Jeremiah 37:1-5
Contemporary English Version
King Zedekiah Asks Jeremiah To Pray
37 (A) King Nebuchadnezzar[a] of Babylonia had removed Jehoiachin[b] son of Jehoiakim[c] from being the king of Judah and had made Josiah's[d] son Zedekiah[e] king instead.[f] 2 But Zedekiah, his officials, and everyone else in Judah ignored everything the Lord had told me.
3-5 Later, the Babylonian army attacked Jerusalem, but they left after learning that the Egyptian army[g] was headed in this direction.
One day, Zedekiah sent Jehucal and the priest Zephaniah[h] to talk with me. At that time, I was free to go wherever I wanted, because I had not yet been put in prison. Jehucal and Zephaniah said, “Jeremiah, please pray to the Lord our God for us.”
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- 37.1 Nebuchadnezzar: See the note at 21.2.
- 37.1 Jehoiachin: Hebrew “Coniah” (see the note at 22.24).
- 37.1 Jehoiakim: See the note at 1.3.
- 37.1 Josiah's: Josiah was the father of both Jehoiakim and Zedekiah. Josiah ruled 640–609 b.c.
- 37.1 Zedekiah: See the note at 1.3.
- 37.1 King Nebuchadnezzar … instead: See 2 Kings 24.10-17.
- 37.3-5 Egyptian army: Led by King Apries, also known as Hophra.
- 37.3-5 Jehucal and the priest Zephaniah: Hebrew “Jehucal son of Shelemiah, and the priest Zephaniah son of Maaseiah.”
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