Jeremías 37:13

13 Sin embargo, cuando atravesaba la puerta de Benjamín un guardia lo arrestó y le dijo:
—¡Estás desertando para unirte a los babilonios!
El guardia que lo arrestó era Irías, hijo de Selemías y nieto de Hananías.

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 Jeremías encarcelado
Cuando el ejército babilónico se fue de Jerusalén debido a que se acercaba el ejército del faraón,

12 Jeremías comenzó a salir de la ciudad camino al territorio de Benjamín para tomar posesión de su terreno allí, entre sus parientes.

13 Sin embargo, cuando atravesaba la puerta de Benjamín un guardia lo arrestó y le dijo:
—¡Estás desertando para unirte a los babilonios!
El guardia que lo arrestó era Irías, hijo de Selemías y nieto de Hananías.

14 —¡Mentira! —protestó Jeremías—. No tenía la menor intención de hacer tal cosa.
Pero Irías no quiso escucharlo, así que llevó a Jeremías ante los funcionarios.

15 Ellos estaban furiosos con Jeremías y mandaron que lo azotaran y lo encarcelaran en la casa del secretario Jonatán porque la casa de Jonatán había sido convertida en prisión.