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Jeremiah 26:23

King James Version (KJV)

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Jeremiah 26:23

Verse 23 of 24

Scripture focus

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.

Jeremiah 26:23 — KJV

Commentary

Commentary on Jeremiah 26:23

Theological / Devotional

Fetched forth Urijah. For earlier instances of the martyrdom of prophets, see 1 Kings 19:10, 14; 2 Chron. 24:19-22. According to Jewish tradition Isaiah was “sawn asunder” by Manasseh (see Heb. 11:37; EGW, Supplementary Material, on Isa. 1:1). Urijah was treated most shamefully. “His dead body” was denied burial with his fathers, and was “cast ... into the graves of the common people” in the Kidron Valley. Later the king who committed this dishonor was himself “buried with the burial of an ass,” without customary funeral honors or mourning (Jer. 22:18, 19).

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