--- title: "Bullinger" description: "Coniah: i.e. Jeconiah, called also Jehoiachin. whom: i.e. Zedekiah. words = prophecies. Pharaoh" image: "/images/missing.jpg" url: "https://realbiblebelievers.com/commentaries/bullingers-companion-bible-notes/jeremiah/37" --- **Coniah:** i.e. Jeconiah, called also Jehoiachin. whom: i.e. Zedekiah. **words** = prophecies. **Pharaoh's:** i.e. Pharaoh Hophra's. Compare [Jeremiah 44:30](../../../kjv/jeremiah/44/30) . The Apries of Herodotus, and fourth successor of Psammeticus on the throne of Egypt. He came to help Zedekiah ([Ezekiel 17:15-17](../../../kjv/ezekiel/17/15-17) ), but was defeated by the Chaldeans, and Egypt subdued. Compare [2 Kings 24:7](../../../kjv/2-kings/24/7) . [Ezekiel 29:1-16](../../../kjv/ezekiel/29/1-16) and chs. 30-33. Also [Jeremiah 43:9-13](../../../kjv/jeremiah/43/9-13) . **The Thirty-Fourth Prophecy of Jeremiah** (see book comments for Jeremiah). **the LORD, the God of Israel.** See note on [Jeremiah 11:3](../../../kjv/jeremiah/11/3) . **Behold.** Figure of speech *Asterismos.* **yourselves** = your own souls. Hebrew. *nephesh.* App-13 . **every man.** Hebrew. *'ish.* App-14 . **to go, &c.** Probably to Anathoth. **to separate himself thence** = to assign [himself] his portion there (i.e. at Anathoth, in Benjamin, three and a half miles north-east of Jerusalem), where he drew his living. **in the midst:** for safety, and to avoid detection. **the gate of Benjamin:** i.e. the northern gate, called also "the gate of Ephraim" ([2 Kings 14:13](../../../kjv/2-kings/14/13) .[Nehemiah 8:16](../../../kjv/nehemiah/8/16); [Nehemiah 8:16](../../../kjv/nehemiah/8/16) ), leading to Anathoth. **Hananiah.** Perhaps the false prophet mentioned in [Jeremiah 28:1-17](../../../kjv/jeremiah/28/1-17) . **princes.** Named in [Jeremiah 38:1](../../../kjv/jeremiah/38/1) ; none of whom had been favourable to Jeremiah in the days of Jehoiakim ([Jeremiah 26:16](../../../kjv/jeremiah/26/16) ). **smote** = scourged. **put him in prison.** Note Jeremiah *'* s prison experiences:. (1) put in on false charge ([Jeremiah 37:11-15](../../../kjv/jeremiah/37/11-15) ); (2) released, but confined in the court of the prison; (3) imprisoned again in Malchiah's miry dungeon ([Jeremiah 38:1-6](../../../kjv/jeremiah/38/1-6) ); (4) released again as before ([Jeremiah 38:13-28](../../../kjv/jeremiah/38/13-28) ); (5) carried away in chains by Nebuchadnezzar, but released at Ramah ([Jeremiah 40:1-4](../../../kjv/jeremiah/40/1-4) ). **in prison** = in the house of bonds. **the prison** = the house of detention. **When, &c.** = For Jeremiah [actually] entered, &c, **dungeon** = house of the pit. Hebrew. *bor.* See notes on [Genesis 21:19](../../../kjv/genesis/21/19) ("well"). [Isaiah 14:19](../../../kjv/isaiah/14/19) ("pit"). **cabins** = cells. **remained** = abode. Note the Figure of speech *Cyeloides* , marking the refrain, which is repeated in [Jeremiah 37:21](../../../kjv/jeremiah/37/21) , and in [Jeremiah 38:13](../../../kjv/jeremiah/38/13) , [Jeremiah 38:28](../../../kjv/jeremiah/38/28) ; as shown in the Structure. **Is there . . . There is =** Does there exist. . . ? . . . There does exist. Hebrew. *yesh* . . . *yesh* . See notes on [Proverbs 8:21](../../../kjv/proverbs/8/21) ; [Proverbs 18:24](../../../kjv/proverbs/18/24) ; and [Luke 7:25](../../../kjv/luke/7/25) . **offended** = sinned. **prison** = the house of detention. See [Jeremiah 37:16](../../../kjv/jeremiah/37/16) . **your prophets.** Not Jehovah's. From the beginning they had prophesied falsely. See [Jeremiah 6:14](../../../kjv/jeremiah/6/14) ; [Jeremiah 27:16](../../../kjv/jeremiah/27/16) ; [Jeremiah 28:2](../../../kjv/jeremiah/28/2) . **prison** = guard-house. Not the same word as in [Jeremiah 37:15](../../../kjv/jeremiah/37/15) . **piece** = a cake. Compare [Jeremiah 52:6](../../../kjv/jeremiah/52/6) . 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