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Jeremiah 20:2

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.

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Benjamin;   Church;   Gates;   Immer;   Jeremiah;   Pashur;   Stocks;   Thompson Chain Reference - Apostles;   Church;   Gates;   Jeremiah;   Ministers;   Persecution;   Suffering for Righteousness' S;   Torrey's Topical Textbook - Gates;   Punishments;  

Dictionaries:

- American Tract Society Bible Dictionary - Pashur;   Stock;   Bridgeway Bible Dictionary - Benjamin;   Easton Bible Dictionary - Dungeon;   Pashur;   Fausset Bible Dictionary - Benjamin;   Hanani;   Jeremiah;   Jerusalem;   Pashur;   Stocks;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Jeremiah;   New Gate;   Pashur;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Crimes and Punishments;   Jeremiah;   Pashhur;   Prison;   Temple;   Hastings' Dictionary of the New Testament - False Prophets;   Morrish Bible Dictionary - Benjamin, Gate of ;   Magormissabib ;   Pashur ;   Punishment;   Stocks;   The Hawker's Poor Man's Concordance And Dictionary - Pashur;   People's Dictionary of the Bible - Jerusalem;   Smith Bible Dictionary - Ben'jamin, High Gate;   Jeru'salem;   Pash'ur;   Punishments;   Stocks;  

Encyclopedias:

- Condensed Biblical Cyclopedia - Kingdom of Judah;   International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - City;   Gedaliah;   Pashhur;   Prison;   The Jewish Encyclopedia - Cruelty;   Jerusalem;   Miphkad;   Pashur;  

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
So Pashhur had the prophet Jeremiah beaten and put him in the stocks at the Upper Benjamin Gate in the Lord’s temple.
Hebrew Names Version
Then Pashchur struck Yirmeyahu the prophet, and put him in the stocks that were in the upper gate of Binyamin, which was in the house of the LORD.
King James Version
Then Pashur smote Jeremiah the prophet, and put him in the stocks that were in the high gate of Benjamin, which was by the house of the Lord .
English Standard Version
Then Pashhur beat Jeremiah the prophet, and put him in the stocks that were in the upper Benjamin Gate of the house of the Lord .
New American Standard Bible
Pashhur had Jeremiah the prophet beaten and put him in the stocks that were at the upper Benjamin Gate, which was by the house of the LORD.
New Century Version
he had Jeremiah the prophet beaten. And he locked Jeremiah's hands and feet between large blocks of wood at the Upper Gate of Benjamin of the Lord 's Temple.
Amplified Bible
Then Pashhur beat Jeremiah the prophet and put him in the stocks that were at the upper Benjamin Gate by the house of the LORD.
World English Bible
Then Pashhur struck Jeremiah the prophet, and put him in the stocks that were in the upper gate of Benjamin, which was in the house of Yahweh.
Geneva Bible (1587)
Then Pashur smote Ieremiah the Prophet, and put him in the stockes that were in the hie gate of Beniamin which was by the House of the Lorde.
Legacy Standard Bible
and Pashhur had Jeremiah the prophet struck and put him in the stocks that were at the upper Benjamin Gate, which was by the house of Yahweh.
Berean Standard Bible
he had Jeremiah the prophet beaten, and he put him in the stocks at the Upper Gate of Benjamin, which was by the house of the LORD.
Contemporary English Version
and so he hit me. Then he had me arrested and put in chains at the Benjamin Gate in the Lord 's temple.
Complete Jewish Bible
he had him flogged and put him in the stocks at the Upper Binyamin Gate of the house of Adonai .
Darby Translation
And Pashur smote Jeremiah the prophet, and put him in the stocks that were in the upper gate of Benjamin, which was in the house of Jehovah.
Easy-to-Read Version
he had Jeremiah the prophet beaten. And he had Jeremiah's hands and feet locked between large blocks of wood. This was at the Upper Gate of Benjamin of the Lord 's Temple.
George Lamsa Translation
Then Pashur smote Jeremiah the prophet, and put him in the stocks that were in the upper gate of Benjamin, which was by the house of the LORD.
Good News Translation
he had me beaten and placed in chains near the upper Benjamin Gate in the Temple.
Lexham English Bible
Then Pashhur struck Jeremiah the prophet and put him in the stocks that were in the upper Gate of Benjamin, which was by the temple of Yahweh.
Literal Translation
then Pashur struck Jeremiah the prophet and put him in the stocks in the upper Benjamin Gate, which was by the house of Jehovah.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
he smote Ieremy, and put him in the stockes, that are by the hie gate of Ben Iamin, in the house of ye LORDE.
American Standard Version
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 Jehovah.
Bible in Basic English
And Pashhur gave blows to Jeremiah and had his feet chained in a framework of wood in the higher doorway of Benjamin, which was in the house of the Lord.
JPS Old Testament (1917)
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 the LORD.
King James Version (1611)
Then Pashur smote Ieremiah the Prophet, and put him in the stockes that were in the high gate of Beniamin, which was by the house of the Lord.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
He smote Ieremie, and put hym in the prison that is in the hye gate of Beniamin towardes the house of the Lorde.
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
And he smote him, and cast him into the dungeon which was by the gate of the upper house that was set apart, which was by the house of the Lord.
English Revised Version
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 the LORD.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
And Phassur smoot Jeremye, the profete, and sente hym in to the stockis, that weren in the hiyere yate of Beniamyn, in the hous of the Lord.
Webster's Bible Translation
Then Pashur struck Jeremiah the prophet, and put him in the stocks that [were] in the high gate of Benjamin, which [was] by the house of the LORD.
New English Translation
When he heard Jeremiah's prophecy, he had the prophet flogged. Then he put him in the stocks which were at the Upper Gate of Benjamin in the Lord 's temple.
New King James Version
Then Pashhur struck Jeremiah the prophet, and put him in the stocks that were in the high gate of Benjamin, which was by the house of the LORD.
New Living Translation
So he arrested Jeremiah the prophet and had him whipped and put in stocks at the Benjamin Gate of the Lord 's Temple.
New Life Bible
Pashhur had Jeremiah the man of God beaten. Then he put him in chains at the upper Benjamin Gate by the house of the Lord.
New Revised Standard
Then Pashhur struck the prophet Jeremiah, and put him in the stocks that were in the upper Benjamin Gate of the house of the Lord .
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
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.
Douay-Rheims Bible
And Phassur struck Jeremias the prophet, and put him in the stocks, that were in the upper gate of Benjamin, in the house of the Lord.
Revised Standard Version
Then Pashhur beat Jeremiah the prophet, and put him in the stocks that were in the upper Benjamin Gate of the house of the LORD.
Young's Literal Translation
and Pashhur smiteth Jeremiah the prophet, and putteth him unto the stocks, that [are] by the high gate of Benjamin, that [is] by the house of Jehovah.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
Pashhur had Jeremiah the prophet beaten and put him in the stocks that were at the upper Benjamin Gate, which was by the house of the LORD.

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

smote: Jeremiah 1:19, Jeremiah 19:14, Jeremiah 19:15, Jeremiah 26:8, Jeremiah 29:26, Jeremiah 36:26, Jeremiah 37:15, Jeremiah 37:16, Jeremiah 38:6, 1 Kings 22:27, 2 Chronicles 16:10, 2 Chronicles 24:21, Amos 7:10-13, Matthew 5:10-12, Matthew 21:35, Matthew 23:34-37, Acts 4:3, Acts 5:18, Acts 5:40, Acts 7:52, Acts 16:22-24, Hebrews 11:36, Hebrews 11:37, Revelation 2:10, Revelation 17:6

the stocks: Hammahpecheth from haphach "to overturn, subvert, distort," generally denotes an overthrow (Deuteronomy 29:22. Isaiah 1:7; Isaiah 10:19), and seems to signify here a sort of stocks, by which the limbs were distorted into uneasy postures. So the Chaldee, keephtha and Jerome, nervus which he explains in his comment as "a kind of wooden fetter, into which the feet were thrust, vinculi lignei genus, cui pedes inseruntuṙ Some learned men understand it as merely signifying a place of confinement, or house of correction; but the word is never used for any of the prisons into which the prophet was afterwards cast; and the punishment seems to have been public and ignominious.

in the high: Jeremiah 37:13, Jeremiah 38:7, Zechariah 14:10

Reciprocal: 1 Kings 13:4 - Lay hold 2 Chronicles 18:23 - Zedekiah 2 Chronicles 18:26 - Put 2 Chronicles 27:3 - high gate Job 33:11 - putteth Proverbs 7:22 - the correction Jeremiah 11:21 - thou Jeremiah 36:5 - General Matthew 26:67 - and others Mark 12:3 - they Luke 12:45 - to beat Luke 20:10 - beat John 18:22 - struck Acts 5:20 - stand Acts 16:24 - and made Acts 23:2 - to smite

Cross-References

Genesis 12:15
And the princes of Pharaoh saw her, and praised her to Pharaoh: and the woman was taken into Pharaoh's house.
Genesis 20:11
And Abraham said, Because I thought, Surely the fear of God is not in this place. And they will slay me for my wife's sake.
Genesis 20:12
And moreover she is indeed my sister, the daughter of my father, but not the daughter of my mother; and she became my wife:
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 26:1
And there was a famine in the land, besides the first famine that was in the days of Abraham. And Isaac went to Abimelech king of the Philistines, to Gerar.
Genesis 26:7
And the men of the place asked him of his wife. And he said, She's my sister. For he feared to say, My wife, because the men of the place would kill me for Rebekah since she was fair to look at.
Genesis 26:16
And Abimelech said to Isaac, Go from us. For you are much mightier than we.
2 Chronicles 19:2
And Jehu the son of Hanani the seer went out to meet him, and said to king Jehoshaphat, Should you help the wicked, and love those that hate Yahweh? for this thing wrath is on you from before Yahweh.
2 Chronicles 20:37
Then Eliezer the son of Dodavahu of Mareshah prophesied against Jehoshaphat, saying, Because you have joined yourself with Ahaziah, Yahweh has destroyed your works. And the ships were broken, so that they were not able to go to Tarshish.
2 Chronicles 32:31
Nevertheless in [the business of] the ambassadors of the princes of Babylon, who sent to him to inquire of the wonder that was done in the land, God left him, to try him, that he might know all that was in his heart.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

Then Pashur smote Jeremiah the prophet,.... Either with his fist, or with a rod, while he was prophesying, to stop his mouth, and hinder him from going on, and to show his resentment, and influence, the people not to believe him; or he ordered him to be smitten and scourged by some inferior officer. This was very ill treatment of a prophet, a prophet of the Lord, and one that was a priest too, of the same order with himself;

and put him in the stocks; or ordered him to be put there; but whether it was such an engine or instrument as we call "stocks", in which the feet of prisoners are put, is not certain. Kimchi's father says, it was an instrument made of two pieces of wood, in which the necks of prisoners were put; and some say it had besides two holes for the two hands to be put in; and so the same with our "pillory". The Septuagint render it "a cataract", a ditch or dungeon. Jarchi interprets it a prison; and so our translators render the word in Jeremiah 29:26; however, it was a place of confinement, if not of torture and pain;

that [were] in the high gate of Benjamin; here were these stocks, pillory, or prison; which was either a gate of the city of Jerusalem, so called, because it looked towards and led out to the tribe of Benjamin, Jeremiah 37:13; or a gate of the temple, which stood on that side of it that belonged to the tribe of Benjamin; both the city and temple being partly in the tribe of Judah, and partly in the tribe of Benjamin; and it seems by this that there was an upper and lower gate of this name; and the following clause seems to incline to this sense:

which [was] by the house of the Lord; or, "in the house of the Lord" w; the temple.

w בבית יהוה "in domo Jehovae", Pagninus, Montanus, Vatablus, Piscator, Cocceius, Schmidt.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Jeremiah the prophet - Jeremiah is nowhere so called in the first 19 chapters. In this place he thus characterizes himself, because Pashur’s conduct was a violation of the respect due to the prophetic office.

The stocks - This instrument of torture comes from a root signifying to “twist.” It thus implies that the body was kept in a distorted position. Compare Acts 16:24.

The high gate ... - Rather, “the upper gate of Benjamin in the house of Yahweh (compare 2 Kings 15:35);” to be distinguished from the city gate of Benjamin leading toward the north.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Jeremiah 20:2. Put him in the stocks — Probably such a place near the gate as we term the lock-up, the coal-hole; or it may mean a sort of dungeon.


 
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