2 KINGS 25:23 — KING JAMES VERSION 0 0
“And when all the captains of the armies, they and their men, heard that the king of Babylon had made Gedaliah governor, there came to Gedaliah to Mizpah, even Ishmael the son of Nethaniah, and Johanan the son of Careah, and Seraiah the son of Tanhumeth the Netophathite, and Jaazaniah the son of a Maachathite, they and their men.”
When all the captains of the forces and their men heard that the king of Babylon had appointed Gedaliah as governor, they came to Gedaliah at Mizpah, namely, Ishmael son of Nethaniah, Johanan son of Kareah, Seraiah son of Tanhumeth the Netophathite, and Jaazaniah son of the Maacathite, they and their men — military officers and their forces gather at Mizpah (מִצְפָּה, *Mitzvah*) to meet Gedaliah. The named leaders—Ishmael, Johanan, Seraiah, Jaazaniah—represent the surviving military leadership.
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