Jeremiah 20:2 “he had Jeremiah the prophet beaten and put in the stocks at the Upper…”

Jeremiah 20:2

he had Jeremiah the prophet beaten and put in the stocks at the Upper Gate of Benjamin, which was by the house of the LORD.

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

Then Pashur smote Jeremiah the prophet, and put him in the stocks that were in the high gate of Benjamin, which was by the house of the LORD.

World English Bible

Then Pashhur struck Jeremiah the prophet and put him in the stocks that were in the upper gate of Benjamin, which was in the LORD’s house.

American Standard Version

Then Pashhur smote Jeremiah the prophet, and put him in the stocks that were in the upper gate of Benjamin, which was in the house of Jehovah.

Geneva Bible 1599

Then Pashur smote Ieremiah the Prophet, and put him in the stockes that were in the hie gate of Beniamin which was by the House of the Lord.

Darby Translation

And Pashur smote Jeremiah the prophet, and put him in the stocks that were in the upper gate of Benjamin, which was in the house of Jehovah.

Young's Literal Translation

and Pashhur smiteth Jeremiah the prophet, and putteth him unto the stocks, that [are] by the high gate of Benjamin, that [is] by the house of Jehovah.

Bible in Basic English

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.

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Cross references

“smote”

Jeremiah 1:19 2 Chronicles 16:10 Jeremiah 29:26 Jeremiah 36:26 1 Kings 22:27 2 Chronicles 24:21

Jeremiah 1:19 · BSB

They will fight against you but will never overcome you, since I am with you to deliver you,” declares the LORD.

2 Chronicles 16:10 · BSB

Asa was angry with the seer and became so enraged over this matter that he put the man in prison. And at the same time Asa oppressed some of the people.

Jeremiah 29:26 · BSB

‘The LORD has appointed you priest in place of Jehoiada, to be the chief officer in the house of the LORD, responsible for any madman who acts like a prophet—you must put him in stocks and neck irons.

Jeremiah 36:26 · BSB

Instead, the king commanded Jerahmeel, a son of the king, as well as Seraiah son of Azriel and Shelemiah son of Abdeel, to seize Baruch the scribe and Jeremiah the prophet. But the LORD had hidden them.

1 Kings 22:27 · BSB

and tell them that this is what the king says: ‘Put this man in prison and feed him only bread and water until I return safely.’”

2 Chronicles 24:21 · BSB

But they conspired against Zechariah, and by order of the king, they stoned him in the courtyard of the house of the LORD.

“in the high”

Jeremiah 37:13 Zechariah 14:10 Jeremiah 38:7

Jeremiah 37:13 · BSB

But when he reached the Gate of Benjamin, the captain of the guard, whose name was Irijah son of Shelemiah, the son of Hananiah, seized him and said, “You are deserting to the Chaldeans!”

Zechariah 14:10 · BSB

All the land from Geba to Rimmon south of Jerusalem will be turned into a plain, but Jerusalem will be raised up and will remain in her place, from the Benjamin Gate to the site of the First Gate to the Corner Gate, and…

Jeremiah 38:7 · BSB

Now Ebed-melech the Cushite, a court official in the royal palace, heard that Jeremiah had been put into the cistern. While the king was sitting at the Gate of Benjamin,

Also

Job 13:27

Job 13:27 · BSB

You put my feet in the stocks and stand watch over all my paths; You set a limit for the soles of my feet.

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

1When Pashhur the priest, the son of Immer and the chief official in the house of the LORD, heard Jeremiah prophesying these things,

3The next day, when Pashhur released Jeremiah from the stocks, Jeremiah said to him, “The LORD does not call you Pashhur, but Magor-missabib.

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