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Jaazaniah

son of a Maachathite

Military captain who came to the governor Gedaliah at Mizpah after the fall of Jerusalem, mentioned in 2 Kings 25 and Jeremiah 40.

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Jaazaniah son of the Maachathite is mentioned in 2 Kings 25 and the parallel passage in 40 as one of the military commanders who came to at after had appointed Gedaliah as governor over the remnant left in following the fall of . Gedaliah urged these captains and their men to settle under authority and not to fear. The Maachathites were a people of the region northeast of the Sea of . Jaazaniah's further role, if any, in the subsequent murder of Gedaliah is not specified in this account.

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