Jeremiah 20:1

Bible in Basic English (1941)

Now it came to the ears of Pashhur, the son of Immer the priest, who was chief in authority in the house of the Lord, that Jeremiah was saying these things;

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Referenced Verses

  • 1 Chr 24:14 : 14 The fifteenth Bilgah, the sixteenth Immer,
  • 2 Kgs 25:18 : 18 And the captain of the armed men took Seraiah, the chief priest, and Zephaniah, the second priest, and the three door-keepers;
  • Ezra 2:37-38 : 37 The children of Immer, a thousand and fifty-two. 38 The children of Pashhur, a thousand, two hundred and forty-seven.
  • Neh 7:40-41 : 40 The children of Immer, a thousand and fifty-two. 41 The children of Pashhur, a thousand, two hundred and forty-seven.
  • Acts 4:1 : 1 And while they were talking to the people, the priests and the captain of the Temple and the Sadducees came up to them,
  • Acts 5:24 : 24 Now, at these words, the captain of the Temple and the chief priests were greatly troubled about what might be the end of this business.
  • 2 Chr 35:8 : 8 And his captains freely gave an offering to the people, the priests, and the Levites. Hilkiah and Zechariah and Jehiel, the rulers of the house of God, gave to the priests for the Passover offerings two thousand, six hundred small cattle and three hundred oxen.

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  • Jer 20:2-4
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    86%

    2 And Pashhur gave blows to Jeremiah and had his feet chained in a framework of wood in the higher doorway of Benjamin, which was in the house of the Lord.

    3 Then on the day after, Pashhur let Jeremiah loose. Then Jeremiah said to him, The Lord has given you the name of Magor-missabib (Cause-of-fear-on-every-side), not Pashhur.

    4 For the Lord has said, See, I will make you a cause of fear to yourself and to all your friends: they will come to their death by the sword of their haters, and your eyes will see it: and I will give all Judah into the hands of the king of Babylon, and he will take them away prisoners into Babylon and put them to the sword.

  • Jer 38:1
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    1 Now it came to the ears of Shephatiah, the son of Mattan, and Gedaliah, the son of Pashhur, and Jucal, the son of Shelemiah, and Pashhur, the son of Malchiah, that Jeremiah had said to all the people,

  • Jer 21:1
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    1 The word which came to Jeremiah from the Lord, when King Zedekiah sent to him Pashhur, the son of Malchiah, and Zephaniah, the son of Maaseiah the priest, saying,

  • Neh 10:2-3
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    2 Seraiah, Azariah, Jeremiah,

    3 Pashhur, Amariah, Malchijah,

  • Jer 20:6
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    6 And you, Pashhur, and all who are in your house, will go away prisoners: you will come to Babylon, and there your body will be put to rest, you and all your friends, to whom you said false words.

  • Jer 26:7-10
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    7 And in the hearing of the priests and the prophets and all the people, Jeremiah said these words in the house of the Lord.

    8 Now, when Jeremiah had come to the end of saying everything the Lord had given him orders to say to all the people, the priests and the prophets and all the people took him by force, saying, Death will certainly be your fate.

    9 Why have you said in the name of the Lord, This house will be like Shiloh, and this land a waste with no one living in it? And all the people had come together to Jeremiah in the house of the Lord.

    10 And the rulers of Judah, hearing of these things, came up from the king's house to the house of the Lord, and took their seats by the new door of the Lord's house.

  • Jer 28:5
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    5 Then the prophet Jeremiah said to the prophet Hananiah, before the priests and all the people who had come into the house of the Lord,

  • Jer 37:13-15
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    13 But when he was at the Benjamin door, a captain of the watch named Irijah, the son of Shelemiah, the son of Hananiah, who was stationed there, put his hand on Jeremiah the prophet, saying, You are going to give yourself up to the Chaldaeans.

    14 Then Jeremiah said, That is not true; I am not going to the Chaldaeans. But he would not give ear to him: so Irijah made him prisoner and took him to the rulers.

    15 And the rulers were angry with Jeremiah, and gave him blows and put him in prison in the house of Jonathan the scribe: for they had made that the prison.

  • Jer 29:26-27
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    26 The Lord has made you priest in place of Jehoiada the priest, to be an overseer in the house of the Lord for every man who is off his head and is acting as a prophet, to put such men in prison and in chains.

    27 So why have you made no protest against Jeremiah of Anathoth, who is acting as a prophet to you?

  • Jer 18:1
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    1 The word which came to Jeremiah from the Lord, saying,

  • Jer 26:12
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    12 Then Jeremiah said to all the rulers and to all the people, The Lord has sent me as his prophet to say against this house and against this town all the words which have come to your ears.

  • Jer 40:1-2
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    1 The word which came to Jeremiah from the Lord, after Nebuzaradan, the captain of the armed men, had let him go from Ramah, when he had taken him; for he had been put in chains, among all the prisoners of Jerusalem and Judah who were taken away prisoners to Babylon.

    2 And the captain of the armed men took Jeremiah and said to him, The Lord your God gave word of the evil which was to come on this place:

  • Jer 29:29-30
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    29 And Zephaniah the priest made clear to Jeremiah the prophet what was said in the letter, reading it to him.

    30 Then the word of the Lord came to Jeremiah the prophet, saying,

  • Jer 19:14
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    14 Then Jeremiah came from Topheth, where the Lord had sent him to give the prophet's word; and he took his place in the open square of the Lord's house, and said to all the people,

  • Jer 1:1
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    1 The words of Jeremiah, the son of Hilkiah, of the priests who were in Anathoth in the land of Benjamin:

  • Jer 30:1
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    1 The word which came to Jeremiah from the Lord, saying,

  • Jer 27:1
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    1 When Zedekiah, the son of Josiah, king of Judah, first became king this word came to Jeremiah from the Lord, saying,

  • Jer 26:20
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    20 And there was another man who was a prophet of the Lord, Uriah, the son of Shemaiah of Kiriath-jearim; he said against this town and against this land all the words which Jeremiah had said:

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    1 The word which came to Jeremiah from the Lord, saying,

  • Jer 32:2
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    2 Now at that time the king of Babylon's army was round Jerusalem, shutting it in: and Jeremiah the prophet was shut up in the place of the armed watchmen, in the house of the king of Judah.

  • Jer 36:8
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    8 And Baruch, the son of Neriah, did as Jeremiah the prophet gave him orders to do, reading from the book the words of the Lord in the Lord's house.

  • Jer 39:15
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    15 Now the word of the Lord came to Jeremiah while he was shut up in the place of the armed watchmen, saying,

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    8 Then the word of the Lord came to Jeremiah in Tahpanhes, saying,

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    38 The children of Pashhur, a thousand, two hundred and forty-seven.

  • Jer 7:1
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  • Ezra 10:22
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    22 And of the sons of Pashhur, Elioenai, Maaseiah, Ishmael, Nethanel, Jozabad, and Elasah.

  • Jer 37:3-4
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    3 And Zedekiah the king sent Jehucal, the son of Shelemiah, and Zephaniah, the son of Maaseiah the priest, to the prophet Jeremiah, saying, Make prayer now to the Lord our God for us.

    4 (Now Jeremiah was going about among the people, for they had not put him in prison.

  • 1 Chr 9:12
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    12 And Adaiah, the son of Jeroham, the son of Pashhur, the son of Malchijah, and Maasai, the son of Adiel, the son of Jahzerah, the son of Meshullam, the son of Meshillemith, the son of Immer;

  • 2 Kgs 25:18
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    18 And the captain of the armed men took Seraiah, the chief priest, and Zephaniah, the second priest, and the three door-keepers;

  • Jer 33:1
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    1 Then the word of the Lord came to Jeremiah the second time, while he was still shut up in the place of the armed watchmen, saying,

  • Neh 7:41
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    41 The children of Pashhur, a thousand, two hundred and forty-seven.

  • Jer 39:11
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    5 And Jeremiah gave orders to Baruch, saying, I am shut up, and am not able to go into the house of the Lord: