13 While he was at the (A)Gate of Benjamin, a captain of the guard whose name was Irijah, the son of Shelemiah the son of Hananiah was there; and he (B)arrested Jeremiah the prophet, saying, “You are deserting to the Chaldeans!”

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13 But when he reached the Benjamin Gate,(A) the captain of the guard, whose name was Irijah son of Shelemiah, the son of Hananiah, arrested him and said, “You are deserting to the Babylonians!”(B)

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But (A)Ebed-melech the Ethiopian, a [a](B)eunuch, while he was in the king’s palace, heard that they had put Jeremiah in the cistern. Now the king was sitting at the (C)Gate of Benjamin;

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  1. Jeremiah 38:7 Or high official

But Ebed-Melek,(A) a Cushite,[a] an official[b](B) in the royal palace, heard that they had put Jeremiah into the cistern. While the king was sitting in the Benjamin Gate,(C)

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  1. Jeremiah 38:7 Probably from the upper Nile region
  2. Jeremiah 38:7 Or a eunuch

10 All the land will change into a plain from (A)Geba to (B)Rimmon south of Jerusalem; but [a]Jerusalem will (C)rise and (D)remain on its site from (E)Benjamin’s Gate as far as the place of the First Gate to the (F)Corner Gate, and from the (G)Tower of Hananel to the king’s wine presses.

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  1. Zechariah 14:10 Lit it

10 The whole land, from Geba(A) to Rimmon,(B) south of Jerusalem, will become like the Arabah. But Jerusalem will be raised up(C) high from the Benjamin Gate(D) to the site of the First Gate, to the Corner Gate,(E) and from the Tower of Hananel(F) to the royal winepresses, and will remain in its place.(G)

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