Jeremiah 38:26
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Then thou shalt say unto them, I presented my supplication before the king, that he would not cause me to return to Jonathan’s house, to die there.then tell them, ‘I was presenting to the king my petition that he not return me to the house of Jonathan to die there.’”
In other translations
Then thou shalt say unto them, I presented my supplication before the king, that he would not cause me to return to Jonathan’s house, to die there.then tell them, ‘I was presenting to the king my petition that he not return me to the house of Jonathan to die there.’”
Hebrew words
וְאָמַרְתָּve'amartaand you will sayH559אֲלֵיהֶם'aleihemto themH413מַפִּיל־mapil-[was] making fallH5307אֲנִי'aniIH589תְחִנָּתִיtechinatisupplication myH8467לִפְנֵיlifnei<to> beforeH6440הַמֶּלֶךְhamelekhthe kingH4428לְבִלְתִּיleviltito notH1115הֲשִׁיבֵנִיhashivenito send back meH7725בֵּיתbeit[the] house ofH1004יְהוֹנָתָןyehonatanJonathanH3083לָמוּתlamutto dieH4191שָׁם׃ פshamthereH8033
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Related verses
- Jeremiah 37:20Therefore hear now, I pray thee, O my lord the king: let my supplication, I pray thee, be accepted before thee; that thou cause me not to return to the house of Jonathan the scribe, lest I die there.But now please listen, O my lord the king. May my petition come before you. Do not send me back to the house of Jonathan the scribe, or I will die there.”
- Jeremiah 37:15Wherefore the princes were wroth with Jeremiah, and smote him, and put him in prison in the house of Jonathan the scribe: for they had made that the prison.The officials were angry with Jeremiah, and they beat him and placed him in jail in the house of Jonathan the scribe, for it had been made into a prison.
- Jeremiah 42:2And said unto Jeremiah the prophet, Let, we beseech thee, our supplication be accepted before thee, and pray for us unto the Lord thy God, even for all this remnant; (for we are left but a few of many, as thine eyes do behold us:)Jeremiah the prophet and said, “May our petition come before you; pray to the LORD your God on behalf of this entire remnant. For few of us remain of the many, as you can see with your own eyes.
- Esther 4:8Also he gave him the copy of the writing of the decree that was given at Shushan to destroy them, to shew it unto Esther, and to declare it unto her, and to charge her that she should go in unto the king, to make supplication unto him, and to make request before him for her people.Mordecai also gave Hathach a copy of the written decree issued in Susa for the destruction of the Jews, to show and explain to Esther, urging her to approach the king, implore his favor, and plead before him for her people.
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People and places
People: Jonathan (Jeremiah 37)