Jeremiah 38:1

Then Shephatiah the son of Mattan, and Gedaliah the son of Pashur, and Jucal the son of Shelemiah, and Pashur the son of Malchiah, heard the words that Jeremiah had spoken unto all the people, saying,

All this was subsequent to his imprisonment in Jonathan's house, and his release on his interview with Zedekiah (; ). The latter occurred before the return of the Chaldeans to the siege; the similar events in this chapter occurred after it.

Jucal - Jehucal ().

Pashur - (: cf. with ); the deputation in , to whom Jeremiah gave this reply, if not identical with the hearers of Jeremiah in , must have been sent just before the latter "heard" him speaking the same words. Zephaniah is not mentioned here as in , but is so in . Jucal is mentioned here and in the previous deputation (), but not in . Shephatiah and Gedaliah here do not occur either in or . The identity of his words in both cases is natural, when uttered at a very short interval, and one of the hearers (Pashur) being present on both occasions.

Unto all the people. They had free access to him in the court of the prison ().