Jeremiah 20:1

וַיִּשְׁמַע פַּשְׁחוּר בֶּן ־ אִמֵּר הַכֹּהֵן וְהֽוּא ־ פָקִיד נָגִיד בְּבֵית יְהוָה אֶֽת ־ יִרְמְיָהוּ נִבָּא אֶת ־ הַדְּבָרִים הָאֵֽלֶּה ׃

Hebrew Tanakh (Original)

In The King James Version

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

2וַיַּכֶּה פַשְׁחוּר אֵת יִרְמְיָהוּ הַנָּבִיא וַיִּתֵּן אֹתוֹ עַל ־ הַמַּהְפֶּכֶת אֲשֶׁר בְּשַׁעַר בִּנְיָמִן הָֽעֶלְיוֹן אֲשֶׁר בְּבֵית יְהוָֽה ׃

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Cross References

2 Kings 25:18וַיִּקַּח רַב ־ טַבָּחִים אֶת ־ שְׂרָיָה כֹּהֵן הָרֹאשׁ וְאֶת ־ צְפַנְיָהוּ כֹּהֵן מִשְׁנֶה וְאֶת ־ שְׁלֹשֶׁת שֹׁמְרֵי הַסַּֽף ׃

2 Chronicles 35:8וְשָׂרָיו לִנְדָבָה לָעָם לַכֹּהֲנִים וְלַלְוִיִּם הֵרִימוּ חִלְקִיָּה וּזְכַרְיָהוּ וִֽיחִיאֵל נְגִידֵי בֵּית הָאֱלֹהִים לַכֹּהֲנִים נָתְנוּ לַפְּסָחִים אַלְפַּיִם וְשֵׁשׁ מֵאוֹת וּבָקָר שְׁלֹשׁ מֵאֽוֹת ׃

Nehemiah 7:40בְּנֵי אִמֵּר אֶלֶף חֲמִשִּׁים וּשְׁנָֽיִם ׃ ס

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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