Jeremiah 37:12 - Forerunner Commentary

Jeremiah 37:12

10 ^aFor though you had defeated the whole army of the Chaldeans who fight against you, and there remained only wounded men among them, they would rise up, every man in his tent, and burn the city with fire.’ ”

Jeremiah Imprisoned

11 And it happened, when the army of the Chaldeans left the siege of Jerusalem for fear of Pharaoh’s army,

12 that Jeremiah went out of Jerusalem to go into the land of Benjamin to claim his property there among the people.

13 And when he was in the Gate of Benjamin, a captain of the guard was there whose name was Irijah the son of Shelemiah, the son of Hananiah; and he seized Jeremiah the prophet, saying, “You are defecting to the Chaldeans!”

14 Then Jeremiah said, “False! I am not defecting to the Chaldeans.” But he did not listen to him. So Irijah seized Jeremiah and brought him to the princes.

Verse Comparison: Jeremiah 37:12

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American Standard Version
then Jeremiah went forth out of Jerusalem to go into the land of Benjamin, to receive his portion there, in the midst of the people.

Amplified® Bible
Jeremiah went forth out of Jerusalem to go into the land of Benjamin [to slip away during the brief lull in the Chaldean invasion] to receive [the title to] his portion [of land, which the Lord had promised would eventually be valuable] there among the people.

Contemporary English Version
So I decided to leave Jerusalem and go to the territory of the Benjamin tribe to claim my share of my family's land.

Darby English Version
that Jeremiah went forth out of Jerusalem to go into the land of Benjamin, to have his portion there among the people.

Good News Bible
So I started to leave Jerusalem and go to the territory of Benjamin to take possession of my share of the family property.

King James Version
Then Jeremiah went forth out of Jerusalem to go into the land of Benjamin, to separate himself thence in the midst of the people.

New American Standard Bible
that Jeremiah went out from Jerusalem to go to the land of Benjamin in order to take possession of {some} property there among the people.

New International Version
Jeremiah started to leave the city to go to the territory of Benjamin to get his share of the property among the people there.

New King James Version
that Jeremiah went out of Jerusalem to go into the land of Benjamin to claim his property there among the people.

N.A.S.B. in E-Prime
that Jeremiah went out from Jerusalem to go to the land of Benjamin in order to take possession of some property there among the people.

Revised Standard Version
JEREMIAH set out from Jerusalem to go to the land of Benjamin to receive his portion there among the people.

Young's Literal Translation
that Jeremiah goeth out from Jerusalem to go `to' the land of Benjamin, to receive a portion thence in the midst of the people.

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