Jeremiah 37:12

then went forth Jeremiah out of Jerusalem to go into the land of Benjamin,—to receive a portion from thence in the midst of the people.

The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham

In The King James Version

Then Jeremiah went forth out of Jerusalem to go into the land of Benjamin, to separate himself thence in the midst of the people.

In Context

11Now it came to pass, when the army of the Chaldeans, had gone up from Jerusalem,—because of the force of Pharaoh,

13And so it came to pass he being in the gate of Benjamin and there being there a ward-master whose name was Irijah son of Shelemiah son of Hananiah, that he seized Jeremiah the prophet, saying, Unto the Chaldeans, art thou falling away!

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Cross References

Joshua 21:17And, out of the tribe of Benjamin, Gibeon, with her pasture land,—Geba, with her pasture land;

1 Kings 19:9And he entered, there, into a cave, and lodged there,—and lo! the word of Yahweh [came] unto him, and said to him, What doest thou here, Elijah?

Nehemiah 6:11Then said I, Should, such a man as I, flee? Who then, being such as I, would enter the temple to save his life? I will not enter.

Jeremiah 1:1The words of Jeremiah son of Hilkiah,—of the priests who were in Anathoth, in the land of Benjamin:

Matthew 10:23And, when they persecute you in this city, flee into another,—for, verily, I say unto you, in nowise shall ye finish the cities of Israel, till, he Son of Man, come.

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 →

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