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Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Jeremiah 26:20

This narrative of Urijah’s fate was no part of the speech of the elders, who would not be likely to contrast the behavior of the reigning king so unfavorably with that of Hezekiah. Moreover, it would have been a precedent, not for acquitting Jeremiah, but for putting him to death. Jeremiah, when he reduced the narrative to writing, probably added this history to show the ferocity of Jehoiakim, and the danger to which he had been himself exposed. read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Jeremiah 26:20-23

Jeremiah 26:20-23. And there was also a man There are three different opinions respecting the following passage. The first ascribes it to an opposite party, who, by a contrary precedent to the foregoing, urged the condemnation of Jeremiah, a precedent in which the speaking such words as he had spoken was adjudged treason. But against this view of the passage it is objected that such a transition of the speakers would have had some mark of distinction prefixed. Others suppose that this... read more

Donald C. Fleming

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Jeremiah 26:1-24

26:1-34:22 PROPHECIES OF EXILE AND RETURNThe dangerous life of a prophet (26:1-24)Again Jeremiah went to the temple, where he could preach to people who came from all over Judah to worship. He stood in the open court and urged the worshippers to give up their sinful ways and return to God (26:1-3). If they refused, the temple would be demolished, as the tabernacle had been at Shiloh several centuries earlier (4-6; see notes on 7:1-15; cf. also 19:14-20:6).Religious officials and ordinary... read more

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Jeremiah 26:20

And = But. Said in reply to the friends of Jeremiah by his adversaries. See the Structure above. Urijah. This incident is not recorded in the historical books, but it illustrates Jeremiah 26:5 . Kirjath-jearim. Now 'Khan 'Erma, or Kuriet el 'Enab, four miles west of the hill overlooking Beth-shemesh, and about twelve miles from Jerusalem. read more

James Burton Coffman

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Jeremiah 26:20

ARREST AND EXECUTION OF URIAH"And there was also a man that prophesied in the name of Jehovah, Uriah the son of Shemaiah of Kiriath-jearim: and he prophesied against this city and against this land according to all the words of Jeremiah. And when Jehoiachim the king, with all his mighty men, and all the princes heard his words, the king sought to put him to death; but when Uriah heard it, he was afraid, and fled, and went into Egypt. And Jehoiachim the king sent men into Egypt, namely, Elnathan... read more

Thomas Coke

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Jeremiah 26:20

Jeremiah 26:20. There was also a man—Urijah— The discourse of the elders being finished, a history of those times is here added, and, as many think, by Jeremiah; hence it was plain in how great danger he was under a wicked king. Others think that this example of Urijah was produced by the enemies of Jeremiah, to counteract what was said in his favour from the example of Micah. See Houbigant and Calmet. read more

Robert Jamieson; A. R. Fausset; David Brown

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Jeremiah 26:20

20. As the flight and capture of Urijah must have occupied some time, "the beginning of the reign of Jehoiakim" (Jeremiah 26:1) must not mean the very beginning, but the second or third year of his eleven years' reign. And . . . also—perhaps connected with Jeremiah 26:24, as the comment of the writer, not the continuation of the speech of the elders: "And although also a man that prophesied . . . Urijah . . . (proving how great was the danger in which Jeremiah stood, and how wonderful the... read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Jeremiah 26:20

Another prophet, Uriah ben (the son of) Shemaiah from Kiriath-jearim, about 8 miles west of Jerusalem, preached against Judah and Jerusalem in the Lord’s name, as Jeremiah did. read more

John Dummelow

John Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible - Jeremiah 26:1-24

Jeremiah’s Fifteenth Prophecy (Early in the Reign of Jehoiakim)For Jeremiah 26:1-8 see intro. to Jeremiah 7-10. This chapter gives us a sketch of the difficulties and dangers under which Jeremiah had spoken the preceding prophecies.1-6. The prophet warns the people.6. Like Shiloh] see on Jeremiah 7:12. A curse] i.e. a subject of their cursing, as being contemptible.8. A prophet speaking without God’s command was to be put to death (Deuteronomy 18:20). This was the charge against Jeremiah, and... read more

Charles John Ellicott

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - Jeremiah 26:20

(20) And there was also a man that prophesied . . .—The verses that follow, seeing that they state a fact which tends in the opposite direction, cannot be regarded as part of the argument of the “elders” of Jeremiah 26:17. Nor is there any sufficient reason for supposing, in the absence of any statement to that effect, that the case of Urijah was alleged in a counter-argument by the priests and prophets. Jeremiah 26:24 shows rather that Jeremiah, or the compiler of the book, wished to record... read more