Znaleziono 1909 Wyniki dla: King Zedekiah
Then he asked the king, What wrong have I done to thee, to thy courtiers or thy subjects, that thou hast thrown me into prison? (Jeremiah 37, 17)
Tell me, how have they sped, those prophets of yours who foretold that the king of Babylon should never reach you, never invade this land of yours? (Jeremiah 37, 18)
Listen to me, my lord king, I entreat thee, and look favourably on my suit. Do not send me back to the house of yonder secretary Jonathan, for there I needs must die! (Jeremiah 37, 19)
So king Sedecias had him confined in the court without, and given a loaf of bread each day, with seasoning added,✻ as long as bread there should be in the city. And there Jeremias was left, among the prisoners in the courtyard. (Jeremiah 37, 20)
And this: Past doubt, the city will fall into the hands of the king of Babylon, by right of capture. (Jeremiah 38, 3)
And they urged the king, these notables, to make an end of him; He goes about, said they, to weaken the resolve of the garrison, and of the people at large, by talking in this fashion; there is malice here, not good will. (Jeremiah 38, 4)
He is at your disposal, king Sedecias answered; not for a king to withstand you! (Jeremiah 38, 5)
But there was an Ethiopian chamberlain at the court, named Abdemelech, that heard how Jeremias had been let down into the cistern; and as the king was sitting at the Benjamin Gate, (Jeremiah 38, 7)
My lord king, he said, here is foul wrong done to the prophet Jeremias; they have let him down into a cistern, where he will die of hunger, such lack of bread there is in the city. (Jeremiah 38, 9)
Why then, said the king to Abdemelech the Ethiopian, take thirty✻ men with thee, and rescue Jeremias from the cistern while there is yet life in him. (Jeremiah 38, 10)
Then king Sedecias would have the prophet come to him by the third door of the palace, the one that leads to the temple. I have a question to ask thee, he said to Jeremias; hide nothing from me. (Jeremiah 38, 14)
But king Sedecias took a secret oath, As the Lord is a living God, the Lord who gave us this breath we breathe, slay thee I will not, nor hand thee over to thy mortal enemies. (Jeremiah 38, 16)
