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Selected Verse: Jeremiah 36:26 - King James
| Verse |
Translation |
Text |
| Jer 36:26 |
King James |
But the king commanded Jerahmeel the son of Hammelech, and Seraiah the son of Azriel, and Shelemiah the son of Abdeel, to take Baruch the scribe and Jeremiah the prophet: but the LORD hid them. |
Summary Of Commentaries Associated With The Selected Verse
| A Commentary, Critical, Practical, and Explanatory on the Old and New Testaments, by Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset and David Brown [1882] |
Hammelech--not as Margin, "of the king." Jehoiakim at this time (the fifth year of his reign) had no grown-up son: Jeconiah, his successor, was then a boy of eleven (compare Kg2 23:36, with Kg2 24:8).
hid them-- (Psa 31:20; Psa 83:3; Isa 26:20). |
| Notes on the Bible, by Albert Barnes, [1834] |
| Hammelech - Either a proper name or a prince of the blood royal (see the margin; Jer 38:6; Kg1 22:26). |
| Explanatory Notes on the Whole Bible, by John Wesley [1754-65] |
| Hid them - God by his providence kept them both out of their hands; directing them to find such a place of recess as the kings messengers could not find out. |
| Adam Clarke Commentary on the Whole Bible - Published 1810-1826 |
| But the Lord hid them - They had, at the counsel of some of the princes hidden themselves, Jer 36:19. And now, though a diligent search was made, the Lord did not permit them to be found. |
20 Come, my people, enter thou into thy chambers, and shut thy doors about thee: hide thyself as it were for a little moment, until the indignation be overpast.
3 They have taken crafty counsel against thy people, and consulted against thy hidden ones.
20 Thou shalt hide them in the secret of thy presence from the pride of man: thou shalt keep them secretly in a pavilion from the strife of tongues.
8 Jehoiachin was eighteen years old when he began to reign, and he reigned in Jerusalem three months. And his mother's name was Nehushta, the daughter of Elnathan of Jerusalem.
36 Jehoiakim was twenty and five years old when he began to reign; and he reigned eleven years in Jerusalem. And his mother's name was Zebudah, the daughter of Pedaiah of Rumah.
26 And the king of Israel said, Take Micaiah, and carry him back unto Amon the governor of the city, and to Joash the king's son;
6 Then took they Jeremiah, and cast him into the dungeon of Malchiah the son of Hammelech, that was in the court of the prison: and they let down Jeremiah with cords. And in the dungeon there was no water, but mire: so Jeremiah sunk in the mire.
19 Then said the princes unto Baruch, Go, hide thee, thou and Jeremiah; and let no man know where ye be.