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And when all the captains of the armies, they and their men, heard that the king of Babylon had made Gedaliah governor, there came to Gedaliah to Mizpah, even Ishmael the son of Nethaniah, and Johanan the son of Careah, and Seraiah the son of Tanhumeth the Netophathite, and Jaazaniah the son of a Maachathite, they and their men.
New Defender's Study Bible Notes
25:23 made Gedaliah governor. It is interesting that Gedaliah’s seal has been found by archaeologists.
25:23 to Mizpah. After the destruction of Jerusalem, the capital was apparently moved to Mizpah, about seven miles north of Jerusalem. Gedaliah, a man not in the Davidic line, was established as ruler. He was a good ruler, but was slain by Ishmael, who—as a descendant of David himself—possibly resented being ruled by a man who was not of royal blood.