Jeremiah 26:22

Christian Standard Bible ®

But King Jehoiakim sent men to Egypt: Elnathan son of Achbor and certain other men with him went to Egypt.

Parallel Translations

Hebrew Names Version
and Yehoiakim the king sent men into Mitzrayim, [namely], Elnatan the son of `Akhbor, and certain men with him, into Mitzrayim;

King James Version
And Jehoiakim the king sent men into Egypt, namely, Elnathan the son of Achbor, and certain men with him into Egypt.

English Standard Version
Then King Jehoiakim sent to Egypt certain men, Elnathan the son of Achbor and others with him,

New American Standard Bible
Then King Jehoiakim sent men to Egypt: Elnathan the son of Achbor and certain men with him, to Egypt.

New Century Version
Then King Jehoiakim sent Elnathan son of Acbor and some other men to Egypt,

Amplified Bible
Then Jehoiakim the king sent men to Egypt: Elnathan the son of Achbor and certain [other] men with him [went] to Egypt.

World English Bible
and Jehoiakim the king sent men into Egypt, [namely], Elnathan the son of Achbor, and certain men with him, into Egypt;

Geneva Bible (1587)
Then Iehoiakim the King sent men into Egypt, euen Elnathan the sonne of Achbor, and certaine with him into Egypt.

Legacy Standard Bible
Then King Jehoiakim sent men to Egypt: Elnathan the son of Achbor and certain men with him went into Egypt.

Berean Standard Bible
Then King Jehoiakim sent men to Egypt: Elnathan son of Achbor along with some other men.

Complete Jewish Bible
Y'hoyakim the king sent men to Egypt — Elnatan the son of ‘Akhbor and some others.

Darby Translation
And Jehoiakim the king sent men into Egypt, Elnathan the son of Achbor, and men with him, into Egypt;

Easy-to-Read Version
But King Jehoiakim sent Elnathan son of Acbor and some other men to Egypt.

George Lamsa Translation
And King Jehoiakim sent a certain Egyptian, namely, Eliathan the son of Achbor, and certain other men with him to Egypt.

Good News Translation
King Jehoiakim, however, sent Elnathan son of Achbor and some other men to Egypt to get Uriah.

Lexham English Bible
Then King Jehoiakim sent men to Egypt. Elnathan, the son of Achbor, and men with him went to Egypt.

Literal Translation
And Jehoiakim the king sent men to Egypt, Elnathan the son of Achbor, and men with him into Egypt.

Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
Then Ioachim the kinge sent seruauntes into the lode of Egipte, Namely: Elnatha the sonne of Achbor, & certayne men wt him into Egipte,

American Standard Version
And Jehoiakim the king sent men into Egypt, namely, Elnathan the son of Achbor, and certain men with him, into Egypt;

Bible in Basic English
And Jehoiakim the king sent Elnathan, the son of Achbor, and certain men with him, into Egypt.

JPS Old Testament (1917)
and Jehoiakim the king sent men into Egypt, Elnathan the son of Achbor, and certain men with him, into Egypt;

King James Version (1611)
And Iehoiakim the king sent men into Egypt, namely Elnathan the sonne of Achbor, and certeine men with him, into Egypt.

Bishop's Bible (1568)
Then Iehoakim the kyng sent seruauntes into the lande of Egypt [namelye] Elnathan the sonne of Achbor, and certayne men with hym into Egypt:

English Revised Version
and Jehoiakim the king sent men into Egypt, namely, Elnathan the son of Achbor, and certain men with him, into Egypt:

Wycliffe Bible (1395)
And kyng Joachym sente men in to Egipt, Elnathan, the sone of Achobor, and men with hym, in to Egipt;

Update Bible Version
and Jehoiakim the king sent men into Egypt, [namely], Elnathan the son of Achbor, and certain men with him, into Egypt;

Webster's Bible Translation
And Jehoiakim the king sent men into Egypt, [namely], Elnathan the son of Achbor, and [certain] men with him into Egypt.

New English Translation
However, King Jehoiakim sent some men to Egypt, including Elnathan son of Achbor,

New King James Version
Then Jehoiakim the king sent men to Egypt: Elnathan the son of Achbor, and other men who went with him to Egypt.

New Living Translation
Then King Jehoiakim sent Elnathan son of Acbor to Egypt along with several other men to capture Uriah.

New Life Bible
Then King Jehoiakim sent Elnathan the son of Achbor and certain men with him to Egypt.

New Revised Standard
Then King Jehoiakim sent Elnathan son of Achbor and men with him to Egypt,

J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
Then did King Jehoiakim send men to Egypt, - even Elnathan son of Achbor, and certain men with him, into Egypt

Douay-Rheims Bible
And king Joakim sent men into Egypt, Elnathan the son of Achobor, and men with him into Egypt.

Revised Standard Version
Then King Jehoi'akim sent to Egypt certain men, Elna'than the son of Achbor and others with him,

Young's Literal Translation
And the king Jehoiakim sendeth men to Egypt -- Elnathan son of Achbor, and men with him unto Egypt --

New American Standard Bible (1995)
Then King Jehoiakim sent men to Egypt: Elnathan the son of Achbor and certain men with him went into Egypt.

Contextual Overview

¹⁶Then the officials and all the people told the priests and prophets, “This man doesn’t deserve the death sentence, for he has spoken to us in the name of the Lord our God!” ¹⁷Some of the elders of the land stood up and said to all the assembled people, ¹⁸“Micah the Moreshite prophesied in the days of King Hezekiah of Judah and said to all the people of Judah, ‘This is what the Lord of Armies says: ¹⁹Did King Hezekiah of Judah and all the people of Judah put him to death? Did not the king fear the Lord and plead for the Lord’s favor, and did not the Lord relent concerning the disaster he had pronounced against them? We are about to bring a terrible disaster on ourselves!” ²⁰Another man was also prophesying in the name of the Lord—Uriah son of Shemaiah from Kiriath-jearim. He prophesied against this city and against this land in words like all those of Jeremiah. ²¹King Jehoiakim, all his warriors, and all the officials heard his words, and the king tried to put him to death. When Uriah heard, he fled in fear and went to Egypt. ²²But King Jehoiakim sent men to Egypt: Elnathan son of Achbor and certain other men with him went to Egypt. ²³They brought Uriah out of Egypt and took him to King Jehoiakim, who executed him with the sword and threw his corpse into the burial place of the common people. ²⁴But Ahikam son of Shaphan supported Jeremiah, so he was not handed over to the people to be put to death.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

men: Psalms 12:8, Proverbs 29:12

Achbor: 2 Kings 22:12, 2 Kings 22:14

Reciprocal: 2 Chronicles 34:20 - Abdon Jeremiah 22:17 - to shed Jeremiah 36:12 - Elnathan Jeremiah 36:25 - Elnathan

Cross-References

Genesis 17:6
I will make you extremely fruitful and will make nations and kings come from you.

Genesis 28:3
May God Almighty bless you and make you fruitful and multiply you so that you become an assembly of peoples.

Genesis 41:52
And the second son he named Ephraim and said, “God has made me fruitful in the land of my affliction.”

Exodus 1:7
But the Israelites were fruitful, increased rapidly, multiplied, and became extremely numerous so that the land was filled with them.

Psalms 4:1
Answer me when I call,God, who vindicates me.You freed me from affliction;be gracious to me and hear my prayer.

Psalms 18:19
He brought me out to a spacious place;he rescued me because he delighted in me.

Psalms 118:5
I called to the Lord in distress;the Lord answered meand put me in a spacious place.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

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 read of in Josiah's time, 2 Kings 22:12; who is called Abdon in 2 Chronicles 34:20;

and [certain] men with him, into Egypt; to assist him in taking him, whose names are not mentioned; Elnathan's is, as being the principal, and to fix an eternal infamy upon him.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Elnathan - Possibly the king’s father-in-law 2 Kings 24:8.