the third entry not mentioned elsewhere by this name, but perhaps identical with that which in 2 Kings 16:18 is called "the king's entry." Gi. (followed by Du.) by a slight alteration of the MT. gets the meaning the entry of the body-guard. Cp. for the king's action ch. Jeremiah 37:17.
Verse Jeremiah 38:14. _INTO THE THIRD ENTRY_] A place to enter which two others must be passed through....
THE THIRD ENTRY - There was probably a passage from the palace to the temple at this entry, and the meeting would take place in some private chamber close by....
CHAPTER 38 _ 1. Jeremiah in the dungeon and his rescue (Jeremiah 38:1) _ 2. Jeremiah with Zedekiah: His last appeal (Jeremiah 38:14) Jeremiah 38:1. Jeremiah is next accused of high treason. Th
Zedekiah asks Jeremiah about the future, swearing immunity to him, whatever his answer (Jeremiah 38:16). Jeremiah urges him to save himself and the city by surrender to Nebuchadrezzar's princes (Nebuc...
THEN, &C. This is the last picture of Zedekiah, and the house of Judah....
E. Interviewed by the King Jeremiah 38:14-26 TRANSLATION (14) Zedekiah the king sent and had Jeremiah the prophet brought unto him at the third entrance of the house of the LORD. And the king said un...
Then Zedekiah the king sent, and took Jeremiah the prophet unto him into the third entry that is in the house of the LORD: and the king said unto Jeremiah, I will ask thee a thing; hide nothing from...
THE THIRD ENTRY] Probably referring to some passage between the Temple and the palace....
1-3. The removal of Jeremiah from the prison was favourable to the publication of his message. Hence the alarm of the princes....
THE THIRD ENTRY THAT IS IN THE HOUSE OF THE LORD. — In 2 Kings 16:18 we read of” the king’s entry without,” an outside entrance, and of “a covert,” or covered gallery, both leading from the palace to...
וַ יִּשְׁלַ֞ח הַ מֶּ֣לֶךְ צִדְקִיָּ֗הוּ וַ יּ
Under these circumstances he continued to foretell the victory of the Chaldeans, with the result that the anger of the princes was stirred up against him, and he was cast into a most loathsome dungeon...
_Third, or officers of the guard's gate, leading from the palace to the temple, 4 Kings xi. 19. (Calmet) --- Hebrew hashelishi; (Haydock) the third denotes also an officer of the army._...
This must have been a very interesting interview between the king and the Prophet; and it is impossible but to take concern in it, and to wish that Zedekiah had listened to the Prophet's advice. And a...
Here is added another narrative, — that King Zedekiah again sent for Jeremiah to come to him in the Temple, that is, in the court of the Temple; for it was not lawful for the king to enter into the Sa...
THE FOLLOWING COMMENTARY COVERS CHAPTER S 37 AND 38. Chapter 37 gives us Zedekiah in the same state of disobedience. A show of religion is kept up, and, having a moment of respite which excites some h...
THEN ZEDEKIAH THE KING SENT AND TOOK JEREMIAH THE PROPHET UNTO HIM,.... When the prophet was taken out of the dungeon, and brought to the court of the prison, of which the king had knowledge, he sent...
Then Zedekiah the king sent, and took Jeremiah the prophet unto him into the third entry that [is] in the house of the LORD: and the king said unto Jeremiah, I will ask thee a thing; hide nothing from...
_Then Zedekiah sent_, &c. Here we have an account of the honour which the king did the prophet after he was fetched out of the dungeon: he sent for him to advise with him privately what measures it wo...
Then Zedekiah, the king, sent and took Jeremiah, the prophet, unto him into the third entry that is in the house of the Lord, very likely the vaulted north gate of the Temple court, which faced the pa...
Jeremiah's Advice to the King...
THIRD: Or, principal...
14-28 Jeremiah was not forward to repeat the warnings, which seemed only to endanger his own life, and to add to the king's guilt, but asked whether he feared to do the will of God. The less men fear...
THAT IS IN THE HOUSE OF THE LORD: some think that this were better translated, that is near the house of the Lord, and that this _third entry_, or principal entry, was that _ascent out of the king's h...
Jeremiah 38:14 Zedekiah H6667 king H4428 sent H7971 (H8799) Jeremiah H3414 prophet H5030 brought H3947 (H8799)
ZEDEKIAH ONCE AGAIN CONSULTS JEREMIAH AND KEEPS HIM SAFELY IN THE COURT OF THE GUARD UNTIL JERUSALEM IS TAKEN (JEREMIAH 38:14). This was to be Zedekiah's last consultation with Jeremiah. During it he...
JEREMIAH'S EXPERIENCES IN THE COURT OF THE GUARD (JEREMIAH 38:1). But even the fact that Jeremiah was in the court of the guard did not prevent him from further maltreatment by those who saw him as a...
Jeremiah 38 Ropes and rags. I. Help always comes from above. Jeremiah found it so. It was useless to try to climb out of the dungeon, it was only to fall deeper into the mire. "Salvation is of the L...
CONTENTS: Jeremiah's imprisonment, continued. His private conference with the king. CHARACTERS: Shephatiah, Gedaliah, Jucal, Pashur, Jeremiah, Zedekiah, Malchiah, Ebed-melech, Jonathan. CONCLUSION: G...
Jeremiah 38:7. _Ebed-melech the Ethiopian,_ the king's chamberlain. It seems to have been a new name given him on his promotion to office; but God gave him long life for preserving the life of Jeremia...
CRITICAL AND EXEGETICAL NOTES.—CHRONOLOGICAL NOTES as on preceding chapter. Personal Allusions. Jeremiah 38:1. “_Shephatiah_,” never elsewhere mentioned. “_Gedaliah_,” possibly son of “Pashur” the vio...
CONTINUATION. EXPOSITION The object of the princes being frustrated (for in the "court of the guard" Jeremiah had perfect freedom and opportunity of speech), the princes resolve upon a more effectua...
Now we come to the third part of the book of Jeremiah and this covers the period of Zedekiah the king. These particular prophecies, thirty-seven through thirty-nine, cover from the time that Zedekiah...
1 Kings 10:5; 1 Kings 22:16; 1 Samuel 3:17; 1 Samuel 3:18;...