Jer 38:1 | TNotes | STEP | Summary for Jer 38:1-13: 38:1-13 Jeremiah was free to talk to people while he was in the prison courtyard. He repeated the Lord’s decrees of judgment, but this stirred fierce anger among some of the government officials. Zedekiah showed his cowardice by letting these men put Jeremiah in a muddy cistern; the king also had a courageous moment when he permitted a palace servant to rescue Jeremiah and return him to the palace prison. 38:1 The Gedaliah mentioned here had a different father than the Gedaliah in 40:6 . • The first Pashhur might have been the man in 20:1 . The second Pashhur had a different father.

a38:1-13►

‏ Jeremiah 38:1

Summary for Jer 38:1-13: 38:1-13 ^a Jeremiah was free to talk to people while he was in the prison courtyard. He repeated the Lord’s decrees of judgment, but this stirred fierce anger among some of the government officials. Zedekiah showed his cowardice by letting these men put Jeremiah in a muddy cistern; the king also had a courageous moment when he permitted a palace servant to rescue Jeremiah and return him to the palace prison. 38:1 ^b The Gedaliah mentioned here had a different father than the Gedaliah in 40:6 ^c.

• The first Pashhur might have been the man in 20:1 ^d. The second Pashhur had a different father.