2 Kings 25:22

Gedaliah is made governor of the people remaining in Jerusalem. He is slain, and the people flee to Egypt (Not in Chronicles. Cf. Jeremiah, chaps. 40. and 41)

22. Andas for the people that remained R.V. were left. The change is in accordance with A.V. in verse 11 above.

made Gedaliah … ruler R.V. governor. This man was of a conspicuous family, and is described by Josephus (Ant.x. 9. 1 3) as a man gentle and just. His father Ahikam had influence enough in the evil days of Jehoiakim to be able to protect and save the life of Jeremiah (Jeremiah 26:24). His grandfather Shaphan was one of the great personages in the court of Josiah. Beyond what is related in these verses, little is known of Gedaliah, though the history of his brief rule is somewhat expanded by Jeremiah in the two Chapter s 40. and 41.

The change of rendering is in conformity with A.V. in Jeremiah 40:7, and with the verse 23 next following.