Jeremiah 38:24

Let no man know Zedekiah's feebleness is again conspicuous in this and the two following verses. Although the saving of the prophet from conditions likely to prove fatal is not directly mentioned in the narrative as preserved to us, it is far from unlikely that it was one subject of the conversation. Thus the prophet may well have held himself justified in limiting his statement to the princes in accordance with Zedekiah's desire, especially when we remember that moral standards at that age were not altogether identical with our own.