Jeremiah 36:26

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The king commanded Jerahmeel the king's son, and Seraiah the son of Azriel, and Shelemiah the son of Abdeel, to take Baruch the scribe and Jeremiah the prophet; but Yahweh hid them.

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Jerusalem was Judah’s capital, where King Jehoiakim sought to arrest Jeremiah and Baruch after the scroll was read; the New Gate was a prominent entrance associated with the temple precincts where the message had been publicly proclaimed. Babylon was the rising imperial power whose threatened judgment formed the scroll’s central warning.

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Jeremiah 36:26 mentions Babylon, Jerusalem and New Gate.

Babylon · Radomir Vrbovsky
Jerusalem · Godot13
New Gate · Godot13

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