22 Then King Jehoiakim sent men to Egypt: (A)Elnathan the son of Achbor and certain men with him went into Egypt. 23 And they brought Uriah from Egypt and led him to King Jehoiakim, who (B)slew him with a sword and cast his dead body into the [a]burial place of the [b]common people.

24 But the hand of (C)Ahikam the son of Shaphan was with Jeremiah, so that he was (D)not given into the hands of the people to put him to death.

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Footnotes

  1. Jeremiah 26:23 Lit graves
  2. Jeremiah 26:23 Lit sons of the people