12 Then Jeremiah went out of Jerusalem to go into the [a]land of Benjamin, separating himself thence from among the people.

13 And when he was in the [b]gate of Benjamin, there was a chief officer, whose name was Irijah, the son of Shelemiah, the son of Hananiah, and he took Jeremiah the Prophet, saying, Thou [c]fleest to the Chaldeans.

14 Then said Jeremiah, That is false, I flee not to the Chaldeans: but he would not hear him: so Irijah took Jeremiah, and brought him to the princes.

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Footnotes

  1. Jeremiah 37:12 As some think, to go to Anathoth his own town.
  2. Jeremiah 37:13 By the which men went into the country of Benjamin.
  3. Jeremiah 37:13 Hebrew, fallest.

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