Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible
Jeremiah 37:13
Thou fallest away to the Chaldeans— The ground of this accusation was, the prophet's having foretold that the Chaldeans should take the city, and exhorted the Jews to submit to them.
Thou fallest away to the Chaldeans— The ground of this accusation was, the prophet's having foretold that the Chaldeans should take the city, and exhorted the Jews to submit to them.
Verse Jeremiah 37:13. _THOU FALLEST AWAY TO THE CHALDEANS._] Thou art a deserter, and a traitor to thy country. As he had always declared that the Chaldeans should take the city, c., his enemies took...
A CAPTAIN OF THE WARD - Captain of the watch, whose business was to examine all who went in and out. THE GATE OF BENJAMIN - The northern gate, also called the gate of Ephraim. THOU FALLEST AWAY ......
JEREMIAH AND ZEDEKIAH AND THE FALL OF JERUSALEM (37-39) CHAPTER 37 _ 1. Jeremiah's warning (Jeremiah 37:1) _ 2. Jeremiah's arrest (Jeremiah 37:11) Jeremiah 37:1. To understand more fully
Jeremiah, during the interval in the siege, is leaving the city by a northern gate on private business (perhaps connected with the earlier incident of Jeremiah 32:6 ff.), when he is arrested by the of...
THE GATE OF BENJAMIN: i.e. the northern gate, called also "the gate of Ephraim" (2 Kings 14:13.Nehemiah 8:16; Nehemiah 8:16), leading to Anathoth. HANANIAH. Perhaps the false prophet mentioned in...
See introd. summary to ch....
_the gate of Benjamin_ in the N. wall of the city, mentioned also Jeremiah 38:7; Zechariah 14:10. _a captain of the ward_ lit. _a master of the watch_, a sentinel, charged with the duty of taking cog...
II. THE PROPHET CONFINED Jeremiah 37:11 to Jeremiah 38:28 Jeremiah experienced a great deal of suffering at the hands of the national leaders during those last dark days before the fall of Jerusalem....
And when he was in the gate of Benjamin, a captain of the ward was there, whose name was Irijah, the son of Shelemiah, the son of Hananiah; and he took Jeremiah the prophet, saying, Thou fallest away...
1-5. The general position....
AND WHEN HE WAS IN THE GATE OF BENJAMIN... — The prophet’s fears were not groundless. He had to leave the city by the entrance known as the gate of Benjamin (Jeremiah 38:7), on the north side (Zechari...
וַ יְהִי ־ה֞וּא בְּ שַׁ֣עַר בִּנְיָמִ֗ן וְ
CHAPTER XII JEREMIAH'S IMPRISONMENT Jeremiah 37:11, Jeremiah 38:1, Jeremiah 39:15 "Jeremiah abode in the court of the guard until the day that Jerusalem was taken."-...
This and the two following Chapter s contain the history of the siege up to the fall of the city. In the first part of this chapter Jeremiah was free. Zedekiah occupied the throne, but was disobedient...
And when he was in the (g) gate of Benjamin, a captain of the guard [was] there, whose name [was] Irijah, the son of Shelemiah, the son of Hananiah; and he took Jeremiah the prophet, saying, Thou fall...
Falling off to the Chaldeans, had such a thought been entertained, should have been while they were besieging Jerusalem. The thing spoke for itself, that it was both false and absurd. But, Reader! is...
But he then adds, that he was intercepted by the _prefect of the ward in the gate of Benjamin _That gate had its name from its situation, for a part of Jerusalem belonged to the tribe of Benjamin; and...
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...
AND WHEN HE WAS IN THE GATE OF BENJAMIN,.... One of the gates of the city so called, either because it stood in the tribe of Benjamin, as part of Jerusalem did; or because it led to the land of Benjam...
And when he was in the gate of Benjamin, a captain of the ward [was] there, whose name [was] Irijah, the son of Shelemiah, the son of Hananiah; and he took Jeremiah the prophet, saying, Thou fallest a...
_When he was in the gate of Benjamin_ The gate leading toward the country of Benjamin; _Irijah, the son of Hananiah_ Probably of that Hananiah whose death Jeremiah had foretold, Jeremiah 28:17; _took...
Jeremiah's Arrest and Imprisonment...
And when be was in the Gate of Benjamin, the northern gate of Jerusalem, which led to the country of Benjamin and the northern province, A CAPTAIN OF THE WARD WAS THERE, one of the watchmen of the cit...
11-21 There are times when it is the wisdom of good men to retire, to enter into their chambers, and to shut the doors, Isaiah 26:20. Jeremiah was seized as a deserter, and committed to prison. But i...
THE GATE OF BENJAMIN was some gate that looked toward the inheritance of that tribe, or where those used to go out who went that way; we read of it JEREMIAH 38:7. Irijah was a captain of the guard tha...
Jeremiah 37:13 Gate H8179 Benjamin H1144 captain H1167 guard H6488 name H8034 Irijah H3376 son H1121 Shelemiah H801
THE DISOBEDIENCE OF JUDAH AND ITS KING IS HIGHLIGHTED BY THEIR TREATMENT OF THE PROPHET OF YHWH (JEREMIAH 37:1 TO JEREMIAH 38:28). These events once again took place during the reign of Zedekiah, the...
WHEN SEEKING TO TAKE POSSESSION OF HIS LAND IN BENJAMIN DURING THE LULL IN THE SIEGE JEREMIAH IS FALSELY ACCUSED OF TREACHERY AND THROWN INTO PRISON (JEREMIAH 37:11). Jeremiah's family appears to have...
CONTENTS: Jeremiah's imprisonment in the days of Zedekiah. CHARACTERS: Zedekiah, Coniah, Nebuchadnezzar, Jeremiah, Jehucal, Zephaniah, Jonathan, Irijah. CONCLUSION: It is no new thing for those who h...
Jeremiah 37:5. _Pharaoh's army was come forth out of Egypt._ The Chaldeans were afraid of them, and raised the siege. But this joy to Jerusalem was of short continuance; the Chaldeans returned after t...
_And it came to pass, that when the army of the Chaldeans was broken up from Jerusalem._ JEREMIAH PERSECUTED After the captivity and death of Jehoiakim, his brother Zedekiah, another son of Josiah, s...
CRITICAL AND EXEGETICAL NOTES.—1. CHRONOLOGY OF THE CHAPTER. In the tenth and eleventh year of Zedekiah. Later than chap. 21, for that embassy was sent when Nebuchadnezzar was marching against Jerusal...
EXPOSITION Nothing worthy of relation appears to have happened to Jeremiah till the latter period of the reign of Zedekiah. The first two verses of this chapter form the transition. The embassy to Je...
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...
2 Corinthians 6:8; Acts 24:13; Acts 24:5; Acts 6:11; Amos 7:10;...
Of Benjamin — The gate that looked toward the inheritance of that tribe....