Then he was afraid, and he arose and went for his life, and came to Beer-sheba, which belongs to Judah, and left his servant there.
Jeremiah 37:12 - Revised Standard Version Jeremiah set out from Jerusalem to go to the land of Benjamin to receive his portion there among the people. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 then Jeremiah went forth out of Jerusalem to go into the land of Benjamin, to separate himself thence in the midst of the people. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition Jeremiah went forth out of Jerusalem to go into the land of Benjamin [to slip away during the brief lull in the Chaldean invasion] to receive [the title to] his portion [of land, which the Lord had promised would eventually be valuable] there among the people. American Standard Version (1901) then Jeremiah went forth out of Jerusalem to go into the land of Benjamin, to receive his portion there, in the midst of the people. Common English Bible Jeremiah set out for the land of Benjamin to secure his share of the family property. Catholic Public Domain Version And when he had arrived at the gate of Benjamin, the keeper of the gate, whose turn it was to be there, was named Irijah, the son of Shelemiah, the son of Hananiah. And he apprehended Jeremiah the prophet, saying, "You are fleeing to the Chaldeans." Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version And when he was come to the gate of Benjamin, the captain of the gate, who I was there in his turn, was one named Jerias, the son of Selemias, the son of Hananias: and he took hold of Jeremias the prophet, saying: Thou art fleeing to the Chaldeans. |
Then he was afraid, and he arose and went for his life, and came to Beer-sheba, which belongs to Judah, and left his servant there.
And there he came to a cave, and lodged there; and behold, the word of the Lord came to him, and he said to him, “What are you doing here, Elijah?”
and from the tribe of Benjamin, Geba with its pasture lands, Alemeth with its pasture lands, and Anathoth with its pasture lands. All their cities throughout their families were thirteen.
But I said, “Should such a man as I flee? And what man such as I could go into the temple and live? I will not go in.”
The words of Jeremiah, the son of Hilkiah, of the priests who were in Anathoth in the land of Benjamin,
Now when the Chaldean army had withdrawn from Jerusalem at the approach of Pharaoh's army,
When they persecute you in one town, flee to the next; for truly, I say to you, you will not have gone through all the towns of Israel, before the Son of man comes.