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Jeremiah 26:21
New English Translation
Jeremiah 26:21
New English Translation
21 When King Jehoiakim and all his bodyguards[a] and officials heard what he was prophesying,[b] the king sought to have him executed. But Uriah found out about it and fled to Egypt out of fear.[c]
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- Jeremiah 26:21 tn Heb “all his mighty men/soldiers.” It is unlikely that this included all the army. It more likely was the palace guards or royal bodyguards (see 2 Sam 23, where the same word is used of David’s elite corps).
- Jeremiah 26:21 tn Heb “his words.”
- Jeremiah 26:21 tn Heb “But Uriah heard and feared and fled and entered Egypt.”
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