Jeremiah 37:13 meaning and explanation
But when he reached the Gate of Benjamin, the captain of the guard, whose name was Irijah son of Shelemiah, the son of Hananiah, seized him and said, “You are deserting to the Chaldeans!”
Jeremiah 37:13, Berean Standard Bible
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Jeremiah had been free to move about Jerusalem, but when the Babylonians withdrew to face Pharaoh’s army, he set out for Benjamin, likely to claim family property. At the Gate of Benjamin, a city gate on the northern side, the guard captain Irijah seized him and accused him of defecting to the Chaldeans, the Babylonians.
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