Jeremiah 37:12
And when he had arrived at the gate of Benjamin, the keeper of the gate, whose turn it was to be there, was named Irijah, the son of Shelemiah, the son of Hananiah. And he apprehended Jeremiah the prophet, saying, “You are fleeing to the Chaldeans.”
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Joshua 21:17Then, from the tribe of the sons of Benjamin, he gave Gibeon, and Geba,
1 Kings 19:9And when he had arrived there, he stayed in a cave. And behold, the word of the Lord came to him, and said to him, “What are you doing here, Elijah?”
Nehemiah 6:11And I said: “How could anyone like me flee? And who like me should enter the temple, so that he may live? I will not enter.”
Jeremiah 1:1The words of Jeremiah, the son of Hilkiah of the priests who were in Anathoth in the land of Benjamin.
Matthew 10:23Now when they persecute you in one city, flee into another. Amen I say to you, you will not have exhausted all the cities of Israel, before the Son of man returns.
Matthew Henry on Jeremiah 37:12-21
Jeremiah Attempts to Quit Jerusalem; Jeremiah Imprisoned; Jeremiah Favoured by the King. ( b. c. 589.) 11 And it came to pass, that when the army of the Chaldeans was broken up from Jerusalem for fear of Pharaoh's army, 12 Then Jeremiah went forth out of Jerusalem to go into the land of Benjamin, to separate himself thence in the midst of the people. 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… Read the whole commentary →