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Then took they Jeremiah, and cast him into the pit of Malchiah the king's son, that was in the court of the guard; and they let down Jeremiah with cords. And in the pit there was no water, but mire; and Jeremiah sank in the mire.

בַּחֲצַ֣ר (בַּ) ba. “[was] in”בַּחֲבָלִ֑ים (בַּ) ba. “with”וּבַבּ֤וֹר (בַ) va. “in the”בַּטִּֽיט׃ (בַּ) ba. “in the”

Now when Ebed-melech the Ethiopian, an officer, who was in the king's house, heard that they had put Jeremiah in the pit; the king then sitting in the gate of Benjamin;

בְּבֵ֣ית (בְּ) be. “[was] in”בְּשַׁ֥עַר (בְּ) be. “in”

'My lord the king, these men have done evil in all that they have done to Jeremiah the prophet, whom they have cast into the pit; and he is like to die in the place where he is because of the famine; for there is no more bread in the city.'

בָּעִֽיר׃ (בָּ) ba. “in the”

Then the king commanded Ebed-melech the Ethiopian, saying: 'Take from hence thirty men with thee, and take up Jeremiah the prophet out of the pit, before he die.'

בְּיָדְךָ֤ (בְּ) be. “in”בְּטֶ֥רֶם (בְּ) be. “<in>”

So Ebed-melech took the men with him, and went into the house of the king under the treasury, and took thence worn clouts and worn rags, and let them down by cords into the pit to Jeremiah.

בְּיָד֗וֹ (בְּ) be. “in”בַּחֲבָלִֽים׃ (בַּ) ba. “with”

So they drew up Jeremiah with the cords, and took him up out of the pit; and Jeremiah remained in the court of the guard.

בַּֽחֲבָלִ֔ים (בַּֽ) ba. “with”בַּחֲצַ֖ר (בַּ) ba. “in”

Then Zedekiah the king sent, and took Jeremiah the prophet unto him into the third entry that was in the house of the LORD; and the king said unto Jeremiah: 'I will ask thee a thing; hide nothing from me.'

בְּבֵ֣ית (בְּ) be. “[was] in”

So Zedekiah the king swore secretly unto Jeremiah, saying: 'As the LORD liveth, that made us this soul, I will not put thee to death, neither will I give thee into the hand of these men that seek thy life.'

בַּסֵּ֣תֶר (בַּ) ba. “in <the>”בְּיַד֙ (בְּ) be. “in”

Then said Jeremiah unto Zedekiah: 'Thus saith the LORD, the God of hosts, the God of Israel: If thou wilt go forth unto the king of Babylon's princes, then thy soul shall live, and this city shall not be burned with fire; and thou shalt live, thou, and t

בָּאֵ֑שׁ (בָּ) ba. “with <the>”

but if thou wilt not go forth to the king of Babylon's princes, then shall this city be given into the hand of the Chaldeans, and they shall burn it with fire, and thou shalt not escape out of their hand.'

בְּיַ֣ד (בְּ) be. “in”בָּאֵ֑שׁ (בָּ) ba. “with <the>”

And Zedekiah the king said unto Jeremiah: 'I am afraid of the Jews that are fallen away to the Chaldeans, lest they deliver me into their hand, and they mock me.'

בְּיָדָ֖ם (בְּ) be. “in”בִֽי׃ (בִֽ) V “with <the>”

But Jeremiah said: 'They shall not deliver thee. Hearken, I beseech thee, to the voice of the LORD, in that which I speak unto thee; so it shall be well with thee, and thy soul shall live.

בְּק֣וֹל (בְּ) be. “to”

Behold, all the women that are left in the king of Judah's house shall be brought forth to the king of Babylon's princes, and those women shall say: Thy familiar friends have set thee on, and have prevailed over thee; thy feet are sunk in the mire, and t

בְּבֵ֣ית (בְּ) be. “in”בַבֹּ֛ץ (בַ) va. “in the”

And they shall bring out all thy wives and thy children to the Chaldeans; and thou shalt not escape out of their hand, but shalt be taken by the hand of the king of Babylon; and thou shalt cause this city to be burned with fire.'

בְיַ֤ד (בְ) ve. “by”בָּאֵֽשׁ׃ (בָּ) ba. “with <the>”

Then said Zedekiah unto Jeremiah: 'Let no man know of these words, and thou shalt not die.

בַּדְּבָֽרִים־ (בַּ) ba. “in the”

So Jeremiah abode in the court of the guard until the day that Jerusalem was taken. And it came to pass, when Jerusalem was taken--

בַּחֲצַ֣ר (בַּ) ba. “in”

in the ninth year of Zedekiah king of Judah, in the tenth month, came Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon and all his army against Jerusalem, and besieged it;

בַּשָּׁנָ֣ה (בַּ) ba. “in the”בַּחֹ֣דֶשׁ (בַּ) ba. “in the”

in the eleventh year of Zedekiah, in the fourth month, the ninth day of the month, a breach was made in the city--

בְּעַשְׁתֵּֽי־ (בְּ) be. “in”בַּחֹ֥דֶשׁ (בַּ) ba. “in the”בְּתִשְׁעָ֣ה (בְּ) be. “on”

that all the princes of the king of Babylon came in, and sat in the middle gate, even Nergal-sarezer, Samgar-nebo, Sarsechim Rab-saris, Nergal-sarezer Rab-mag, with all the residue of the princes of the king of Babylon.

בְּשַׁ֣עַר (בְּ) be. “in”

And it came to pass, that when Zedekiah the king of Judah and all the men of war saw them, then they fled, and went forth out of the city by night, by the way of the king's garden, by the gate betwixt the two walls; and he went out the way of the Arabah.

בְּשַׁ֖עַר (בְּ) be. “in”

But the army of the Chaldeans pursued after them, and overtook Zedekiah in the plains of Jericho; and when they had taken him, they brought him up to Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon to Riblah in the land of Hamath, and he gave judgment upon him.

בְּעַֽרְב֣וֹת (בְּ) be. “in”בְּאֶ֣רֶץ (בְּ) be. “in”

Then the king of Babylon slew the sons of Zedekiah in Riblah before his eyes; also the king of Babylon slew all the nobles of Judah.

בְּרִבְלָ֖ה (בְּ) be. “at”

Moreover he put out Zedekiah's eyes, and bound him in fetters, to carry him to Babylon.

בַּֽנְחֻשְׁתַּ֔יִם (בַּֽ) ba “with <the>”

And the Chaldeans burned the king's house, and the house of the people, with fire, and broke down the walls of Jerusalem.

בָּאֵ֑שׁ (בָּ) ba. “with <the>”

Then Nebuzaradan the captain of the guard carried away captive into Babylon the remnant of the people that remained in the city, the deserters also, that fell away to him, with the rest of the people that remained.

בָּעִ֗יר (בָּ) ba. “in the”