²⁵ And the king of Israel said, “Seize Micaiah and take him back to Amon ^(A)the governor of the city and to Joash the king's son,

⁸ Then the king of Israel summoned an officer and said, “Bring quickly Micaiah the son of Imlah.”

²⁵ And as he reasoned ^(A)about righteousness and self-control and the coming judgment, Felix was alarmed and said, “Go away for the present. ^(B)When I get an opportunity I will summon you.” ²⁶ At the same time he hoped ^(C)that money would be given him by Paul. So he sent for him often and conversed with him. ²⁷ When two years had elapsed, Felix was succeeded by Porcius ^(D)Festus. And ^(E)desiring to do the Jews a favor, ^(F)Felix left Paul in prison.

⁶ So they took Jeremiah ^(A)and cast him into the cistern of Malchiah, the king's son, which was in ^(B)the court of the guard, letting Jeremiah down ^(C)by ropes. ^(D)And there was no water in the cistern, but only mud, and ^(E)Jeremiah sank in the mud.

Jeremiah Rescued from the Cistern

⁷ When ^(F)Ebed-melech ^(G)the Ethiopian, ^(H)a eunuch who was in the king's house, heard that they had put Jeremiah into the cistern—the king was sitting ^(I)in the Benjamin Gate—

¹⁵ And the officials were enraged at Jeremiah, and they beat him ^(A)and imprisoned him in the house of Jonathan the secretary, for it had been made a prison.

^16 (B)When Jeremiah had come to the dungeon cells and remained there many days, ¹⁷ King Zedekiah sent for him and received him. The king questioned him ^(C)secretly in his house and said, “Is there any word from the Lord?” Jeremiah said, “There is.” Then he said, ^(D)“You shall be delivered into the hand of the king of Babylon.” ¹⁸ Jeremiah also said to King Zedekiah, “What wrong have I done to you or your servants or this people, ^(E)that you have put me in prison? ^19 (F)Where are your prophets who prophesied to you, saying, ‘The king of Babylon will not come against you and against this land’? ²⁰ Now hear, please, O my lord the king: ^(G)let my humble plea come before you and ^(H)do not send me back to the house of Jonathan the secretary, lest I die there.” ²¹ So King Zedekiah gave orders, and they committed Jeremiah to ^(I)the court of the guard. And a loaf of bread was given him daily from the bakers' street, ^(J)until all the bread of the city was gone. So Jeremiah remained in ^(K)the court of the guard.

The Book of the Law Found

^8 (A)Now in the eighteenth year of his reign, when he had cleansed the land and the house, he sent Shaphan the son of Azaliah, and Maaseiah the ^(B)governor of the city, and Joah the son of Joahaz, ^(C)the recorder, to repair the house of the Lord his God.