Jeremiah 38:14

Then Zedekiah the king sent, and took Jeremiah the prophet unto him into the third entry that is in the house of the LORD: and the king said unto Jeremiah, I will ask thee a thing; hide nothing from me.

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Word by word — the Hebrew

Word	Hebrew	Strong’s	Meaning
Zedekiah	צִדְקִיָּ֗הוּ tzid.ki.Ya.hu	H6667	Tsidkijah · proper noun, a man's name
king	הַמֶּ֣לֶךְ ha.Me.lekh	H4428	a king · definite article + noun, common masculine singular absolute
sent	וַיִּשְׁלַ֞ח vai.yish.Lach	H7971	to send away · conjunction + verb, qal sequential imperfect, 3rd person masculine singular
took	וַיִּקַּ֞ח vai.yi.Kach	H3947	to take (in the widest variety of applications) · conjunction + verb, qal sequential imperfect, 3rd person masculine singular
Jeremiah	יִרְמְיָ֤הוּ yir.me.Ya.hu	H3414	Jirmejah · proper noun, a man's name
prophet	הַנָּבִיא֙ ha.na.Vi'	H5030	a prophet or (generally) inspired man · definite article + noun, common masculine singular absolute
third	הַשְּׁלִישִׁ֔י ha.she.li.Shi	H7992	third · definite article + ordinal number, masculine singular absolute
entry	מָבוֹא֙ ma.Vo'	H3996	an entrance (the place or the act) · noun, common masculine singular absolute
house	בְּבֵ֣ית be.Veit	H1004	a house (in the greatest variation of applications · preposition + noun, common masculine singular construct
LORD	יְהוָ֑ה Yah.weh	H3068	Jehovah · proper noun, a title
king	הַמֶּ֜לֶךְ ha.Me.lekh	H4428	a king · definite article + noun, common masculine singular absolute
said	וַיֹּ֨אמֶר vai.Yo.mer	H559	to say (used with great latitude) · conjunction + verb, qal sequential imperfect, 3rd person masculine singular
Jeremiah	יִרְמְיָ֗הוּ yir.me.Ya.hu	H3414	Jirmejah · proper noun, a man's name
ask	שֹׁאֵ֨ל sho.'El	H7592	to inquire · verb, qal active participle, masculine singular absolute
thing	דָּבָ֔ר da.Var	H1697	a word · noun, common masculine singular absolute
hide	תְּכַחֵ֥ד te.kha.Ched	H3582	to secrete · verb, piel jussive, 2nd person masculine singular

Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (James Strong, 1890/1894), public domain; digitized by Open Scriptures (CC BY-SA). KJV word tagging: eBible.org (public domain). Original-language text, parsing and brief lexicon: STEPBible.org data from Tyndale House, Cambridge (CC BY 4.0).

Cross-references

1 Kings 22:16 And the king said unto him, How many times shall I adjure thee that thou tell me nothing but that which is true in the name of the LORD?
Jeremiah 21:1-2 The word which came unto Jeremiah from the LORD, when king Zedekiah sent unto him Pashur the son of Melchiah, and Zephaniah the son of Maase…
Jeremiah 37:17 Then Zedekiah the king sent, and took him out: and the king asked him secretly in his house, and said, Is there any word from the LORD? And…
1 Samuel 3:17-18 And he said, What is the thing that the Lord hath said unto thee? I pray thee hide it not from me: God do so to thee, and more also, if thou…
Jeremiah 42:2-5 And said unto Jeremiah the prophet, Let, we beseech thee, our supplication be accepted before thee, and pray for us unto the LORD thy God, e…
Jeremiah 42:20 For ye dissembled in your hearts, when ye sent me unto the LORD your God, saying, Pray for us unto the LORD our God; and according unto all…
1 Kings 10:5 And the meat of his table, and the sitting of his servants, and the attendance of his ministers, and their apparel, and his cupbearers, and…
2 Kings 16:18 And the covert for the sabbath that they had built in the house, and the king’s entry without, turned he from the house of the LORD for the…

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Commentary

Matthew Henry on Jeremiah 38:14–end

In the foregoing chapter we had the king in close conference with Jeremiah, and here again, though (Jer 38:5) he had given him up into the hands of his enemies; such a struggle there was in the breast of this unhappy prince between his convictions and his corruptions. Observe, I. The honour that Zedekiah did to the prophet. When he was newly fetched out of the dungeon he sent for him to advise with him privately. He met him in the third entry, or (as the margin reads it) the principal entry, that is in, or leads towards, or adjoins to, the house of the Lord, Jer 38:14. In appointing this place of interview with the prophet perhaps he intended to show a respect and reverence for the house of…

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Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Jeremiah 38:14

third entry--The Hebrews in determining the position of places faced the east, which they termed "that which is in front"; the south was thus called "that which is on the right hand"; the north, "that which is on the left hand"; the west, "that which is behind." So beginning with the east they might term it the first or principal entry; the south the second entry; the north the "third entry" of the outer or inner court [MAURER]. The third gate of the temple facing the palace; for through it the entrance lay from the palace into the temple (Kg1 10:5, Kg1 10:12). It was westward (Ch1 26:16, Ch1 26:18; Ch2 9:11) [GROTIUS]. But in the future temple it is eastward (Eze 46:1-2, Eze 46:8).

John Gill on Jeremiah 38:14

Then Zedekiah the king sent and took Jeremiah the prophet unto him,.... When the prophet was taken out of the dungeon, and brought to the court of the prison, of which the king had knowledge, he sent some person or persons to bring him to him, to have some private conversation with him: into the third entry that is in the house of the Lord; what place is meant Jarchi confesses his ignorance of, but conjectures it was the court of the Israelites; the outward court, and the court of the women, being before it. Kimchi rightly takes it to be a place through which they went from the king's house to the house of the Lord; no doubt the same that is called the king's ascent, by which he went up thi…

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Dictionary and topics

Church · HOUSE OF THE LOR — HOUSE OF THE LOR
Prisoners · General references — General references
Zedekiah · .Impri — .Impri

Dictionary: Easton's (1897) and Smith's (1863), public domain. Topics: Nave's Topical Bible (1896) and Torrey's Topical Textbook (1897), public domain. Both as parsed by NEUU (CC BY 4.0).

Jeremiah 38:14

Word by word — the Hebrew

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Commentary

Matthew Henry on Jeremiah 38:14–end

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Jeremiah 38:14

John Gill on Jeremiah 38:14

Dictionary and topics

Jeremiah 38:14

Word by word — the Hebrew

Cross-references

Commentary

Matthew Henry on Jeremiah 38:14–end

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Jeremiah 38:14

John Gill on Jeremiah 38:14

Dictionary and topics

John Calvin on Jeremiah 38:14

Keil & Delitzsch on Jeremiah 38:14-16

Tyndale Open Study Notes on Jeremiah 38:14-16

Rashi on Jeremiah 38:14