And it came to pass the same year, in the beginning of the (a) reign of Zedekiah king of Judah, in the (b) fourth year, [and] in the fifth month, [that] Hananiah the son of Azur the prophet, who [was] of (c) Gibeon, spoke to me in the house of the LORD, in the presence of the priests and of all the people, saying,
(a) When Jeremiah began to bear these bonds and yokes.
(b) After the land had rested, as in (Leviticus 25:2).
(c) This was a city in Benjamin belonging to the sons of Aaron, (Joshua 21:17).