1Now Pashur the son of Immer the priest, who was also chief governor in the house of the LORD, heard that Jeremiah prophesied these things.
Linguistic Insight
Tap any underlined word in the verse to see its original meaning.
Cross-References
From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
The children of Immer, a thousand fifty and two. …
The fifteenth to Bilgah, the sixteenth to Immer,
And the captain of the guard took Seraiah the chief priest, and Zephaniah the second priest, and the three keepers of the door:
The children of Immer, a thousand fifty and two. …
Now when the high priest and the captain of the temple and the chief priests heard these things, they doubted of them whereunto this would grow.
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 1-6)Here is, I. Pashur’s unjust displeasure against Jeremiah, and the fruits of that displeasure, Jer. 20:1 , 2 . This Pashur was a priest, and therefore, one would think, should have protected Jeremiah, who was of his own order, a priest too, and the more because he was a prophet of the Lord, whose interests the priests, his ministers, ought to consult. But this priest was a persecutor of him whom he…
My Notes
Notes are saved on this device.