Jeremías 37:13

13 Estando él a la puerta de Benjamín, había allí un capitán de la guardia que se llamaba Irías, hijo de Selemías, hijo de Hananías, el cual apresó al profeta Jeremías, diciendo: Tú vas a pasarte a los caldeos.

Jeremías 37:13 Meaning and Commentary

Jeremiah 37:13

And when he was in the gate of Benjamin
One of the gates of the city so called, either because it stood in the tribe of Benjamin, as part of Jerusalem did; or because it led to the land of Benjamin, whither the prophet was going: and just as he had got to that gate, and was going through it, he was stopped by a captain of the ward there;
who was placed at this gate, that none should go out to the Chaldeans, according to Kimchi; but rather he was the keeper of the gate, not at this time only, but always; Josephus

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FOOTNOTES:

F9 calls him one of the rulers: whose name [was] Irijah, the son of Shelemiah, the son of Hananiah:
the grandson as some think, of that Hananiah the false prophet, of whose death Jeremiah the prophet prophesied, ( Jeremiah 28:16 ) ; and the Jews have a tradition that Hananiah ordered his son Shelemiah, that if he ever had an opportunity to bring Jeremiah to ruin, to do it; and the same charge Shelemiah gave to his son Irijah, who, having this opportunity, laid hold on him; Jarchi, Kimchi, and Abarbinel, make mention of it: and he took Jeremiah the prophet, saying, thou fallest away to the
Chaldeans;
it looks as if, though he might not have a family grudge against him, as the Jews suggest, yet had a hatred of him for his prophecies, and therefore fixes this calumny on him; for otherwise, why did he suffer the people to pass in great numbers without any such charge?
F9 Antiqu. l. 10. c. 7. sect. 3.

Jeremías 37:13 In-Context

11 Y sucedió que cuando el ejército de los caldeos levantó el sitio de Jerusalén por causa del ejército de Faraón,

12 Jeremías salió de Jerusalén para ir a la tierra de Benjamín a tomar allí posesión de una propiedad en el pueblo.

13 Estando él a la puerta de Benjamín, había allí un capitán de la guardia que se llamaba Irías, hijo de Selemías, hijo de Hananías, el cual apresó al profeta Jeremías, diciendo: Tú vas a pasarte a los caldeos.

14 Pero Jeremías dijo: ¡No es verdad! No voy a pasarme a los caldeos. Sin embargo él no le hizo caso. Apresó, pues, Irías a Jeremías y lo llevó a los oficiales.

15 Y los oficiales se enojaron contra Jeremías y lo azotaron, y lo encarcelaron en la casa del escriba Jonatán, la cual habían convertido en prisión.