Jeremiah 37:13

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Jeremiah 37:13-14

Jeremiah 37:13-14. 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 the prophet Apprehended him as one who was about to desert the city, and fall off to the Chaldeans; the ground of which accusation was the prophet’s having foretold that the Chaldeans should take the city, and exhorted the Jews to submit to them. Then said Jeremiah,... read more

Donald C. Fleming

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Jeremiah 37:1-21

Jeremiah imprisoned (37:1-21)Having dealt with events in the reign of Jehoiakim in the previous two chapters, the story now returns to the reign of Zedekiah. As in the case of Jehoiakim, Zedekiah ignored the warnings of God’s prophets (37:1-2).During Babylon’s final great siege of Jerusalem, Egypt sent an army to help the Jerusalemites. When the Egyptians approached, the Babylonians lifted the siege and went to deal with the new threat elsewhere. Zedekiah sent a message to Jeremiah, asking him... read more

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Jeremiah 37:13

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 Jeremiah 28:1-17 . read more

Thomas Coke

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Jeremiah 37:13

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. read more

Robert Jamieson; A. R. Fausset; David Brown

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Jeremiah 37:13

13. ward—that is, the "guard," or "watch." Hananiah—whose death Jeremiah predicted (Jeremiah 28:16). The grandson in revenge takes Jeremiah into custody on the charge of deserting ("thou fallest away," Jeremiah 38:19; Jeremiah 52:15; 1 Samuel 29:3) to the enemy. His prophecies gave color to the charge (Jeremiah 21:9; Jeremiah 38:4). read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Jeremiah 37:11-16

The reason for his arrest and imprisonment 37:11-16 read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Jeremiah 37:11-21

Jeremiah’s arrest and imprisonment 37:11-21The text records five steps in Jeremiah’s prison experiences. First, he was arrested in the gate and committed to a dungeon on a false charge of treason (Jeremiah 37:11-15). Second, he was released from the dungeon but restricted to the courtyard of the prison (Jeremiah 37:16-21). Third, he was imprisoned in Malchijah’s miry dungeon in the prison courtyard (Jeremiah 38:6). Fourth, he was released from this dungeon but restricted to the prison courtyard... read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Jeremiah 37:13

Jeremiah was leaving Jerusalem by the northern gate that led to the territory of Benjamin when Irijah, a captain of the guard, arrested him. [Note: Irijah’s ancestor, Hananiah, would not have been the same man who opposed Jeremiah (28:10).] He charged the prophet with defecting to the enemy. Jeremiah had urged others to submit to the Babylonians (Jeremiah 21:9; Jeremiah 38:2), and some of the people had taken his advice (Jeremiah 38:2; Jeremiah 38:19; Jeremiah 39:9; Jeremiah 52:15), so the... read more

John Dummelow

John Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible - Jeremiah 37:1-21

1-5. The general position.1. Coniah] see on Jeremiah 22:24. Whom] referring to Zedekiah. 3. Zephaniah] see on Jeremiah 21:1.5. This refers to the temporary raising of the siege of Jerusalem by the Babylonians on the approach of an Egyptian army under Pharaoh-Hophra. He either retired or was defeated, for the siege was soon renewed.6-10. The return of the Chaldeans foretold.11-15. Jeremiah imprisoned.12. To separate himself thence] RV ’to receive his portion there,’probably referring to an... read more

John Dummelow

John Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible - Jeremiah 37:1-28

Events during the Siege of Jerusalem (Reign of Zedekiah)Here after two parenthetical chapters (35, 36) concerning the time of Jehoiakim, we revert to the narrative (beginning in Jeremiah 32) of the last two years of Zedekiah. read more

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