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Jonathan was a scribe who had a house in Jerusalem that was used as a prison.
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Jonathan was a scribe in Jerusalem during the time of King Zedekiah of Judah. His house was used as a prison where the prophet Jeremiah was confined (Jer.37.15). Jeremiah appealed to King Zedekiah not to send him back to Jonathan's house, fearing he would die there (Jer.37.20). Later, Jeremiah told the king's officials that he had only petitioned the king not to send him back to Jonathan's house to die when they questioned him (Jer.38.26). Jonathan's role as a scribe and the use of his house as a prison suggest he was a person of some importance in Jerusalem just prior to the Babylonian conquest in 586 BC.
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3 verses in 1 book · English text: BSB (change it from the menu at the top) · Strong’s H3083
The officials were angry with Jeremiah, and they beat him and placed him in jail in the house of Jonathan the scribe, for it had been made into a prison.
But now please listen, O my lord the king. May my petition come before you. Do not send me back to the house of Jonathan the scribe, or I will die there.”
then tell them, ‘I was presenting to the king my petition that he not return me to the house of Jonathan to die there.’”
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