gedaliah

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gedaliah - Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary :

  Gedaliah
  made great by Jehovah. (1.) the son of Jeduthum (1 Chr. 25:3,
  9). (2.) The grandfather of the prophet Zephaniah, and the
  father of Cushi (Zeph. 1:1). (3.) One of the Jewish nobles who
  conspired against Jeremiah (Jer. 38:1). (4.) The son of Ahikam,
  and grandson of Shaphan, secretary of king Josiah (Jer. 26:24).
  After the destruction of Jerusalem (see ZEDEKIAH),
  Nebuchadnezzar left him to govern the country as tributary to
  him (2 Kings 25:22; Jer. 40:5; 52:16). Ishmael, however, at the
  head of a party of the royal family, "Jewish irreconcilables",
  rose against him, and slew him and "all the Jews that were with
  him" (Jer. 41:2, 3) at Mizpah about three months after the
  destruction of Jerusalem. He and his band also plundered the
  town of Mizpah, and carried off many captives. He was, however,
  overtaken by Johanan and routed. He fled with such of his
  followers as escaped to the Ammonites (41:15). The little
  remnant of the Jews now fled to Egypt.