But the king commanded Jerahmeel the son of Hammelech, and Seraiah the son of Azriel, and Shelemiah the son of Abdeel, to take Baruch the scribe and Jeremiah the prophet: but the LORD hid them.
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Gill's Exposition
But the king commanded Jerahmeel the son of Hammelech,.... Or, "the king's son", as the Targum; though it rather seems to be the proper name of a person, one of the king's servants; since it is not…
Barnes' Notes
Hammelech - Either a proper name or a prince of the blood royal (see the margin; Jer 38:6; 1Ki 22:26).
We have traced the roll to the people, and to the princes, and here we are to follow it to the king; and we find,
I. That, upon notice given him concerning it, he sent for it, and ordered it to be…
Cambridge Bible
the king's son mg. (less well) the son of Hammelech. It probably means simply one of the royal house. So in Jer 38:6. See A. B. Davidson on Zep 1:8 (C.B.).
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