dungeon. See note on Jeremiah 37:16.
Hammelech. the king. See note on Jeremiah 36:26.
prison. house of detention.
sunk in the mire. To be preferred to the moral sinking of Zedekiah in Jeremiah 38:22.
dungeon. See note on Jeremiah 37:16.
Hammelech. the king. See note on Jeremiah 36:26.
prison. house of detention.
sunk in the mire. To be preferred to the moral sinking of Zedekiah in Jeremiah 38:22.
6 Then took they Jeremiah, and cast him into the dungeon of Malchiah the son of Hammelech,b that was in the court of the prison: and they let down Jeremiah with cords. And in the dungeon there was no water, but mire: so Jeremiah sunk in the mire.