19 Did Hezekiah king of Judah and all Judah ever put him to death? (A)Did he not fear the Lord and (B)seek the Lord’s favor? And the Lord (C)relented concerning the doom which He had pronounced against them. (D)But we are doing great evil against ourselves.”

20 Now there was also a man who prophesied in the name of the Lord, Urijah the son of Shemaiah of Kirjath Jearim, who prophesied against this city and against this land according to all the words of Jeremiah. 21 And when Jehoiakim the king, with all his mighty men and all the princes, heard his words, the king sought to put him to death; but when Urijah heard it, he was afraid and fled, and went to Egypt.

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