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King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon put Gedaliah son of Ahikam son of Shaphan in charge of the people whom he left in the land of Judah. When the officers of the troops and their men heard that the king of Babylon had put Gedaliah in charge, they came to Gedaliah at Mizpah&#8230;Gedaliah reassured them and their men, saying: Do not be afraid of the servants of the Chaldeans. Stay in the land and serve the king of Babylon, and it will go well with you. In the seventh month, Ishmael son of Nethaniah son of Elishama, who was of royal descent, came with ten men, and they struck down Gedaliah and he died; [they also killed] the Judeans and the Chaldeans who were present with him at Mizpah\u201d (II Kings 25:21-25).<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It may be that Gedaliah is also mentioned as one of those who begged King Jehoiakim not to burn the first scroll that Jeremiah had dictated to Baruch, according to the version of Jeremiah 43:25 preserved in the 2<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">nd<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> century BCE Greek translation of the Hebrew Bible, the Septuagint.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Our Chapter adds an important detail to the Biblical record of Gedaliah. When the Babylonians \u201chad Jeremiah brought from the prison compound, they committed him to the care of Gedaliah son of Ahikam son of Shaphan, that he might be left at liberty in a house. So, he dwelt among the people\u201d (Jeremiah 39:14).<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Gedaliah was from a distinguished Jerusalemite family. His grandfather, Shaphan the Scribe, was a key figure in the discovery of the Book of the Law (possibly the Book of Deuteronomy) found in the Temple in the days of King Josiah (see II Kings Chapter 22). A generation later, in the time of King Jehoiakim, Gedaliah\u2019s father: \u201cAhikam son of Shaphan, protected Jeremiah, so that he was not handed over to the people for execution\u201d (Jeremiah 26:24).<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Extra-biblical substantiation of the important position held by Gedaliah is preserved in three clay seal impressions. One of these bullae was discovered in 1935 in the excavations at Tell ed-Deweir (Biblical Lachish). This archaeological find, dated to roughly 600 BCE., bears the inscription, \u201cGedalyahu, who is over the house \u2013 asher al ha-bayit\u201d. In the Hebrew Bible this title refers to a chief position within the king\u2019s court. It seems that this seal was originally attached to a document sent by Gedaliah from Jerusalem to the fortress of Lachish. Two other such seals, held in private collections and unfortunately of unknown provenance, bear the inscription: \u201cGedalyahu Servant of the King \u2013 eved ha-melekh\u201d.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The story of Gedaliah \u2013 to be continued in chapter 41&#8230;.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Image: Courtesy of bible.ca\/bulla<\/span><\/p>\n","image":{"ID":71965,"id":71965,"title":"jer39-gedaliah","filename":"jer39-gedaliah.jpg","filesize":0,"url":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/jer39-gedaliah.jpg","link":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/en\/gedaliah-son-of-ahikam\/jer39-gedaliah\/","alt":"","author":"7","description":"","caption":"","name":"jer39-gedaliah","status":"inherit","uploaded_to":71964,"date":"2020-03-17 16:38:48","modified":"2020-03-17 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