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Jeremiah 38:26

Jonathan

24 Then Zedekiah warned Jeremiah, “Do not let anyone know about this conversation, or you will die.

25 If the officials hear that I have spoken with you, and they come and demand of you, ‘Tell us what you said to the king and what he said to you; do not hide it from us, or we will kill you,’

then tell them, ‘I was presenting to the king my petition that he not return me to the house of Jonathan to die there.’”

27 When all the officials came to Jeremiah and questioned him, he relayed to them the exact words the king had commanded him to say. So they said no more to him, for no one had overheard the conversation.

28 And Jeremiah remained in the courtyard of the guard until the day Jerusalem was captured.

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BSB
then tell them, ‘I was presenting to the king my petition that he not return me to the house of Jonathan to die there.’”
KJV
Then thou shalt say unto them, I presented my supplication before the king, that he would not cause me to return to Jonathan’s house, to die there.
WEB
then you shall tell them, ‘I presented my supplication before the king, that he would not cause me to return to Jonathan’s house, to die there.’”
ASV
then thou shalt say unto them, I presented my supplication before the king, that he would not cause me to return to Jonathan`s house, to die there.
DARBY
then thou shalt say unto them, I presented my supplication before the king, that he would not cause me to return to Jonathan's house, to die there.
BLB
And you shall say to them ‘I caused my supplication to fall before the king, that he would not make me return to the house of Jonathan to die there.’”
ÅB
da skal du si til dem: Jeg bar min ydmyke bønn fram for kongens åsyn; Jeg ba at han ikke måtte føre meg tilbake til Jonatans hus for å dø der.
OTB
så si til dem: 'Jeg ba kongen om ikke å sende meg tilbake til Jonatans hus for å dø der.'"
B1930
da skal du si til dem: Jeg bar min ydmyke bønn frem for kongens åsyn; Jeg bad at han ikke måtte føre mig tilbake til Jonatans hus for å dø der.

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  • Jeremiah 37:20

    But now please listen, O my lord the king. May my petition come before you. Do not send me back to the house of Jonathan the scribe, or I will die there.”

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  • Jeremiah 37:15

    The officials were angry with Jeremiah, and they beat him and placed him in jail in the house of Jonathan the scribe, for it had been made into a prison.

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  • Jeremiah 42:2

    Jeremiah the prophet and said, “May our petition come before you; pray to the LORD your God on behalf of this entire remnant. For few of us remain of the many, as you can see with your own eyes.

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  • Esther 4:8

    Mordecai also gave Hathach a copy of the written decree issued in Susa for the destruction of the Jews, to show and explain to Esther, urging her to approach the king, implore his favor, and plead before him for her people.

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