Jeremiah 20:1

Pashhur, son of Immer, was a priest and the official in charge of the Lord's Temple. When he heard Jeremiah prophesying these things,

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Now Pashur the son of Immer the priest, who was also chief governor in the house of the LORD, heard that Jeremiah prophesied these things.

In Context

2he beat Jeremiah the prophet and had him put in the stocks at the Upper Benjamin Gate, near to the Lord's Temple.

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Cross References

2 Kings 25:18The commander of the guard took as prisoners Seraiah, the chief priest, Zephaniah the priest, second in rank, and the three Temple doorkeepers.

2 Chronicles 35:8His officials contributed freely to the people, to the priests, and to the Levites. Hilkiah, Zechariah, and Jehiel, who were in charge of God's Temple, gave the priests as Passover offerings 2,600 Passover lambs and 300 bulls.

Nehemiah 7:40the sons of Immer, 1,052;

Acts 5:24Now when the captain of the Temple guards and the chief priests heard this they were totally baffled, and wondered what was going on.

Matthew Henry on Jeremiah 20:1

Such plain dealing as Jeremiah used in the foregoing chapter, one might easily foresee, if it did not convince and humble men, would provoke and exasperate them; and so it did; for here we find, I. Jeremiah persecuted by Pashur for preaching that sermon, ver. 1, 2 . II. Pashur threatened for so doing, and the word which Jeremiah had preached confirmed, ver. 3-6 . III. Jeremiah complaining to God concerning it, and the other instances of hard measure that he had since he began to be a prophet, and the grievous… Read the whole commentary →

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