Jeremiah 26:10
in Jeremiah 26When the officials of Judah heard these things, they went up from the king’s palace to the house of the LORD and sat there at the entrance of the New Gate.
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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
And when the princes of Judah heard these things, they came up from the king’s house unto the house of Jehovah; and they sat in the entry of the new gate of Jehovah’s house.
KJV
When the princes of Judah heard these things, then they came up from the king’s house unto the house of the Lord, and sat down in the entry of the new gate of the Lord’s house.
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This verse in Jeremiah 26
Commentary
7 notes on this verseA commentator
Albert Barnes1798–1870
Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)
The princes of Judah - The priests could scourge a man etc., but could not then try him for his life, as the Sanhedrim subsequently did until the Romans deprived them of the power. The new gate - That built by Jotham 2Ki 15:35, and probably a usual place for trials.
This site's exposition
When the officials of Judah heard
on Jeremiah 26:10-11
The officials leave the palace and sit “at the entrance of the New Gate,” a place of public judgment. Their arrival turns a mob into a court. The priests and prophets press the charge, “This man is worthy of death,” citing what “you have heard with your own ears!”
The record, by era
The Church Fathers1 voice
(Verse 10) And all the people gathered against Jeremiah in the house of the Lord, and the leaders of Judah heard these words and came from the king's house to the house of the Lord, and sat at the entrance of the Lord's gate (Vulgate: house of the Lord) new. Jeremiah was prophesying in the temple of the Lord, and he had said: I will make this house like Shiloh, and I will make this city a curse to all the nations of the earth.
The Puritans and the Awakening3 voices
When - When the nobles, and other civil magistrates, heard of the tumult, they came from the king's court, where the nobles and great officers of nations usually are, to the temple. At the entry - It was the place where their sanhedrim, who were to judge of false prophets, were wont to sit.
When the princes of Judah heard these things,....
Those that filled the thrones of judgment, the thrones of the house of David, the elders of Israel, they, hearing of this tumult in the temple, came up from the king's house, where they usually sat near the court, to the house of the Lord, to enquire into this matter, and to see that nothing was done disorderly.
The Nineteenth Century1 voice
The princes of Judah - The king’s court; his cabinet counsellors.
How the passage was read
What the Jewish commentators add
And the princes of Judah heard that the false prophets and the priests had seized Jeremiah.
This section is reception history: how the passage was read and kept in the Jewish tradition. Where a reading parts from an essential of the Christian faith, the section says so at that point.
Texts and citation data: Sefaria; each excerpt follows its version’s licence. 5 further sources are cited on this chapter that carry no English text this site may quote or only restate the verse.
The words behind it
16 Hebrew wordsEvery Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.
| Hebrew | Sound | Meaning | Word study | In the Bible |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| וַֽיִּשְׁמְע֣וּ׀ | vaiyishmeu | and they heard | H8085 → | 1159 times |
| שָׂרֵ֣י | sarei | [the] officials of | H8269 → | 421 times |
| יְהוּדָ֗ה | yehudah | Judah | H3063 → | 819 times |
| אֵ֚ת | ʾet | <obj.> | H853 → | 10935 times |
| הַדְּבָרִ֣ים | hadevarim | the things | H1697 → | 1440 times |
| הָאֵ֔לֶּה | haeleh | <the> these | H428 → | 746 times |
| וַיַּעֲל֥וּ | vaiyaalu | and they came up | H5927 → | 890 times |
| מִבֵּית־ | mibeit- | from [the] house of | H1004 → | 2046 times |
| הַמֶּ֖לֶךְ | hamelekh | the king | H4428 → | 2525 times |
| בֵּ֣ית | beit | [the] house of | H1004 → | 2046 times |
| יְהוָ֑ה | yahweh | Yahweh | H3068 → | 6520 times |
| וַיֵּֽשְׁב֛וּ | vaiyeshevu | and they sat | H3427 → | 1079 times |
| בְּפֶ֥תַח | befetach | at [the] entrance of | H6607 → | 164 times |
| שַֽׁעַר־ | shaar- | [the] gate of | H8179 → | 374 times |
| יְהוָ֖ה | yahweh | Yahweh | H3068 → | 6520 times |
| הֶחָדָֽשׁ׃ ס | hechadash | <the> new | H2319 → | 53 times |
וַֽיִּשְׁמְע֣וּ׀and they heard
vaiyishmeuH8085 →1159 times
שָׂרֵ֣י[the] officials of
sareiH8269 →421 times
יְהוּדָ֗הJudah
yehudahH3063 →819 times
אֵ֚ת<obj.>
ʾetH853 →10935 times
הַדְּבָרִ֣יםthe things
hadevarimH1697 →1440 times
הָאֵ֔לֶּה<the> these
haelehH428 →746 times
וַיַּעֲל֥וּand they came up
vaiyaaluH5927 →890 times
מִבֵּית־from [the] house of
mibeit-H1004 →2046 times
הַמֶּ֖לֶךְthe king
hamelekhH4428 →2525 times
בֵּ֣ית[the] house of
beitH1004 →2046 times
יְהוָ֑הYahweh
yahwehH3068 →6520 times
וַיֵּֽשְׁב֛וּand they sat
vaiyeshevuH3427 →1079 times
בְּפֶ֥תַחat [the] entrance of
befetachH6607 →164 times
שַֽׁעַר־[the] gate of
shaar-H8179 →374 times
יְהוָ֖הYahweh
yahwehH3068 →6520 times
הֶחָדָֽשׁ׃ ס<the> new
hechadashH2319 →53 times
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
The walk
8 stopsEach card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.
Through
Jeremiah 36:10From the chamber of Gemariah son of Shaphan the scribe, which was in the upper courtyard at the opening of the New Gate of the house of the LORD, Baruch read from the scroll…
it leads to
- Jeremiah 36:11
When Micaiah son of Gemariah, the son of Shaphan, heard all the words of the LORD from the scroll,
- Jeremiah 52:25
Of those still in the city, he took a court official who had been appointed over the men of war, as well as seven trusted royal advisers. He also took the scribe of the…
- 2 Samuel 8:17
Zadok son of Ahitub and Ahimelech son of Abiathar were priests; Seraiah was the scribe;
- Jeremiah 36:11
Through
Jeremiah 26:24Nevertheless, Ahikam son of Shaphan supported Jeremiah, so he was not handed over to the people to be put to death.
it leads to
- Jeremiah 40:5–7
But before Jeremiah turned to go, Nebuzaradan added, “Return to Gedaliah son of Ahikam, the son of Shaphan, whom the king of Babylon has appointed over the cities of Judah, and stay with him…
- 1 Kings 18:4
for when Jezebel had slaughtered the prophets of the LORD, Obadiah had taken a hundred prophets and hidden them, fifty men per cave, providing them with food and water.)
- 2 Kings 22:12–14
and commanded Hilkiah the priest, Ahikam son of Shaphan, Achbor son of Micaiah, Shaphan the scribe, and Asaiah the servant of the king:
- Jeremiah 1:18–19
Now behold, this day I have made you like a fortified city, an iron pillar, and bronze walls against the whole land—against the kings of Judah, its officials, its priests, and the people of…
- Jeremiah 39:14
had Jeremiah brought from the courtyard of the guard, and they turned him over to Gedaliah son of Ahikam, the son of Shaphan, to take him home. So Jeremiah remained among his own people.
- Jeremiah 40:5–7
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This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; Albert Barnes, Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869); Albert Barnes, Notes on the Old Testament; Carl Friedrich Keil, The Prophecies of Jeremiah; Jerome, Commentary on Jeremiah; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763); John Wesley, Explanatory Notes upon the Old Testament and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.