. History of Egypt, Chaldea, Syria, Babylonia and Assyria . ty-two persons. Some of the poorer populationwere allowed to remain in the environs, and the fieldsand vineyards of the exiles were divided among accomplished the work of destruction, the Chal-dseans retired, leaving the government in the hands ofGedaliah, son of Ahikam,^ a friend of Jeremiah. Gedaliahestablished himself at Mizpah, where he endeavoured togather around him the remnant of the nation, and fugitivespoured in from Moab, Ammon, and Edom. It seemed 1 2 Kings xxv. 4-21, in Jer. lii. 6-27, 29; cf. Jer. xxxix. 2-10,
. History of Egypt, Chaldea, Syria, Babylonia and Assyria . ty-two persons. Some of the poorer populationwere allowed to remain in the environs, and the fieldsand vineyards of the exiles were divided among accomplished the work of destruction, the Chal-dseans retired, leaving the government in the hands ofGedaliah, son of Ahikam,^ a friend of Jeremiah. Gedaliahestablished himself at Mizpah, where he endeavoured togather around him the remnant of the nation, and fugitivespoured in from Moab, Ammon, and Edom. It seemed 1 2 Kings xxv. 4-21, in Jer. lii. 6-27, 29; cf. Jer. xxxix. 2-10, and2 Chron. xxxvi. 17-20. The following is the table of the kings of Judahfrom the death of Solomon to the destruction of Jerusalem ;— I. Abijah. III. Asa. I IV. Jehoshaphat. V. Ahaziah. I VII. |Athaliah. VIII. JOASH. IX. UzziAH (Azariah). XI. JOTHAM. XII. Ahaz. XIII. Hezekiah. I XIV. Manasseh. XV. Amon. XVI. JOSIAH. I I XVII. | Zedekiah. 2 2 Kings xxv. 22; Jer. xl. THE LAST THROES OP JUDAH 433 that a Jewish principality was about to rise again fromthe ruins of the kingdom. Jeremiah was its accreditedcounsellor, but his influence could not establish harmonyamong these turbulent spirits, still smarting from theirrecent misfortunes.^ The captains of the bands whichhad been roaming over the country after the fall ofJerusalem refused, moreover, to act in concert withGedaliah, and one of them, Ishmael by name, who wasof the royal blood, assassinated him, but, being attackedin Gibeon by Johanan, the son of Kareah, was forcedto escape almost alone and take refuge with the Ammon-ites.^ These acts of violence aroused the vigilance ofthe Chalds&ans ; Johanan feared reprisals, and retired intoEgypt, taking with him Jeremiah, Baruch, and the bulkof the people.* Apries gave the refugees a welcome, andassigned them certain villages near to his military colonyat Daphnse, whence they soon spread into th
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