Jeremiah 26:23
And they brought Urias out of Egypt: and brought him to king Joakim, and he slew him with the sword: and he cast his dead body into the graves of the common people.
Douay-Rheims 1899
In The King James Version
In Context
22And king Joakim sent men into Egypt, Elnathan the son of Achobor, and men with him into Egypt.
Cross References
Jeremiah 2:30In vain have I struck your children, they have not received correction: your sword hath devoured your prophets, your generation is like a ravaging lion.
Jeremiah 22:19He shall be buried with the burial of an ass, rotten and cast forth without the gates of Jerusalem.
Jeremiah 36:30Therefore thus saith the Lord against Joakim the king of Juda: He shall have none to sit upon the throne of David: and his dead body shall be cast out to the heat by day, and to the frost by night.
Matthew 14:10And he sent, and beheaded John in the prison.
Acts 12:1And at the same time, Herod the king stretched forth his hands, to afflict some of the church.
Revelation 11:7And when they shall have finished their testimony, the beast, that ascendeth out of the abyss, shall make war against them, and shall overcome them, and kill them.
Matthew Henry on Jeremiah 26:17-24
Jeremiah's Acquittal; Jeremiah's Deliverance. ( b. c. 608.) 16 Then said the princes and all the people unto the priests and to the prophets; This man is not worthy to die: for he hath spoken to us in the name of the Lord our God. 17 Then rose up certain of the elders of the land, and spake to all the assembly of the people, saying, 18 Micah the Morasthite prophesied in the days of Hezekiah king of Judah, and spake to all the people of Judah, saying, Thus saith the Lord of hosts; Zion shall be plowed like a field,… Read the whole commentary →