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- Jeremiah
- Chapter 26
- Verse 22
And Jehoiakim the king sent men into Egypt, namely, Elnathan the son of Achbor, and certain men with him into Egypt.
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Gill's Exposition
And Jehoiakim sent men into Egypt,.... To seek for him; and to require the delivery of him upon being found:
namely, Elnathan the son of Achbor; the father of this man very probably is the same we…
Barnes' Notes
Elnathan - Possibly the king’s father-in-law 2Ki 24:8.
Here is, I. The acquitting of Jeremiah from the charge exhibited against him. He had indeed spoken the words as they were laid in the indictment, but they are not looked upon to be seditious or…
Cambridge Bible
Elnathan … into Egypt omitted by LXX and perhaps a gloss. Gi. points out that what we read of him in Jer 36:12; Jer 36:25 would make such an act as this on his part unlikely. On the other hand it is…
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