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Jeremiah 36:22

in Jeremiah 36

Since it was the ninth month, the king was sitting in his winter quarters with a fire burning before him.

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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾

ASV

Now the king was sitting in the winter-house in the ninth month: and there was a fire in the brazier burning before him.

KJV

Now the king sat in the winterhouse in the ninth month: and there was a fire on the hearth burning before him.

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This verse in Jeremiah 36

Commentary

6 notes on this verse

A commentator

Adam Clarke

1762–1832

Commentary on the Bible · Written before 1832.

Winterhouse - A warm apartment suited to the season of the year, (December), when in Palestine there is often snow upon the ground, though it does not last long. A fire on the hearth - a pan or brazier of burning coals. This is the case to the present day. In cold weather the rich burn wood in brass or earthen pans, placed in any part of the room; the indigent burn sticks on the floor.

This site's exposition

the king was sitting in his winter quarters

on Jeremiah 36:22-23

During “the ninth month” the king sits “in his winter quarters with a fire burning before him.” As Jehudi reads “three or four columns,” the king cuts them off with a scribe’s knife. The act is repeated column by column “until the entire scroll had been consumed by the fire.”

The record, by era

The Puritans and the Awakening2 voices

Now the king sat in the winter house, in the ninth month,.... The month Cisleu, which answers to part of November, and part of December; and so was the midst of winter, and a proper time for the king to be in his winter house; though, as this was a fast day, it would have been more proper for him to have been at the worship of God in the temple, Jer 36:

A commentator

Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

proposed

This was a piece of as daring impiety as a man could lightly be guilty of, and a most impudent affront to the God of heaven, whose message this was. Thus he showed his impatience of reproof; being resolved to persist in sin, he would by no means bear to be told of his faults.

The Nineteenth Century2 voices

A commentator

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown

1802–1910

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)

proposed

winter house-- (Am 3:15). ninth month--namely, of the religious year, that is, November or December. fire on . . . hearth--rather, the stove was burning before him.

quarantine:debris (2026-07-29) — starts-lowercase

The winterhouse - A separate portion of the palace was used for residence according to the season (marginal reference). And there was a fire on the hearth ... - And the fire-pan burning before them. On the middle of the floor was a brazier containing burning charcoal.

The words behind it

10 Hebrew words

Every 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.

  • וְהַמֶּ֗לֶךְand the king

    vehamelekhH4428 →2525 times

  • יוֹשֵׁב֙[was] sitting

    yoshevH3427 →1079 times

  • בֵּ֣ית[the] house of

    beitH1004 →2046 times

  • הַחֹ֔רֶףthe winter

    hachorefH2779 →

  • בַּחֹ֖דֶשׁin the month

    bachodeshH2320 →284 times

  • הַתְּשִׁיעִ֑י<the> ninth

    hateshiiH8671 →18 times

  • וְאֶת־and <obj.>

    veetH853 →10935 times

  • הָאָ֖חthe fire-pot

    haachH254 →3 times

  • לְפָנָ֥יו<to> before him

    lefanavH6440 →2123 times

  • מְבֹעָֽרֶת׃[was] kindled

    mevoaretH1197 →94 times

A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.

Related verses

4 in all, six open

The number beside each verse is how many compiled reference works tie it to this one. The strongest six stand open.

Amos 3:15I will tear down the winter house along with the summer house; the houses of ivory will also perish, and the great houses will come to an end,” declares the LORD.7 worksJeremiah 36:9Now in the ninth month of the fifth year of Jehoiakim son of Josiah king of Judah, a fast before the LORD was proclaimed to all the people of Jerusalem and all who had come there from the cities of Judah.3 worksJeremiah 22:14–16who says, ‘I will build myself a great palace, with spacious upper rooms.’ So he cuts windows in it, panels it with cedar, and paints it with vermilion.2 worksJeremiah 3:20But as a woman may betray her husband, so you have betrayed Me, O house of Israel,” declares the LORD.2 works

The walk

8 stops

Each 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

    Amos 3:15

    I will tear down the winter house along with the summer house; the houses of ivory will also perish, and the great houses will come to an end,” declares the LORD.

    it leads to

    • 1 Kings 22:39

      As for the rest of the acts of Ahab, along with all his accomplishments and the ivory palace and all the cities he built, are they not written in the Book of the Chronicles…

    • Amos 6:11

      For the LORD gives a command: “The great house will be smashed to pieces, and the small house to rubble.”

    • Judges 3:20

      Then Ehud approached him while he was sitting alone in the coolness of his upper room. “I have a word from God for you,” Ehud said, and the king rose from his seat.

    • Isaiah 5:9

      I heard the LORD of Hosts declare: “Surely many houses will become desolate, great mansions left unoccupied.

  • Through

    Jeremiah 36:9

    Now in the ninth month of the fifth year of Jehoiakim son of Josiah king of Judah, a fast before the LORD was proclaimed to all the people of Jerusalem and all who had…

    it leads to

    • 2 Chronicles 20:3

      Jehoshaphat was alarmed and set his face to seek the LORD. And he proclaimed a fast throughout Judah.

    • Jonah 3:5

      And the Ninevites believed God. They proclaimed a fast and dressed in sackcloth, from the greatest of them to the least.

  • Through

    Jeremiah 3:20

    But as a woman may betray her husband, so you have betrayed Me, O house of Israel,” declares the LORD.

    it leads to

    • Isaiah 48:8

      You have never heard; you have never understood; for a long time your ears have not been open. For I knew how deceitful you are; you have been called a rebel from birth.

    • Jeremiah 5:11

      For the house of Israel and the house of Judah have been utterly unfaithful to Me,” declares the LORD.

Where this verse is studied

About Jeremiah

Baruch Writes Jeremiah's Prophecies — Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866), public domain
Baruch Writes Jeremiah's Prophecies — Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866), public domain
Jeremiah: the study guide →Read Jeremiah 36 →

This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; Albert Barnes, Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869); Jamieson, Fausset & Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763) and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.

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