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Selected Verse: Jeremiah 26:23 - King James
| Verse |
Translation |
Text |
| Jer 26:23 |
King James |
And they fetched forth Urijah out of Egypt, and brought him unto Jehoiakim the king; who slew him with the sword, and cast his dead body into the graves of the common people. |
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| A Commentary, Critical, Practical, and Explanatory on the Old and New Testaments, by Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset and David Brown [1882] |
| graves of the common people--literally, "sons of the people" (compare Kg2 23:6). The prophets seem to have had a separate cemetery (Mat 23:29). Urijah's corpse was denied this honor, in order that he should not be regarded as a true prophet. |
| Notes on the Bible, by Albert Barnes, [1834] |
| Out of Egypt - As Jehoiakim was a vassal of Egypt, he would easily obtain the surrender of a man accused of treason. |
| Explanatory Notes on the Whole Bible, by John Wesley [1754-65] |
| Cast his body - Not in the sepulchers of the prophets, but amongst the vulgar people. |
29 Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! because ye build the tombs of the prophets, and garnish the sepulchres of the righteous,
6 And he brought out the grove from the house of the LORD, without Jerusalem, unto the brook Kidron, and burned it at the brook Kidron, and stamped it small to powder, and cast the powder thereof upon the graves of the children of the people.