administrator (rather than a Babylonian) suggests Babylon's preference for indirect rule through local collaborators.
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