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Literal Standard Version

Jeremiah 26:22

And King Jehoiakim sends men to Egypt—Elnathan son of Achbor, and men with him to Egypt—

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Achbor;   Elnathan;   Extradition;   Government;   Indictments;   Jehoiakim;   Prudence;   Urijah;  

Dictionaries:

- American Tract Society Bible Dictionary - Jehoiakim;   Urijah;   Bridgeway Bible Dictionary - Jehoiakim;   Jeremiah;   Easton Bible Dictionary - Elnathan;   Urijah;   Fausset Bible Dictionary - Achbor;   Ahikam;   Elnathan;   Uriah;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Achbor;   Elnathan;   Jeremiah;   Kiriath-Jearim;   Persecution in the Bible;   Urijah;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Achbor;   Elnathan;   Greek Versions of Ot;   Jehoiakim;   Jeremiah;   Micah;   Micah, Book of;   Uriah;   Morrish Bible Dictionary - Achbor ;   Egypt;   Elnathan ;   Jehoiakim ;   Urijah ;   Smith Bible Dictionary - Ach'bor;   Ba'ruch;   El'nathan,;   Law of Moses;   Uri'jah;  

Encyclopedias:

- International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Achbor;   Elnathan;   Jehoiakim;   Mouse;   The Jewish Encyclopedia - Achbor;   Diaspora;   Elnathan;  

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
But King Jehoiakim sent men to Egypt: Elnathan son of Achbor and certain other men with him went to Egypt.
Hebrew Names Version
and Yehoiakim the king sent men into Mitzrayim, [namely], Elnatan the son of `Akhbor, and certain men with him, into Mitzrayim;
King James Version
And Jehoiakim the king sent men into Egypt, namely, Elnathan the son of Achbor, and certain men with him into Egypt.
English Standard Version
Then King Jehoiakim sent to Egypt certain men, Elnathan the son of Achbor and others with him,
New American Standard Bible
Then King Jehoiakim sent men to Egypt: Elnathan the son of Achbor and certain men with him, to Egypt.
New Century Version
Then King Jehoiakim sent Elnathan son of Acbor and some other men to Egypt,
Amplified Bible
Then Jehoiakim the king sent men to Egypt: Elnathan the son of Achbor and certain [other] men with him [went] to Egypt.
World English Bible
and Jehoiakim the king sent men into Egypt, [namely], Elnathan the son of Achbor, and certain men with him, into Egypt;
Geneva Bible (1587)
Then Iehoiakim the King sent men into Egypt, euen Elnathan the sonne of Achbor, and certaine with him into Egypt.
Legacy Standard Bible
Then King Jehoiakim sent men to Egypt: Elnathan the son of Achbor and certain men with him went into Egypt.
Berean Standard Bible
Then King Jehoiakim sent men to Egypt: Elnathan son of Achbor along with some other men.
Complete Jewish Bible
Y'hoyakim the king sent men to Egypt — Elnatan the son of ‘Akhbor and some others.
Darby Translation
And Jehoiakim the king sent men into Egypt, Elnathan the son of Achbor, and men with him, into Egypt;
Easy-to-Read Version
But King Jehoiakim sent Elnathan son of Acbor and some other men to Egypt.
George Lamsa Translation
And King Jehoiakim sent a certain Egyptian, namely, Eliathan the son of Achbor, and certain other men with him to Egypt.
Good News Translation
King Jehoiakim, however, sent Elnathan son of Achbor and some other men to Egypt to get Uriah.
Lexham English Bible
Then King Jehoiakim sent men to Egypt. Elnathan, the son of Achbor, and men with him went to Egypt.
Literal Translation
And Jehoiakim the king sent men to Egypt, Elnathan the son of Achbor, and men with him into Egypt.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
Then Ioachim the kinge sent seruauntes into the lode of Egipte, Namely: Elnatha the sonne of Achbor, & certayne men wt him into Egipte,
American Standard Version
And Jehoiakim the king sent men into Egypt, namely, Elnathan the son of Achbor, and certain men with him, into Egypt;
Bible in Basic English
And Jehoiakim the king sent Elnathan, the son of Achbor, and certain men with him, into Egypt.
JPS Old Testament (1917)
and Jehoiakim the king sent men into Egypt, Elnathan the son of Achbor, and certain men with him, into Egypt;
King James Version (1611)
And Iehoiakim the king sent men into Egypt, namely Elnathan the sonne of Achbor, and certeine men with him, into Egypt.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
Then Iehoakim the kyng sent seruauntes into the lande of Egypt [namelye] Elnathan the sonne of Achbor, and certayne men with hym into Egypt:
English Revised Version
and Jehoiakim the king sent men into Egypt, namely, Elnathan the son of Achbor, and certain men with him, into Egypt:
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
And kyng Joachym sente men in to Egipt, Elnathan, the sone of Achobor, and men with hym, in to Egipt;
Update Bible Version
and Jehoiakim the king sent men into Egypt, [namely], Elnathan the son of Achbor, and certain men with him, into Egypt;
Webster's Bible Translation
And Jehoiakim the king sent men into Egypt, [namely], Elnathan the son of Achbor, and [certain] men with him into Egypt.
New English Translation
However, King Jehoiakim sent some men to Egypt, including Elnathan son of Achbor,
New King James Version
Then Jehoiakim the king sent men to Egypt: Elnathan the son of Achbor, and other men who went with him to Egypt.
New Living Translation
Then King Jehoiakim sent Elnathan son of Acbor to Egypt along with several other men to capture Uriah.
New Life Bible
Then King Jehoiakim sent Elnathan the son of Achbor and certain men with him to Egypt.
New Revised Standard
Then King Jehoiakim sent Elnathan son of Achbor and men with him to Egypt,
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
Then did King Jehoiakim send men to Egypt, - even Elnathan son of Achbor, and certain men with him, into Egypt
Douay-Rheims Bible
And king Joakim sent men into Egypt, Elnathan the son of Achobor, and men with him into Egypt.
Revised Standard Version
Then King Jehoi'akim sent to Egypt certain men, Elna'than the son of Achbor and others with him,
Young's Literal Translation
And the king Jehoiakim sendeth men to Egypt -- Elnathan son of Achbor, and men with him unto Egypt --
New American Standard Bible (1995)
Then King Jehoiakim sent men to Egypt: Elnathan the son of Achbor and certain men with him went into Egypt.

Contextual Overview

16And the heads and all the people say to the priests and to the prophets, "There is not a judgment of death for this man, for he has spoken to us in the Name of our God YHWH." 17And men from [the] elderly of the land rise up and speak to all the assembly of the people, saying, 18"Micah the Morashtite has been prophesying in the days of Hezekiah king of Judah, and he says to all the people of Judah, saying, Thus said YHWH of Hosts: Zion is a plowed field, and Jerusalem is heaps, || And the mountain of the house is for high places of a forest. 19Did Hezekiah king of Judah and all Judah put him to death? Did he not fear YHWH? Indeed, he appeases the face of YHWH, and YHWH relents concerning the calamity that He spoke against them; and we are doing great evil against our souls." 20And there has also been a man prophesying in the Name of YHWH, Urijah son of Shemaiah, of Kirjath-Jearim, and he prophesies against this city, and against this land according to all the words of Jeremiah, 21and King Jehoiakim, and all his mighty ones, and all the heads, hear his words, and the king seeks to put him to death, and Urijah hears, and fears, and flees, and goes to Egypt. 22And King Jehoiakim sends men to Egypt—Elnathan son of Achbor, and men with him to Egypt—23and they bring out Urijah from Egypt, and bring him to King Jehoiakim, and he strikes him with a sword, and casts his corpse to the graves of the sons of the people. 24Only, the hand of Ahikam son of Shaphan has been with Jeremiah so as not to give him up into the hand of the people to put him to death.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

men: Psalms 12:8, Proverbs 29:12

Achbor: 2 Kings 22:12, 2 Kings 22:14

Reciprocal: 2 Chronicles 34:20 - Abdon Jeremiah 22:17 - to shed Jeremiah 36:12 - Elnathan Jeremiah 36:25 - Elnathan

Cross-References

Genesis 17:6
and I have made you exceedingly fruitful, and made you become nations, and kings go out from you.
Genesis 28:3
and God Almighty bless you, and make you fruitful, and multiply you, and you have become an assembly of peoples;
Genesis 41:52
and the name of the second he has called Ephraim: "For God has caused me to be fruitful in the land of my affliction."
Exodus 1:7
and the sons of Israel have been fruitful, and they teem, and multiply, and are very, very mighty, and the land is filled with them.
Psalms 4:1
TO THE OVERSEER. WITH STRINGED INSTRUMENTS. A PSALM OF DAVID. In my calling answer me, || O God of my righteousness. In adversity You gave enlargement to me; Favor me, and hear my prayer.
Psalms 18:19
And He brings me forth to a large place, || He draws me out, because He delighted in me.
Psalms 118:5
I called YAH from the narrow place, || YAH answered me in a broad place.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And Jehoiakim sent men into Egypt,.... To seek for him; and to require the delivery of him upon being found:

[namely], Elnathan the son of Achbor; the father of this man very probably is the same we read of in Josiah's time, 2 Kings 22:12; who is called Abdon in 2 Chronicles 34:20;

and [certain] men with him, into Egypt; to assist him in taking him, whose names are not mentioned; Elnathan's is, as being the principal, and to fix an eternal infamy upon him.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Elnathan - Possibly the king’s father-in-law 2 Kings 24:8.


 
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