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Jeremiah 20:1

Now Pashhur, the son of Immer the priest, who was leading officer in the house of Yahweh, heard Jeremiah prophesying these things.

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Church;   Immer;   Jeremiah;   Pashur;  

Dictionaries:

- American Tract Society Bible Dictionary - Pashur;   Easton Bible Dictionary - Governor;   Immer;   Pashur;   Fausset Bible Dictionary - Jehoiada;   Pashur;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Captain of the Temple;   Chief;   Governor;   High Priest;   Immer;   Jeremiah;   Pashur;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Immer;   Jeremiah;   Pashhur;   Hastings' Dictionary of the New Testament - Captain;   Captain of the Temple ;   Morrish Bible Dictionary - Captain;   Immer ;   Magormissabib ;   Pashur ;   The Hawker's Poor Man's Concordance And Dictionary - Pashur;   Smith Bible Dictionary - Pash'ur;  

Encyclopedias:

- Condensed Biblical Cyclopedia - Kingdom of Judah;   International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Ezekiel;   Gedaliah;   Governor;   Immer;   Pashhur;   Priests and Levites;   The Jewish Encyclopedia - 'Azzut Panim;   Pashur;  

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
Pashhur the priest, the son of Immer and chief official in the temple of the Lord, heard Jeremiah prophesying these things.
Hebrew Names Version
Now Pashchur, the son of Immer the Kohen, who was chief officer in the house of the LORD, heard Yirmeyahu prophesying these things.
King James Version
Now Pashur the son of Immer the priest, who was also chief governor in the house of the Lord , heard that Jeremiah prophesied these things.
English Standard Version
Now Pashhur the priest, the son of Immer, who was chief officer in the house of the Lord , heard Jeremiah prophesying these things.
New American Standard Bible
When Pashhur the priest, the son of Immer, who was chief overseer in the house of the LORD, heard Jeremiah prophesying these things,
New Century Version
Pashhur son of Immer was a priest and the highest officer in the Temple of the Lord . When he heard Jeremiah prophesying in the Temple courtyard,
Amplified Bible
Now Pashhur the son of Immer, the priest, who was [also] chief officer in the house of the LORD, heard Jeremiah prophesying these things.
World English Bible
Now Pashhur, the son of Immer the priest, who was chief officer in the house of Yahweh, heard Jeremiah prophesying these things.
Geneva Bible (1587)
When Pashur, the sonne of Immer, the Priest, which was appointed gouernour in the house of the Lorde, heard that Ieremiah prophecied these things,
Legacy Standard Bible
Then Pashhur the priest, the son of Immer, who was ruling overseer in the house of Yahweh, heard Jeremiah prophesying these words;
Berean Standard Bible
When Pashhur the priest, the son of Immer and the chief official in the temple of the LORD, heard Jeremiah prophesying these things,
Contemporary English Version
Pashhur son of Immer was a priest and the chief of temple security. He heard what I had said,
Complete Jewish Bible
Now when the cohen Pash'chur son of Immer, chief official in the house of Adonai , heard Yirmeyahu prophesying these things,
Darby Translation
And Pashur the son of Immer, the priest—and he was chief officer in the house of Jehovah—heard Jeremiah prophesy these things.
Easy-to-Read Version
Pashhur son of Immer was a priest. He was the highest officer in the Temple of the Lord . When he heard Jeremiah say those things in the Temple yard,
George Lamsa Translation
NOW Pashur the son of Amariah the priest, who was governor in charge of the house of the LORD, heard Jeremiah the prophet prophesying these things.
Good News Translation
When the priest Pashhur son of Immer, who was the chief officer of the Temple, heard me proclaim these things,
Lexham English Bible
Now Pashhur, the son of Immer, the priest who was officer in charge in the temple of Yahweh, heard Jeremiah prophesying these things.
Literal Translation
When Pashur the son of Immer, the priest (he also was chief officer in the house of Jehovah), heard Jeremiah prophesying these things,
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
When Pashur the preast, the sonne off Emmer, chefe in the house of ye LORDE, herde Ieremy preach so stedfastly:
American Standard Version
Now Pashhur, the son of Immer the priest, who was chief officer in the house of Jehovah, heard Jeremiah prophesying these things.
Bible in Basic English
Now it came to the ears of Pashhur, the son of Immer the priest, who was chief in authority in the house of the Lord, that Jeremiah was saying these things;
JPS Old Testament (1917)
Now Pashhur the son of Immer the priest, who was chief officer in the house of the LORD, heard Jeremiah prophesying these things.
King James Version (1611)
Now Pashur the sonne of Immer the Priest, who was also chiefe gouernor in the house of the Lord, heard that Ieremiah prophecied these things.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
When Phashur the priest the sonne of Emmer, chiefe in the house of the Lorde, hearde Ieremie preache these wordes [so stedfastly]
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
Now Paschor the son of Emmer, the priest, who also had been appointed chief of the house of the Lord, heard Jeremias prophesying these words.
English Revised Version
Now Pashhur the son of Immer the priest, who was chief officer in the house of the LORD, heard Jeremiah prophesying these things.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
And Phassur, the sone of Emyner, the preest, that was ordeyned prince in the hous of the Lord, herde Jeremye profesiynge these wordis.
Webster's Bible Translation
Now Pashur the son of Immer the priest, who [was] also chief governor in the house of the LORD, heard that Jeremiah prophesied these things.
New English Translation
Now Pashhur son of Immer heard Jeremiah prophesy these things. He was the priest who was chief of security in the Lord 's temple.
New King James Version
Now Pashhur the son of Immer, the priest who was also chief governor in the house of the LORD, heard that Jeremiah prophesied these things.
New Living Translation
Now Pashhur son of Immer, the priest in charge of the Temple of the Lord , heard what Jeremiah was prophesying.
New Life Bible
Now Pashhur the religious leader, the son of Immer, was the head leader in the house of the Lord. When he heard Jeremiah saying these things,
New Revised Standard
Now the priest Pashhur son of Immer, who was chief officer in the house of the Lord , heard Jeremiah prophesying these things.
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
And when Pashhur son of Immer, the priest, who also was deputy-overseer in the house of Yahweh, heard that Jeremiah had prophesied these things,
Douay-Rheims Bible
Now Phassur the son of Emmer, the priest, who was appointed chief in the house of the Lord, heard Jeremias prophesying these words.
Revised Standard Version
Now Pashhur the priest, the son of Immer, who was chief officer in the house of the LORD, heard Jeremiah prophesying these things.
Young's Literal Translation
And Pashhur son of Immer the priest -- who also [is] overseer, leader in the house of Jehovah -- heareth Jeremiah prophesying these things,
THE MESSAGE
The priest Pashur son of Immer was the senior priest in God 's Temple. He heard Jeremiah preach this sermon. He whipped Jeremiah the prophet and put him in the stocks at the Upper Benjamin Gate of God 's Temple. The next day Pashur came and let him go. Jeremiah told him, " God has a new name for you: not Pashur but Danger-Everywhere, because God says, ‘You're a danger to yourself and everyone around you. All your friends are going to get killed in battle while you stand there and watch. What's more, I'm turning all of Judah over to the king of Babylon to do whatever he likes with them—haul them off into exile, kill them at whim. Everything worth anything in this city, property and possessions along with everything in the royal treasury—I'm handing it all over to the enemy. They'll rummage through it and take what they want back to Babylon.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
When Pashhur the priest, the son of Immer, who was chief officer in the house of the LORD, heard Jeremiah prophesying these things,

Contextual Overview

1 Now Pashhur, the son of Immer the priest, who was leading officer in the house of Yahweh, heard Jeremiah prophesying these things. 2 Then Pashhur smote Jeremiah the prophet, and put him in the stocks that were in the upper gate of Benjamin, which was in the house of Yahweh. 3 And it came to pass on the next day, that Pashhur brought forth Jeremiah out of the stocks. Then said Jeremiah to him, Yahweh has not called your name Pashhur, but Magor-missabib. 4 For thus says Yahweh, Look, I will make you a terror to yourself, and to all your friends; and they shall fall by the sword of their enemies, and your eyes shall watch it; and I will give all Judah into the hand of the king of Babylon, and he shall carry them captive to Babylon, and shall slay them with the sword. 5 Moreover I will give all the riches of this city, and all the gains thereof, and all the precious things thereof, yes, all the treasures of the kings of Judah I will give into the hand of their enemies; and they shall make them a prey, and take them, and carry them to Babylon. 6 And you, Pashhur, and all that dwell in your house shall go into captivity; and you shall come to Babylon, and there you shall die, and there you shall be buried, you, and all your friends, to whom you have prophesied falsely.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

Immer: 1 Chronicles 24:14, Ezra 2:37, Ezra 2:38, Nehemiah 7:40, Nehemiah 7:41

chief: 2 Kings 25:18, 2 Chronicles 35:8, Acts 4:1, Acts 5:24

Reciprocal: Jeremiah 1:19 - And they Jeremiah 11:21 - thou Jeremiah 18:21 - deliver Jeremiah 26:8 - the priests Jeremiah 29:26 - officers Jeremiah 37:15 - the princes Amos 7:10 - the priest Acts 4:17 - let

Cross-References

Genesis 10:19
And the border of the Canaanite was from Sidon, as you go toward Gerar, to Gaza; as you go toward Sodom and Gomorrah and Admah and Zeboiim, to Lasha.
Genesis 13:1
And Abram went up out of Egypt, he, and his wife, and all that he had, and Lot with him, into the South.
Genesis 14:7
And they returned, and came to En-mishpat (the same is Kadesh), and smote all the country of the Amalekites, and also the Amorites, that dwelt in Hazazon-tamar.
Genesis 16:1
Now Sarai, Abram's wife, bore him no [children]: and she had a female slave, an Egyptian, whose name was Hagar.
Genesis 16:7
And the angel of Yahweh found her by a fountain of water in the wilderness, by the fountain in the way to Shur.
Genesis 16:14
Therefore the well was called Beer-lahai-roi; look, it is between Kadesh and Bered.
Genesis 18:1
And Yahweh appeared to him by the oaks of Mamre, as he sat in the tent door in the heat of the day;
Genesis 20:13
and it came to pass, when God caused me to wander from my father's house, that I said to her, This is your kindness which you shall show to me. At every place where we shall come, say of me, He is my brother.
Genesis 20:14
And Abimelech took sheep and oxen, and male slaves and female slaves, and gave them to Abraham, and restored Sarah his wife to him.
Genesis 24:62
And Isaac came from the way of Beer-lahai-roi. For he dwelt in the land of the South.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

Now Pashur the son of Immer the priest,.... Not the immediate son of Immer, but one that descended from him after many generations; for Immer was a priest in David's time, to whom the sixteenth course of the priests fell by lot, 1 Chronicles 24:14;

who [was] also chief governor in the house of the Lord; the temple; not the high priest, since he was of the course of Immer; perhaps he was the head of the course to which he belonged, the chief of the priests of that course. The Targum calls him the "sagan" of the priests. There was such an officer, who was called the "sagan" or deputy to the high priest, who upon certain occasions acted for him; and some think that this man was in the same office; though others take him to be the same with the captain of the temple, Acts 4:1. Who

heard that Jeremiah prophesied these things; some that heard him in the court of the temple prophesying of the evil that should come upon the city, and places adjacent to it, went and told the chief governor of it. Though the words may be rendered, "now Pashur heard u----Jeremiah prophesying these things"; he heard him himself; either he was one of the ancients of the priests that went with him to Tophet, and heard him there; or, however, when he came from thence, and stood and prophesied in the court of the temple, he heard him.

u וישמע פשחור "audivit autem", Paschchurus, Schmidt; "audiens autem", Paschhur, Junius & Tremellius, Piscator.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Pashur, the father probably of the Gedaliah mentioned in Jeremiah 38:1, was the head of the 16th course (shift) of priests (marginal reference); the other Pashur Jeremiah 21:1 belonged to the fifth course, the sons of Melchiah. Both these houses returned in great strength from the exile. See Ezra 2:37-38.

Chief governor - Or, “deputy governor.” The Nagid or governer of the temple was the high priest 1 Chronicles 9:11, and Pashur was his Pakid, i. e., deputy (see Jeremiah 1:10 note). Zephaniah held this office Jeremiah 29:26, and his relation to the high priest is exactly defined 2 Kings 25:18; Jeremiah 52:24. The Nagid at this time was Seraiah the high priest, the grandson of Hilkiah, or (possibly) Azariah, Hilkiah’s son and Jeremiah’s brother 1 Chronicles 6:13, Ezra 7:1.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

CHAPTER XX

Jeremiah, on account of his prophesying evil concerning Judah

and Jerusalem, is beaten and imprisoned by Pashur, chief

governor of the temple, 1, 2.

On the following day the prophet is released, who denounces the

awful judgments of God which should fall upon the governor and

all his house, as well as upon the whole land of Judah, in the

approaching Babylonish captivity, 3-6.

Jeremiah then bitterly complains of the reproaches continually

heaped upon him by his enemies; and, in his haste, resolves to

speak no more in the name of Jehovah; but the word of the Lord

is in his heart as a burning flame, so that he is not able to

forbear, 7-10.

The prophet professes his trust in God, whom he praises for his

late deliverance, 11-13.

The remaining verses, which appear to be out of their place,

contain Jeremiah's regret that he was ever born to a life of so

much sorrow and trouble, 14-18.

This complaint resembles that of Job; only it is milder and

more dolorous. This excites our pity, that our horror. Both are

highly poetical, and embellished with every circumstance that

can heighten the colouring. But such circumstances are not

always to be too literally understood or explained. We must

often make allowances for the strong figures of eastern poetry.

NOTES ON CHAP. XX

Verse Jeremiah 20:1. Pashur - chief governor — Pashur was probably one of the chief priests of the twenty-four classes.


 
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