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for they were afraid of the Chaldeans.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb_/2_kings/25.htm">New American Standard Bible</a></span><br />Then all the people, from the small to the great, and the captains of the forces set out and came to Egypt; for they were afraid of the Chaldeans.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb/2_kings/25.htm">NASB 1995</a></span><br />Then all the people, both small and great, and the captains of the forces arose and went to Egypt; for they were afraid of the Chaldeans.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb77/2_kings/25.htm">NASB 1977 </a></span><br />Then all the people, both small and great, and the captains of the forces arose and went to Egypt; for they were afraid of the Chaldeans.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsb/2_kings/25.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a></span><br />Then all the people, both small and great, and the commanders of the military forces arose and went to Egypt; for they were afraid of the Chaldeans.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/amp/2_kings/25.htm">Amplified Bible</a></span><br />Then all the people, both small and great, and the captains of the forces set out and went to Egypt; for they were afraid of the Chaldeans (Babylonians).<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/csb/2_kings/25.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />Then all the people, from the youngest to the oldest, and the commanders of the army, left and went to Egypt, for they were afraid of the Chaldeans.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hcsb/2_kings/25.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />Then all the people, from the youngest to the oldest, and the commanders of the army, left and went to Egypt, for they were afraid of the Chaldeans. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/asv/2_kings/25.htm">American Standard Version</a></span><br />And 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.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cev/2_kings/25.htm">Contemporary English Version</a></span><br />After that, the army officers and all the people in Mizpah, whether important or not, were afraid of what the Babylonians might do. So they left Judah and went to Egypt. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/erv/2_kings/25.htm">English Revised Version</a></span><br />And 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.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gwt/2_kings/25.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a></span><br />Then people of all classes and the army commanders left for Egypt because they were afraid of the Babylonians.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gnt/2_kings/25.htm">Good News Translation</a></span><br />Then all the Israelites, rich and poor alike, together with the army officers, left and went to Egypt, because they were afraid of the Babylonians. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/isv/2_kings/25.htm">International Standard Version</a></span><br />Then all the people, including those who were insignificant and those who were important, fled with the captains of the armed forces to Egypt, because they were afraid of the Chaldeans.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/msb/2_kings/25.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a></span><br />Then all the people small and great, together with the commanders of the army, arose and fled to Egypt for fear of the Chaldeans.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/net/2_kings/25.htm">NET Bible</a></span><br />Then all the people, from the youngest to the oldest, as well as the army officers, left for Egypt, because they were afraid of what the Babylonians might do. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nheb/2_kings/25.htm">New Heart English Bible</a></span><br />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.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wbt/2_kings/25.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a></span><br />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.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/web/2_kings/25.htm">World English Bible</a></span><br />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. <div class="vheading2"><b>Literal Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsv/2_kings/25.htm">Literal Standard Version</a></span><br />And all the people rise, from small even to great, and the heads of the forces, and come to Egypt, for they have been afraid of the presence of the Chaldeans.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/ylt/2_kings/25.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a></span><br /> And 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.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/slt/2_kings/25.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a></span><br />And all the people will rise from small and even to great, and the chiefs of the armies, and they will go to Egypt, for they were afraid from the face of the Chaldees.<div class="vheading2"><b>Catholic Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drb/2_kings/25.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />And all the people both little and great, and the captains of the soldiers, rising up went to Egypt, fearing the Chaldees. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cpdv/2_kings/25.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a></span><br />And all the people, from small to great, and the leaders of the military, rising up, went away to Egypt, fearing the Chaldeans.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nabre/2_kings/25.htm">New American Bible</a></span><br />Then all the people, great and small, left with the army commanders and went to Egypt for fear of the Chaldeans. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nrsvce/2_kings/25.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a></span><br />Then all the people, high and low, and the captains of the forces set out and went to Egypt; for they were afraid of the Chaldeans.<div class="vheading2"><b>Translations from Aramaic</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lamsa/2_kings/25.htm">Lamsa Bible</a></span><br />And all the people of the land, both small and great, and all the commanders of the armies, arose and went to Egypt; for they were afraid of the Chaldeans.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hpbt/2_kings/25.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a></span><br />And all the people of the land arose, from little one and unto the great, and all the Commanders of the army, and they entered into Egypt because they were afraid of the Chaldeans.<div class="vheading2"><b>OT Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/jps/2_kings/25.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a></span><br />And 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.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/sep/2_kings/25.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a></span><br />And all the people, great and small rose up, <i>they</i> and the captains of the forces, and went into Egypt; because they were afraid of the Chaldeans.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/parallel/2_kings/25-26.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></span></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv"><b>Audio Bible</b></div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/FiLs3w_mMFQ?start=8921" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><div class="vheadingv"><b>Context</b></div><span class="hdg"><a href="/bsb/2_kings/25.htm">Gedaliah Made Governor of Judah</a></span><br>…<span class="reftext">25</span>In the seventh month, however, Ishmael son of Nethaniah, the son of Elishama, who was a member of the royal family, came with ten men and struck down and killed Gedaliah, along with the Judeans and Chaldeans who were with him at Mizpah. <span class="reftext">26</span><span class="highl"><a href="/hebrew/3605.htm" title="3605: ḵāl (N-msc) -- The whole, all. Or kowl; from kalal; properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every.">Then all</a> <a href="/hebrew/5971.htm" title="5971: hā·‘ām (Art:: N-ms) -- From amam; a people; specifically, a tribe; hence troops or attendants; figuratively, a flock.">the people</a> <a href="/hebrew/6996.htm" title="6996: miq·qā·ṭōn (Prep-m:: Adj-ms) -- Small, young, unimportant. Or qaton; from quwt; abbreviated, i.e. Diminutive, literally or figuratively.">small</a> <a href="/hebrew/5704.htm" title="5704: wə·‘aḏ- (Conj-w:: Prep) -- As far as, even to, up to, until, while. Properly, the same as ad; as far as, whether of space or time or degree.">and</a> <a href="/hebrew/1419.htm" title="1419: gā·ḏō·wl (Adj-ms) -- Great. Or gadol; from gadal; great; hence, older; also insolent.">great,</a> <a href="/hebrew/8269.htm" title="8269: wə·śā·rê (Conj-w:: N-mpc) -- Chieftain, chief, ruler, official, captain, prince. From sarar; a head person.">together with the commanders</a> <a href="/hebrew/2428.htm" title="2428: ha·ḥă·yā·lîm (Art:: N-mp) -- From chuwl; probably a force, whether of men, means or other resources; an army, wealth, virtue, valor, strength.">of the army,</a> <a href="/hebrew/6965.htm" title="6965: way·yā·qu·mū (Conj-w:: V-Qal-ConsecImperf-3mp) -- To arise, stand up, stand. A primitive root; to rise.">arose</a> <a href="/hebrew/935.htm" title="935: way·yā·ḇō·’ū (Conj-w:: V-Qal-ConsecImperf-3mp) -- To come in, come, go in, go. A primitive root; to go or come.">and fled</a> <a href="/hebrew/4714.htm" title="4714: miṣ·rā·yim (N-proper-fs) -- A son of Ham, also his desc. and their country in N.W. Africa. Dual of matsowr; Mitsrajim, i.e. Upper and Lower Egypt.">to Egypt</a> <a href="/hebrew/3588.htm" title="3588: kî (Conj) -- That, for, when. ">for</a> <a href="/hebrew/3372.htm" title="3372: yā·rə·’ū (V-Qal-Perf-3cp) -- To fear, to revere, caus, to frighten. A primitive root; to fear; morally, to revere; caus. To frighten.">fear</a> <a href="/hebrew/6440.htm" title="6440: mip·pə·nê (Prep-m:: N-cpc) -- Face, faces. Plural of an unused noun; the face; used in a great variety of applications; also as a preposition.">of</a> <a href="/hebrew/3778.htm" title="3778: ḵaś·dîm (N-proper-mp) -- A region of S. Bab. and its inhab. (occasionally with enclitic) Kasdiymah; towards the Kasdites.">the Chaldeans.</a> </span><div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><span class="crossverse"><a href="/jeremiah/41-16.htm">Jeremiah 41:16-18</a></span><br />Then Johanan son of Kareah and all the commanders of the armies with him took the whole remnant of the people from Mizpah whom he had recovered from Ishmael son of Nethaniah after Ishmael had killed Gedaliah son of Ahikam: the soldiers, women, children, and court officials he had brought back from Gibeon. / And they went and stayed in Geruth Chimham, near Bethlehem, in order to proceed into Egypt / to escape the Chaldeans. For they were afraid of the Chaldeans because Ishmael son of Nethaniah had struck down Gedaliah son of Ahikam, whom the king of Babylon had appointed over the land.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/jeremiah/43-4.htm">Jeremiah 43:4-7</a></span><br />So Johanan son of Kareah and all the commanders of the forces disobeyed the command of the LORD to stay in the land of Judah. / Instead, Johanan son of Kareah and all the commanders of the forces took the whole remnant of Judah, those who had returned to the land of Judah from all the nations to which they had been scattered, / the men, the women, the children, the king’s daughters, and everyone whom Nebuzaradan captain of the guard had allowed to remain with Gedaliah son of Ahikam, the son of Shaphan, as well as Jeremiah the prophet and Baruch son of Neriah. ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/jeremiah/40-11.htm">Jeremiah 40:11-12</a></span><br />When all the Jews in Moab, Ammon, Edom, and all the other lands heard that the king of Babylon had left a remnant in Judah and had appointed Gedaliah son of Ahikam, the son of Shaphan, over them, / they all returned from all the places to which they had been banished and came to the land of Judah, to Gedaliah at Mizpah. And they gathered an abundance of wine grapes and summer fruit.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/jeremiah/42-14.htm">Jeremiah 42:14-16</a></span><br />and if you say, ‘No, but we will go to the land of Egypt and live there, where we will not see war or hear the sound of the ram’s horn or hunger for bread,’ / then hear the word of the LORD, O remnant of Judah! This is what the LORD of Hosts, the God of Israel, says: ‘If you are determined to go to Egypt and reside there, / then the sword you fear will overtake you there, and the famine you dread will follow on your heels into Egypt, and you will die there.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/jeremiah/44-12.htm">Jeremiah 44:12-14</a></span><br />And I will take away the remnant of Judah who have resolved to go to the land of Egypt to reside there; they will meet their end. They will all fall by the sword or be consumed by famine. From the least to the greatest, they will die by sword or famine; and they will become an object of cursing and horror, of vilification and reproach. / I will punish those who live in the land of Egypt, just as I punished Jerusalem, by sword and famine and plague, / so that none of the remnant of Judah who have gone to reside in Egypt will escape or survive to return to the land of Judah, where they long to return and live; for none will return except a few fugitives.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/30-1.htm">Isaiah 30:1-3</a></span><br />“Woe to the rebellious children,” declares the LORD, “to those who carry out a plan that is not Mine, who form an alliance, but against My will, heaping up sin upon sin. / They set out to go down to Egypt without asking My advice, to seek shelter under Pharaoh’s protection and take refuge in Egypt’s shade. / But Pharaoh’s protection will become your shame, and the refuge of Egypt’s shade your disgrace.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/ezekiel/17-15.htm">Ezekiel 17:15-18</a></span><br />But this king rebelled against Babylon by sending his envoys to Egypt to ask for horses and a large army. Will he flourish? Will the one who does such things escape? Can he break a covenant and yet escape?’ / ‘As surely as I live,’ declares the Lord GOD, ‘he will die in Babylon, in the land of the king who enthroned him, whose oath he despised and whose covenant he broke. / Pharaoh with his mighty army and vast horde will not help him in battle, when ramps are built and siege walls constructed to destroy many lives. ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/hosea/7-11.htm">Hosea 7:11-13</a></span><br />So Ephraim has become like a silly, senseless dove—calling out to Egypt, then turning to Assyria. / As they go, I will spread My net over them; I will bring them down like birds of the air. I will chastise them when I hear them flocking together. / Woe to them, for they have strayed from Me! Destruction to them, for they have rebelled against Me! Though I would redeem them, they speak lies against Me.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/matthew/2-13.htm">Matthew 2:13-15</a></span><br />When the Magi had gone, an angel of the Lord appeared to Joseph in a dream. “Get up!” he said. “Take the Child and His mother and flee to Egypt. Stay there until I tell you, for Herod is going to search for the Child to kill Him.” / So he got up, took the Child and His mother by night, and withdrew to Egypt, / where he stayed until the death of Herod. This fulfilled what the Lord had spoken through the prophet: “Out of Egypt I called My Son.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/matthew/24-16.htm">Matthew 24:16-18</a></span><br />then let those who are in Judea flee to the mountains. / Let no one on the housetop come down to retrieve anything from his house. / And let no one in the field return for his cloak.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/luke/21-21.htm">Luke 21:21-24</a></span><br />Then let those who are in Judea flee to the mountains, let those in the city get out, and let those in the country stay out of the city. / For these are the days of vengeance, to fulfill all that is written. / How miserable those days will be for pregnant and nursing mothers! For there will be great distress upon the land and wrath against this people. ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/acts/7-43.htm">Acts 7:43</a></span><br />You have taken along the tabernacle of Molech and the star of your god Rephan, the idols you made to worship. Therefore I will send you into exile beyond Babylon.’<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/acts/13-17.htm">Acts 13:17</a></span><br />The God of the people of Israel chose our fathers. He made them into a great people during their stay in Egypt, and with an uplifted arm He led them out of that land.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/acts/7-29.htm">Acts 7:29</a></span><br />At this remark, Moses fled to the land of Midian, where he lived as a foreigner and had two sons.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/revelation/12-6.htm">Revelation 12:6</a></span><br />And the woman fled into the wilderness, where God had prepared a place for her to be nourished for 1,260 days.</div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div><p class="tsk2">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.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/jeremiah/41-16.htm">Jeremiah 41:16-18</a></b></br> Then took Johanan the son of Kareah, and all the captains of the forces that <i>were</i> with him, all the remnant of the people whom he had recovered from Ishmael the son of Nethaniah, from Mizpah, after <i>that</i> he had slain Gedaliah the son of Ahikam, <i>even</i> mighty men of war, and the women, and the children, and the eunuchs, whom he had brought again from Gibeon: … </p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/jeremiah/42-14.htm">Jeremiah 42:14-22</a></b></br> 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: … </p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/jeremiah/43-4.htm">Jeremiah 43:4-7</a></b></br> 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… </p><div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/2_kings/25-24.htm">Afraid</a> <a href="/2_kings/25-23.htm">Armies</a> <a href="/2_kings/25-19.htm">Army</a> <a href="/2_kings/25-13.htm">Babylonians</a> <a href="/2_kings/25-23.htm">Captains</a> <a href="/2_kings/25-24.htm">Chaldaeans</a> <a href="/2_kings/25-25.htm">Chaldeans</a> <a href="/2_kings/25-13.htm">Chalde'ans</a> <a href="/2_kings/25-25.htm">Chaldees</a> <a href="/2_kings/24-7.htm">Egypt</a> <a href="/2_kings/25-24.htm">Fear</a> <a href="/2_kings/25-4.htm">Fled</a> <a href="/2_kings/25-23.htm">Forces</a> <a href="/2_kings/25-16.htm">Great</a> <a href="/2_samuel/7-9.htm">Greatest</a> <a href="/2_kings/11-10.htm">Heads</a> <a href="/2_kings/18-24.htm">Least</a> <a href="/2_kings/25-18.htm">Officers</a> <a href="/2_kings/25-19.htm">Presence</a> <a href="/2_kings/16-7.htm">Rise</a> <a href="/2_kings/23-15.htm">Small</a> <a href="/2_kings/25-11.htm">Together</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/1_chronicles/10-4.htm">Afraid</a> <a href="/1_chronicles/11-9.htm">Armies</a> <a href="/1_chronicles/7-4.htm">Army</a> <a href="/ezra/4-9.htm">Babylonians</a> <a href="/1_chronicles/4-42.htm">Captains</a> <a href="/isaiah/13-19.htm">Chaldaeans</a> <a href="/2_chronicles/36-17.htm">Chaldeans</a> <a href="/nehemiah/9-7.htm">Chalde'ans</a> <a href="/2_chronicles/36-17.htm">Chaldees</a> <a href="/1_chronicles/1-8.htm">Egypt</a> <a href="/1_chronicles/13-12.htm">Fear</a> <a href="/1_chronicles/10-1.htm">Fled</a> <a href="/1_chronicles/11-26.htm">Forces</a> <a href="/1_chronicles/1-10.htm">Great</a> <a href="/1_chronicles/12-14.htm">Greatest</a> <a href="/1_chronicles/5-7.htm">Heads</a> <a href="/1_chronicles/12-14.htm">Least</a> <a href="/1_chronicles/11-11.htm">Officers</a> <a href="/2_kings/25-29.htm">Presence</a> <a href="/2_chronicles/6-41.htm">Rise</a> <a href="/1_chronicles/2-23.htm">Small</a> <a href="/1_chronicles/6-33.htm">Together</a><div class="vheading2">2 Kings 25</div><span class="reftext">1. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/2_kings/25-1.htm">Jerusalem is besieged.</a></span><br><span class="reftext">4. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/2_kings/25-4.htm">Zedekiah taken, his sons slain, his eyes put out.</a></span><br><span class="reftext">8. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/2_kings/25-8.htm">Nebuzaradan defaces the city, exiles the remnant, except a few poor laborers;</a></span><br><span class="reftext">13. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/2_kings/25-13.htm">and carries away the treasures.</a></span><br><span class="reftext">18. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/2_kings/25-18.htm">The nobles are slain at Riblah.</a></span><br><span class="reftext">22. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/2_kings/25-22.htm">Gedaliah, who was over those who remained, being slain, the rest flee into Egypt.</a></span><br><span class="reftext">27. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/2_kings/25-27.htm">Evil-Merodach advances Jehoiachin in his court.</a></span><br></div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; 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The mention of "small and great" reflects the widespread impact of the Babylonian conquest, affecting everyone from the common people to the elite. This mirrors the earlier biblical theme of God's judgment affecting all levels of society, as seen in passages like <a href="/jeremiah/6-13.htm">Jeremiah 6:13</a>, where both "small and great" are mentioned in the context of corruption and impending judgment.<p><b>together with the commanders of the army</b><br>The inclusion of military leaders highlights the complete collapse of Judah's defense and leadership structure. The commanders, who were responsible for the protection and strategic decisions of the nation, are now fleeing, indicating a total defeat and loss of hope. This aligns with the prophecies of Jeremiah, who warned that Judah's military would be powerless against Babylon (<a href="/jeremiah/21-4.htm">Jeremiah 21:4-5</a>).<p><b>arose and fled to Egypt</b><br>Fleeing to Egypt signifies a reversal of the Exodus, where the Israelites originally left Egypt for the Promised Land. This retreat symbolizes a return to bondage and a lack of trust in God's deliverance. Historically, Egypt was often seen as a place of refuge, but also a place of spiritual and physical danger, as warned by prophets like Isaiah (<a href="/isaiah/30.htm">Isaiah 30:1-3</a>). This action reflects a failure to heed God's warnings through prophets like Jeremiah, who advised against seeking refuge in Egypt (<a href="/jeremiah/42-19.htm">Jeremiah 42:19-22</a>).<p><b>for fear of the Chaldeans</b><br>The Chaldeans, synonymous with the Babylonians, were the dominant power and a tool of God's judgment against Judah. The fear of the Chaldeans underscores the fulfillment of prophetic warnings about Babylon's role in God's plan (<a href="/habakkuk/1-6.htm">Habakkuk 1:6</a>). This fear-driven flight contrasts with the biblical call to trust in God rather than in human alliances or solutions. The Chaldeans' role as instruments of divine judgment is a recurring theme in the prophetic literature, emphasizing God's sovereignty over nations and history.<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <b><a href="/topical/t/the_people_of_judah.htm">The People of Judah</a></b><br>This refers to the remaining inhabitants of Judah after the Babylonian conquest. They include a wide range of individuals, from the least to the greatest, indicating a collective movement.<br><br>2. <b><a href="/topical/a/army_officers.htm">Army Officers</a></b><br>These are the military leaders who survived the Babylonian invasion. Their decision to flee reflects their fear and lack of faith in God's protection.<br><br>3. <b><a href="/topical/e/egypt.htm">Egypt</a></b><br>A neighboring nation to which the people of Judah fled. Historically, Egypt was often seen as a place of refuge, but also a place of bondage and idolatry.<br><br>4. <b><a href="/topical/t/the_chaldeans.htm">The Chaldeans</a></b><br>Another name for the Babylonians, who were the dominant power at the time. Their presence instilled fear in the hearts of the people of Judah.<br><br>5. <b><a href="/topical/f/fear.htm">Fear</a></b><br>The driving emotion behind the people's decision to flee. It highlights a lack of trust in God's promises and protection.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><b><a href="/topical/t/trust_in_god's_sovereignty.htm">Trust in God's Sovereignty</a></b><br>The decision to flee to Egypt reflects a lack of trust in God's ability to protect and provide. Believers are encouraged to trust in God's sovereignty, even in dire circumstances.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/the_consequences_of_fear.htm">The Consequences of Fear</a></b><br>Fear can lead to poor decision-making and disobedience to God's commands. Christians are called to overcome fear with faith and trust in God's promises.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/the_danger_of_seeking_worldly_solutions.htm">The Danger of Seeking Worldly Solutions</a></b><br>Turning to Egypt symbolizes seeking worldly solutions to spiritual problems. Believers should seek God's guidance and wisdom rather than relying on worldly powers or solutions.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/o/obedience_to_god's_word.htm">Obedience to God's Word</a></b><br>The people of Judah ignored God's warning through Jeremiah. This teaches the importance of obedience to God's Word, even when it seems counterintuitive.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_2_kings_25.htm">Top 10 Lessons from 2 Kings 25</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/how_does_amos_9_9_align_with_history.htm">Amos 9:9 – How could the scattering of Israel across all nations align with historical or archaeological records of only limited exiles?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/does_this_align_with_2_kings_25_22-26.htm">How does this account align with or contradict the parallel narrative in 2 Kings 25:22–26 regarding Gedaliah’s murder? </a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/solomon's_horse_stalls_count.htm">How many stalls of horses did Solomon have? (1 Kings 4:26 vs. 2 Chronicles 9:25)</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/why_is_the_fate_of_2_kings_25_26_group_unknown.htm">2 Kings 25:26 says the remaining people fled to Egypt, but why does neither the Bible nor contemporary sources detail the fate of this group?</a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/2_kings/25.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(26) <span class= "bld">Arose and came to Egypt.</span>--They took Jeremiah with them (<a href="/jeremiah/43-6.htm" title="Even men, and women, and children, and the king's daughters, and every person that Nebuzaradan 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.">Jeremiah 43:6</a>). This verse only gives the end of the story as it is told in Jeremiah.<p><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/2_kings/25.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div><span class="cmt_sub_title">Verse 26.</span> - <span class="cmt_word">And all the people, both small and great, and the captains of the armies</span> (see above, ver. 23). The leader of the movement was Johanan, the son of Careah. Having first attacked Ishmael, and forced him to fly to the Ammonites (<a href="/jeremiah/41-15.htm">Jeremiah 41:15</a>), he almost immediately afterwards conceived a fear of Nebuchadnezzar, who would, he thought, resent the murder of Gedaliah, and even avenge it upon these who had done all they could to prevent it. He therefore gathered together the people, and made a preliminary retreat to Chimham, near Bethlehem (<a href="/jeremiah/41-17.htm">Jeremiah 41:17</a>), on the road to Egypt, whence he subsequently, against the earnest remonstrances and prophetic warnings of <a href="/jeremiah/42-9.htm">Jeremiah 42:9-22</a>, carried them on into Egypt itself (<a href="/jeremiah/43-1.htm">Jeremiah 43:1-7</a>). The first settle-merit was made at Tahpanhes, or Daphnae. <span class="cmt_word">Arose, and came into Egypt: for they were afraid of the Chaldees</span> (see <a href="/jeremiah/41-18.htm">Jeremiah 41:18</a>; <a href="/jeremiah/43-3.htm">Jeremiah 43:3</a>). There does not appear to have been any real reason for this fear. Nebuchadnezzar might have been trusted to distinguish between the act of an individual and conspiracy on the part of the nation. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/commentaries/2_kings/25-26.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a></span><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div><span class="word">Then all</span><br /><span class="heb">כָל־</span> <span class="translit">(ḵāl)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine singular construct<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3605.htm">Strong's 3605: </a> </span><span class="str2">The whole, all, any, every</span><br /><br /><span class="word">the people</span><br /><span class="heb">הָעָ֜ם</span> <span class="translit">(hā·‘ām)</span><br /><span class="parse">Article | Noun - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5971.htm">Strong's 5971: </a> </span><span class="str2">A people, a tribe, troops, attendants, a flock</span><br /><br /><span class="word">small</span><br /><span class="heb">מִקָּטֹ֤ן</span> <span class="translit">(miq·qā·ṭōn)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-m | Adjective - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_6996.htm">Strong's 6996: </a> </span><span class="str2">Small, young, unimportant</span><br /><br /><span class="word">and</span><br /><span class="heb">וְעַד־</span> <span class="translit">(wə·‘aḏ-)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Preposition<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5704.htm">Strong's 5704: </a> </span><span class="str2">As far as, even to, up to, until, while</span><br /><br /><span class="word">great,</span><br /><span class="heb">גָּדוֹל֙</span> <span class="translit">(gā·ḏō·wl)</span><br /><span class="parse">Adjective - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_1419.htm">Strong's 1419: </a> </span><span class="str2">Great, older, insolent</span><br /><br /><span class="word">together with the commanders</span><br /><span class="heb">וְשָׂרֵ֣י</span> <span class="translit">(wə·śā·rê)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine plural construct<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_8269.htm">Strong's 8269: </a> </span><span class="str2">Chieftain, chief, ruler, official, captain, prince</span><br /><br /><span class="word">of the army,</span><br /><span class="heb">הַחֲיָלִ֔ים</span> <span class="translit">(ha·ḥă·yā·lîm)</span><br /><span class="parse">Article | Noun - masculine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_2428.htm">Strong's 2428: </a> </span><span class="str2">A force, an army, wealth, virtue, valor, strength</span><br /><br /><span class="word">arose</span><br /><span class="heb">וַיָּקֻ֨מוּ</span> <span class="translit">(way·yā·qu·mū)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_6965.htm">Strong's 6965: </a> </span><span class="str2">To arise, stand up, stand</span><br /><br /><span class="word">and fled</span><br /><span class="heb">וַיָּבֹ֖אוּ</span> <span class="translit">(way·yā·ḇō·’ū)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_935.htm">Strong's 935: </a> </span><span class="str2">To come in, come, go in, go</span><br /><br /><span class="word">to Egypt</span><br /><span class="heb">מִצְרָ֑יִם</span> <span class="translit">(miṣ·rā·yim)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - proper - feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_4714.htm">Strong's 4714: </a> </span><span class="str2">Egypt -- a son of Ham, also his descendants and their country in Northwest Africa</span><br /><br /><span class="word">for</span><br /><span class="heb">כִּ֥י</span> <span class="translit">(kî)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunction<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3588.htm">Strong's 3588: </a> </span><span class="str2">A relative conjunction</span><br /><br /><span class="word">fear</span><br /><span class="heb">יָרְא֖וּ</span> <span class="translit">(yā·rə·’ū)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person common plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3372.htm">Strong's 3372: </a> </span><span class="str2">To fear, to revere, caus, to frighten</span><br /><br /><span class="word">of</span><br /><span class="heb">מִפְּנֵ֥י</span> <span class="translit">(mip·pə·nê)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-m | Noun - common plural construct<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_6440.htm">Strong's 6440: </a> </span><span class="str2">The face</span><br /><br /><span class="word">the Chaldeans.</span><br /><span class="heb">כַשְׂדִּֽים׃</span> <span class="translit">(ḵaś·dîm)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - proper - masculine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3778.htm">Strong's 3778: </a> </span><span class="str2">Chaldeans -- a region of southern Babylon and its inhab</span><br /><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/2_kings/25-26.htm">2 Kings 25:26 NIV</a><br /><a href="/nlt/2_kings/25-26.htm">2 Kings 25:26 NLT</a><br /><a href="/esv/2_kings/25-26.htm">2 Kings 25:26 ESV</a><br /><a href="/nasb/2_kings/25-26.htm">2 Kings 25:26 NASB</a><br /><a href="/kjv/2_kings/25-26.htm">2 Kings 25:26 KJV</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="//bibleapps.com/2_kings/25-26.htm">2 Kings 25:26 BibleApps.com</a><br /><a href="//bibliaparalela.com/2_kings/25-26.htm">2 Kings 25:26 Biblia Paralela</a><br /><a href="//holybible.com.cn/2_kings/25-26.htm">2 Kings 25:26 Chinese Bible</a><br /><a href="//saintebible.com/2_kings/25-26.htm">2 Kings 25:26 French Bible</a><br /><a href="/catholic/2_kings/25-26.htm">2 Kings 25:26 Catholic Bible</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/2_kings/25-26.htm">OT History: 2 Kings 25:26 All the people both small and great (2Ki iiKi ii ki 2 kg 2kg) </a></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="/2_kings/25-25.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="2 Kings 25:25"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="2 Kings 25:25" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="/2_kings/25-27.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="2 Kings 25:27"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="2 Kings 25:27" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="bot"><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhnew2.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>