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The same name traced across the biblical canon and the Second Temple texts, side by side.
Gedaliah (Levite living at the time of United Monarchy)
Gedaliah was appointed governor of Judah by the Babylonians after Jerusalem's destruction, tasked with governing the peasants left behind, and he urged the remaining population to settle down and submit peacefully to Babylonian rule.
Gedaliah was appointed governor of Judah by the Babylonians after Jerusalem's destruction, tasked with governing the peasants left behind, and he urged the remaining population to settle down and submit peacefully to Babylonian rule.
Gedaliah was appointed governor of Judah by the Babylonians after Jerusalem's destruction, tasked with governing the peasants left behind, and he urged the remaining population to settle down and submit peacefully to Babylonian rule. A royal descendant named Ishmael assassinated him within months, and fearing Babylonian reprisal for the governor's murder, the remaining population fled to Egypt against Jeremiah's direct warning not to go.
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- 1 Chronicles 25:3
- 1 Chronicles 25:9
