2 Kings 25 · Verse 26

2 Kings 25:26

And all the people, both small and great, and the captains of the armies, arose, and came to Egypt: for they were afraid of the Chaldees.
2 Kings 25:26, King James Version

2 Kings 25:26 in other translations

BSBThen all the people small and great, together with the commanders of the army, arose and fled to Egypt for fear of the Chaldeans.
WEBAll the people, both small and great, and the captains of the forces arose and came to Egypt; for they were afraid of the Chaldeans.
ASVAnd all the people, both small and great, and the captains of the forces, arose, and came to Egypt; for they were afraid of the Chaldeans.
YLTAnd all the people rise, from small even unto great, and the heads of the forces, and come in to Egypt, for they have been afraid of the presence of the Chaldeans.
DARBYAnd all the people, both small and great, and the captains of the forces, arose and came to Egypt; for they were afraid of the Chaldeans.
BBEThen all the people, small and great, and the captains of the forces, got up and went away to Egypt, for fear of the Chaldaeans.
WebsterAnd all the people, both small and great, and the captains of the armies, arose, and came to Egypt: for they were afraid of the Chaldees.

What does 2 Kings 25:26 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on 2 Kings 25:22-26

22-26. Nebuchadnezzar ... made Gedaliah ... ruler--The people permitted to remain were, besides the king's daughters, a few court attendants and others (Jr 40:7) too insignificant to be removed, only the peasantry who could till the land and dress the vineyards. Gedaliah was Jeremiah's friend (Jr 26:24), and having, by the prophet's counsel, probably fled from the city as abandoned of God, he surrendered himself to…

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Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on 2 Kings 25:22-30

The king of Babylon appointed Gedaliah to be the governor and protector of the Jews left their land. But the things of their peace were so hidden from their eyes, that they knew not when they were well off. Ishmael basely slew him and all his friends, and, against the counsel of Jeremiah, the rest went to Egypt. Thus was a full end made of them by their own folly and disobedience; see Jeremiah chap. 40 to 45…

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2 Kings 25:26 in the original Hebrew

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וַיָּקֻ֨מוּvai.ya.Ku.muand they aroseH6965
כָל\־khol-allH3605
הָעָ֜םha.'Amthe peopleH5971
מִקָּטֹ֤ןmi.ka.Tonfrom [the] smallH6996
וְעַד\־ve.'ad-and untoH5704
גָּדוֹל֙ga.dOl[the] greatH1419
וְשָׂרֵ֣יve.sa.Reiand [the] commanders ofH8269
הַחֲיָלִ֔יםha.cha.ya.Limthe armiesH2428
וַיָּבֹ֖אוּvai.ya.Vo.'uand they wentH935
מִצְרָ֑יִםmitz.Ra.yimEgyptH4714
כִּ֥יkiforH3588
יָרְא֖וּya.re.'Uthey were afraidH3372
מִפְּנֵ֥יmi.pe.Neiof <the face of>H6440
כַשְׂדִּֽים\׃\ \פkhas.Dim[the] ChaldeansH3778

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Cross references for 2 Kings 25:26

  • Jeremiah 43:4-7

    So Johanan the son of Kareah, and all the captains of the forces, and all the people, obeyed not the voice of the Lord, to dwell in the land of Judah. But Johanan the son of Kareah, and all the captains of the forces, took all the remnant of Judah, that were returned from all nations, whither they had been driven, to dwell in the land of Judah; Even men, and women, and children, and the king’s daughters, and every person that Nebuzar–adan the captain of the guard had left with Gedaliah the son of Ahikam the son of Shaphan, and Jeremiah the prophet, and Baruch the son of Neriah. So they came into the land of Egypt: for they obeyed not the voice of the Lord: thus came they even to Tahpanhes.

  • Jeremiah 41:16-18

    Then took Johanan the son of Kareah, and all the captains of the forces that were with him, all the remnant of the people whom he had recovered from Ishmael the son of Nethaniah, from Mizpah, after that he had slain Gedaliah the son of Ahikam, even mighty men of war, and the women, and the children, and the eunuchs, whom he had brought again from Gibeon: And they departed, and dwelt in the habitation of Chimham, which is by Beth–lehem, to go to enter into Egypt, Because of the Chaldeans: for they were afraid of them, because Ishmael the son of Nethaniah had slain Gedaliah the son of Ahikam, whom the king of Babylon made governor in the land.

  • Jeremiah 42:14-22

    Saying, No; but we will go into the land of Egypt, where we shall see no war, nor hear the sound of the trumpet, nor have hunger of bread; and there will we dwell: And now therefore hear the word of the Lord, ye remnant of Judah; Thus saith the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel; If ye wholly set your faces to enter into Egypt, and go to sojourn there; Then it shall come to pass, that the sword, which ye feared, shall overtake you there in the land of Egypt, and the famine, whereof ye were afraid, shall follow close after you there in Egypt; and there ye shall die. So shall it be with all the men that set their faces to go into Egypt to sojourn there; they shall die by the sword, by the famine, and by the pestilence: and none of them shall remain or escape from the evil that I will bring upon them. …

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Jer 41:16-18; 42:14-22; 43:4-7

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Context

  • 2 Kings 25:25

    But it came to pass in the seventh month, that Ishmael the son of Nethaniah, the son of Elishama, of the seed royal, came, and ten men with him, and smote Gedaliah, that he died, and the Jews and the Chaldees that were with him at Mizpah.

  • 2 Kings 25:26

    And all the people, both small and great, and the captains of the armies, arose, and came to Egypt: for they were afraid of the Chaldees.

  • 2 Kings 25:27

    And it came to pass in the seven and thirtieth year of the captivity of Jehoiachin king of Judah, in the twelfth month, on the seven and twentieth day of the month, that Evil–merodach king of Babylon in the year that he began to reign did lift up the head of Jehoiachin king of Judah out of prison;

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2 Kings 25:26 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909
Y levantándose todo el pueblo, desde el menor hasta el mayor, con los capitanes del ejército, fuéronse á Egipto por temor de los Caldeos.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885
Et tout le peuple, depuis le petit jusqu’au grand, et les chefs des forces, se levèrent et allèrent en Égypte, car ils craignaient les Chaldéens.
German
Elberfelder 1871
Da machte sich alles Volk, vom Kleinsten bis zum Größten, mit den Heerobersten auf, und sie kamen nach Ägypten; denn sie fürchteten sich vor den Chaldäern.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate
Consurgensque omnis populus a parvo usque ad magnum, et principes militum, venerunt in Ægyptum timentes Chaldæos.