Commentaries:
Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown
HISTORICAL SECTIONS, THIRTY-SEVENTH THROUGH FORTY-FOURTH CHAPTERS. THE CHALDEANS RAISE THE SIEGE TO GO AND MEET PHARAOH-HOPHRA. ZEDEKIAH SENDS TO JEREMIAH TO PRAY TO GOD IN BEHALF OF THE JEWS: IN VAIN, JEREMIAH TRIES TO ESCAPE TO HIS NATIVE PLACE, BUT IS ARRESTED. ZEDEKIAH ABATES THE RIGOR OF HIS IMPRISONMENT. (Jer. 37:1-21)
Coniah—curtailed from Jeconiah by way of reproach.
whom—referring to Zedekiah, not to Coniah (II Kings 24:17).
Other Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown entries containing Jeremiah 37:1:
1 Chronicles 3:15
2 Chronicles 36:11
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