Jeremiah 37:13

And when he was in the gate of Benjamin, a captain of the ward [was] there, whose name [was] Irijah, the son of Shelemiah, the son of Hananiah; and he took Jeremiah the prophet, saying, Thou fallest away to the Chaldeans.

And when he was in the gate {H8179} of Benjamin {H1144}, a captain {H1167} of the ward {H6488} was there, whose name {H8034} was Irijah {H3376}, the son {H1121} of Shelemiah {H8018}, the son {H1121} of Hananiah {H2608}; and he took {H8610} Jeremiah {H3414} the prophet {H5030}, saying {H559}, Thou fallest away {H5307} to the Chaldeans {H3778}.

and had reached the gate leading toward Binyamin when a guard commander there named Yir'iyah the son of Shelemyah, the son of Hananyah, seized Yirmeyahu the prophet, shouting, "You're deserting to the Kasdim!"

But when he reached the Gate of Benjamin, the captain of the guard, whose name was Irijah son of Shelemiah, the son of Hananiah, seized him and said, “You are deserting to the Chaldeans!”

And when he was in the gate of Benjamin, a captain of the ward was there, whose name was Irijah, the son of Shelemiah, the son of Hananiah; and he laid hold on Jeremiah the prophet, saying, Thou art falling away to the Chaldeans.

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Cross-References

  • Zechariah 14:10 (4 votes)

    All the land shall be turned as a plain from Geba to Rimmon south of Jerusalem: and it shall be lifted up, and inhabited in her place, from Benjamin's gate unto the place of the first gate, unto the corner gate, and [from] the tower of Hananeel unto the king's winepresses.

  • Jeremiah 38:7 (4 votes)

    Now when Ebedmelech the Ethiopian, one of the eunuchs which was in the king's house, heard that they had put Jeremiah in the dungeon; the king then sitting in the gate of Benjamin;

  • Jeremiah 21:9 (3 votes)

    He that abideth in this city shall die by the sword, and by the famine, and by the pestilence: but he that goeth out, and falleth to the Chaldeans that besiege you, he shall live, and his life shall be unto him for a prey.

  • Acts 24:13 (3 votes)

    Neither can they prove the things whereof they now accuse me.

  • Jeremiah 38:1 (3 votes)

    ¶ Then Shephatiah the son of Mattan, and Gedaliah the son of Pashur, and Jucal the son of Shelemiah, and Pashur the son of Malchiah, heard the words that Jeremiah had spoken unto all the people, saying,

  • Luke 23:2 (3 votes)

    And they began to accuse him, saying, We found this [fellow] perverting the nation, and forbidding to give tribute to Caesar, saying that he himself is Christ a King.

  • Acts 6:11 (3 votes)

    Then they suborned men, which said, We have heard him speak blasphemous words against Moses, and [against] God.