Jer 29:21, 31 | JFB | STEP | 21. Zedekiah —brother of Zephaniah ( ), both being sons of Maaseiah; probably of the same family as the false prophet under Ahab in Israel ( ).

Jeremiah 29:21

21. Zedekiah—brother of Zephaniah (Jer 29:25), both being sons of Maaseiah; probably of the same family as the false prophet under Ahab in Israel (1Ki 22:11, 24).

Jeremiah 29:31

24-32. A second communication which Jeremiah sent to Babylon, after the messenger who carried his first letter had brought a letter from the false prophet Shemaiah to Zephaniah, &c., condemning Jeremiah and reproving the authorities for not having apprehended him.

Nehelamite—a name derived either from his father or from a place: alluding at the same time to the Hebrew meaning, "a dreamer" (compare Jer 29:8).