Jeremiah 35:4 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Bible Comments

Igdaliah. See note on Psalms 90:1.

a man of God. the man (Hebrew. 'ish, App-14.) of God (Hebrew. Elohim. App-4.): i.e.. prophet. See App-49.

Maaseiah, &c. He was the deputy of the High Priest. Compare Jeremiah 52:24; 2 Kings 25:18. Probably the same whose son Zephaniah, after the carrying away of Maaseiah with Jehoiachin (Jeremiah 29:1), held office under Zedekiah (Jeremiah 21:1; Jeremiah 29:5; Jeremiah 37:3).

keeper of the door. keeper of the threshold. There were three. See 2 Kings 25:18; 2 Chronicles 31:14.

Jeremiah 35:4

4 And I brought them into the house of the LORD, into the chamber of the sons of Hanan, the son of Igdaliah, a man of God, which was by the chamber of the princes, which was above the chamber of Maaseiah the son of Shallum, the keeper of the door:a