23 And they fetched Urijah out of Egypt, and brought him unto Jehoiakim the king, who slew him with the sword, and [a]cast his dead body into the graves of the children of the people.

24 But the hand of Ahikam [b]the son of Shaphan was with Jeremiah that they should not give him into the hand of the people to put him to death.

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Footnotes

  1. Jeremiah 26:23 As in the first Hezekiah’s example is to be followed, so in this other Jehoiakim’s act is to be abhorred: for God’s plague did light on him, and his household.
  2. Jeremiah 26:24 Which declareth that nothing could have appeased their fury, if God had not moved this noble man to stand valiantly in his defense.

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