Jeremiah 38:24-26

Expanded Bible

²⁴ Then Zedekiah said to Jeremiah, “Do not tell anyone that I have been talking to you, or you will die. ²⁵ If the officers find out I talked to you, they will come to you and say, ‘Tell us what you said to King Zedekiah and what he said to you. Don’t ·keep any secrets from us [conceal anything from us]. If you don’t tell us everything, we will kill you.’ ²⁶ If they ask you, tell them, ‘I was ·begging [^Lmaking my pleas for help/supplications/falling before] the king not to ·send [return] me back to Jonathan’s house to die.’”