Jeremia 37:13

13 Und als er im Tore Benjamin war, wo ein Befehlshaber der Wache stand, namens Jerija, der Sohn Schelemjas, der Sohnes Hananjas, ergriff dieser den Propheten Jeremia und sprach: Du willst zu den Chaldäern überlaufen.

Jeremia 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.

Jeremia 37:13 In-Context

11 Und es geschah, als das Heer der Chaldäer von Jerusalem abgezogen war vor dem Heere des Pharao,

12 da ging Jeremia aus Jerusalem hinaus, um in das Land Benjamin unter das Volk zu gehen, um seinen Anteil von dort zu holen.

13 Und als er im Tore Benjamin war, wo ein Befehlshaber der Wache stand, namens Jerija, der Sohn Schelemjas, der Sohnes Hananjas, ergriff dieser den Propheten Jeremia und sprach: Du willst zu den Chaldäern überlaufen.

14 Und Jeremia sprach: Eine Lüge! Ich will nicht zu den Chaldäern überlaufen. Aber er hörte nicht auf ihn, und Jerija nahm Jeremia fest und brachte ihn zu den Fürsten.

15 Und die Fürsten gerieten in Zorn über Jeremia und schlugen ihn, und sie setzten ihn in Gewahrsam im Hause Jonathans, des Schreibers; denn dieses hatten sie zum Gefängnis gemacht.