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Selected Verse: Jeremiah 20:2 - Strong Concordance
| Verse |
Translation |
Text |
| Jer 20:2 |
Strong Concordance |
Then Pashur [06583] smote [05221] Jeremiah [03414] the prophet [05030], and put [05414] him in the stocks [04115] that were in the high [05945] gate [08179] of Benjamin [01144], which was by the house [01004] of the LORD [03068]. |
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King James |
Then Pashur smote Jeremiah the prophet, and put him in the stocks that were in the high gate of Benjamin, which was by the house of the LORD. |
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] |
The fact that Pashur was of the same order and of the same family as Jeremiah aggravates the indignity of the blow (Kg1 22:24; Mat 26:67).
stocks--an instrument of torture with five holes, in which the neck, two hands, and two feet were thrust, the body being kept in a crooked posture (Jer 29:26). From a Hebrew root, to "turn," or "rack." This marks Pashur's cruelty.
high--that is, the upper gate (Kg2 15:35).
gate of Benjamin--a gate in the temple wall, corresponding to the gate of Benjamin, properly so called, in the city wall, in the direction of the territory of Benjamin (Jer 7:2; Jer 37:13; Jer 38:7). The temple gate of Benjamin, being on a lofty position, was called "the high gate," to distinguish it from the city wall gate of Benjamin. |
| Notes on the Bible, by Albert Barnes, [1834] |
Jeremiah the prophet - Jeremiah is nowhere so called in the first 19 chapters. In this place he thus characterizes himself, because Pashur's conduct was a violation of the respect due to the prophetic office.
The stocks - This instrument of torture comes from a root signifying to "twist." It thus implies that the body was kept in a distorted position. Compare Act 16:24.
The high gate ... - Rather, "the upper gate of Benjamin in the house of Yahweh (compare Kg2 15:35);" to be distinguished from the city gate of Benjamin leading toward the north. |
| Adam Clarke Commentary on the Whole Bible - Published 1810-1826 |
| Put him in the stocks - Probably such a place near the gate as we term the lock-up, the coal-hole; or it may mean a sort of dungeon. |
7 Now when Ebedmelech [05663] the Ethiopian [03569], one [0376] of the eunuchs [05631] which was in the king's [04428] house [01004], heard [08085] that they had put [05414] Jeremiah [03414] in the dungeon [0953]; the king [04428] then sitting [03427] in the gate [08179] of Benjamin [01144];
13 And when he was in the gate [08179] of Benjamin [01144], a captain [01167] of the ward [06488] was there, whose name [08034] was Irijah [03376], the son [01121] of Shelemiah [08018], the son [01121] of Hananiah [02608]; and he took [08610] Jeremiah [03414] the prophet [05030], saying [0559], Thou fallest away [05307] to the Chaldeans [03778].
2 Stand [05975] in the gate [08179] of the LORD'S [03068] house [01004], and proclaim [07121] there this word [01697], and say [0559], Hear [08085] the word [01697] of the LORD [03068], all ye of Judah [03063], that enter in [0935] at these gates [08179] to worship [07812] the LORD [03068].
35 Howbeit the high places [01116] were not removed [05493]: the people [05971] sacrificed [02076] and burned incense [06999] still in the high places [01116]. He built [01129] the higher [05945] gate [08179] of the house [01004] of the LORD [03068].
26 The LORD [03068] hath made [05414] thee priest [03548] in the stead of Jehoiada [03077] the priest [03548], that ye should be officers [06496] in the house [01004] of the LORD [03068], for every man [0376] that is mad [07696], and maketh himself a prophet [05012], that thou shouldest put [05414] him in prison [04115], and in the stocks [06729].
67 Then [5119] did they spit [1716] in [1519] his [846] face [4383], and [2532] buffeted [2852] him [846]; and [1161] others smote him with the palms of their hands [4474],
24 But Zedekiah [06667] the son [01121] of Chenaanah [03668] went near [05066], and smote [05221] Micaiah [04321] on the cheek [03895], and said [0559], Which way [0335] went [05674] the Spirit [07307] of the LORD [03068] from me to speak [01696] unto thee?
35 Howbeit the high places [01116] were not removed [05493]: the people [05971] sacrificed [02076] and burned incense [06999] still in the high places [01116]. He built [01129] the higher [05945] gate [08179] of the house [01004] of the LORD [03068].
24 Who [3739], having received [2983] such [5108] a charge [3852], thrust [906] them [846] into [1519] the inner [2082] prison [5438], and [2532] made [805] their [846] feet [4228] fast [805] in [1519] the stocks [3586].