Jeremiah 26:21-23

Jeremiah Spared from Death

21 And when x King Jehoiakim, with all his warriors and all the officials, heard his words, the king sought to put him to death. But when Uriah heard of it, he was afraid and fled and escaped to Egypt. 22 Then x King Jehoiakim sent to Egypt certain men, y Elnathan the son of z Achbor and others with him, 23 and they took Uriah from Egypt and brought him to King Jehoiakim, a who struck him down with the sword and dumped his dead body into the burial place of the common people.

  1. Cross References
    Jeremiah 26:1
    In the beginning of the reign of Jehoiakim the son of Josiah, king of Judah, this word came from the Lord :
    Jeremiah 27:1
    In the beginning of the reign of Zedekiah the son of Josiah, king of Judah, this word came to Jeremiah from the Lord.
  2. Cross References
    Jeremiah 26:21
    And when King Jehoiakim, with all his warriors and all the officials, heard his words, the king sought to put him to death. But when Uriah heard of it, he was afraid and fled and escaped to Egypt.
  3. Cross References
    Jeremiah 36:12
    He went down to the king's house, into the secretary's chamber, and all the officials were sitting there: Elishama the secretary, Delaiah the son of Shemaiah, Elnathan the son of Achbor, Gemariah the son of Shaphan, Zedekiah the son of Hananiah, and all the officials.
    Jeremiah 36:25
    Even when Elnathan and Delaiah and Gemariah urged the king not to burn the scroll, he would not listen to them.
  4. Cross References
    2 Kings 22:12
    And the king commanded Hilkiah the priest, and Ahikam the son of Shaphan, and Achbor the son of Micaiah, and Shaphan the secretary, and Asaiah the king's servant, saying.
    2 Kings 22:14
    So Hilkiah the priest, and Ahikam, and Achbor, and Shaphan, and Asaiah went to Huldah the prophetess, the wife of Shallum the son of Tikvah, son of Harhas, keeper of the wardrobe (now she lived in Jerusalem in the Second Quarter), and they talked with her.
  5. Cross References
    Jeremiah 22:17
    But you have eyes and heart only for your dishonest gain, for shedding innocent blood, and for practicing oppression and violence.
    Nehemiah 9:26
    Nevertheless, they were disobedient and rebelled against you and cast your law behind their back and killed your prophets, who had warned them in order to turn them back to you, and they committed great blasphemies.
    Matthew 21:35
    And the tenants took his servants and beat one, killed another, and stoned another.
    Matthew 23:37
    O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, the city that kills the prophets and stones those who are sent to it! How often would I have gathered your children together as a hen gathers her brood under her wings, and you would not!
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