Then Zedekiah the king sent, and took Jeremiah the prophet unto him into the third entry that is in the house of the LORD: and the king said unto Jeremiah, I will ask thee a thing; hide nothing from me.
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Gill's Exposition
Then Zedekiah the king sent and took Jeremiah the prophet unto him,.... When the prophet was taken out of the dungeon, and brought to the court of the prison, of which the king had knowledge, he sent…
Barnes' Notes
The third entry - There was probably a passage from the palace to the temple at this entry, and the meeting would take place in some private chamber close by.
In the foregoing chapter we had the king in close conference with Jeremiah, and here again, though (Jer 38:5) he had given him up into the hands of his enemies; such a struggle there was in the breast…
Cambridge Bible
the third entry not mentioned elsewhere by this name, but perhaps identical with that which in 2Ki 16:18 is called "the king's entry." Gi. (followed by Du.) by a slight alteration of the MT. gets the…
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