the Week of Proper 13 / Ordinary 18
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Yeremya 26:17
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from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge
Then rose: Micah 1:1, Acts 5:34
Reciprocal: Jeremiah 19:1 - the ancients of the people Jeremiah 26:10 - the princes
Gill's Notes on the Bible
Then rose up certain of the elders of the land,.... The same with the princes; some of the court, who rose up as advocates for the prophet:
and spake to all the assembly of the people: to justify the vote of the court, and to confirm the people in a good opinion of it, by giving them examples and instances of the like kind:
saying; as follows:
Barnes' Notes on the Bible
The elders of the land - The heads and spokesmen of the congregation, who added their approval after the princes who represented the king had given their decision.
Clarke's Notes on the Bible
Verse Jeremiah 26:17. Certain of the elders — This is really a fine defense, and the argument was perfectly conclusive. Some think that it was Ahikam who undertook the prophet's defence.
