Jeremiah 26:23 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

²³ and they took Uriah from Egypt and brought him to King Jehoiakim, who struck him down with the sword and threw his dead body into the burial place of the common people.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

²³ And they fetched forth Urijah out of Egypt, and brought him unto Jehoiakim the king; who slew him with the sword, and cast his dead body into the graves of the common people.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

²³ And they fetched Uriah from Egypt and brought him to Jehoiakim the king, who slew him [God's spokesman] with the sword and cast his dead body among the graves of the common people.

American Standard Version (1901)

²³ and they fetched forth Uriah out of Egypt, and brought him unto Jehoiakim the king, who slew him with the sword, and cast his dead body into the graves of the common people.

Common English Bible

²³ They brought Uriah back from Egypt to the king who had him killed, and his body was thrown into the common burial ground.

Catholic Public Domain Version

²³ And they led Uriah out of Egypt. And they brought him to king Jehoiakim, and he struck him down with the sword. And he cast his dead body among the graves of the common people."

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

²³ And they brought Urias out of Egypt: and brought him to king Joakim: and he slew him with the sword: and he cast his dead body into the graves of the common people.

Jeremiah 26:23 Cross References

2 Kings 23:37

He did what was evil in the sight of the Lord, just as all his ancestors had done.

Jeremiah 2:30

In vain I have struck down your children; they accepted no correction. Your own sword devoured your prophets like a ravening lion.

Jeremiah 22:17

But your eyes and heart are only on your dishonest gain, for shedding innocent blood, and for practicing oppression and violence.

Jeremiah 22:19

With the burial of a donkey he shall be buried: dragged off and thrown out beyond the gates of Jerusalem.

Jeremiah 26:15

Only know for certain that if you put me to death, you will be bringing innocent blood upon yourselves and upon this city and its inhabitants, for in truth the Lord sent me to you to speak all these words in your ears.”

Jeremiah 36:30

Therefore thus says the Lord concerning King Jehoiakim of Judah: He shall have no one to sit upon the throne of David, and his dead body shall be cast out to the heat by day and the frost by night.

Ezekiel 19:6

He prowled among the lions; he became a young lion, and he learned to catch prey; he devoured people.

Matthew 14:10

he sent and had John beheaded in the prison.

1 Thessalonians 2:15

who killed both the Lord Jesus and the prophets and drove us out; they displease God and oppose everyone

Hebrews 11:37

They were stoned to death; they were sawn in two; they were killed by the sword; they went about in skins of sheep and goats, destitute, persecuted, tormented—

Revelation 11:7

When they have finished their testimony, the beast that comes up from the bottomless pit will wage war on them and conquer them and kill them,