Discovery BoxJeremiah 13:7 
Context13:7 So I went to Perath and dug up 1 the shorts from the place where I had buried them. I found 2 that they were ruined; they were good for nothing.
Jeremiah 19:14
Context19:14 Then Jeremiah left Topheth where the Lord had sent him to give that prophecy. He went to the Lord’s temple and stood 3 in its courtyard and called out to all the people.
Jeremiah 22:16
Context22:16 He upheld the cause of the poor and needy.
So things went well for Judah.’ 4
The Lord says,
‘That is a good example of what it means to know me.’ 5
Jeremiah 36:21
Context36:21 The king sent Jehudi to get the scroll. He went and got it from the room of Elishama, the royal secretary. Then he himself 6 read it to the king and all the officials who were standing around him.
Jeremiah 40:6
Context40:6 So Jeremiah went to Gedaliah son of Ahikam at Mizpah 7 and lived there with him. He stayed there to live among the people who had been left in the land of Judah. 8
Jeremiah 41:6
Context41:6 Ishmael son of Nethaniah went out from Mizpah to meet them. He was pretending to cry 9 as he walked along. When he met them, he said to them, “Come with me to meet Gedaliah son of Ahikam.” 10
Jeremiah 51:59
Context51:59 This is the order Jeremiah the prophet gave to Seraiah son of Neriah, son of Mahseiah, when he went to King Zedekiah of Judah in Babylon during the fourth year of his reign. 11 (Seraiah was a quartermaster.) 12
Jeremiah 52:23
Context52:23 There were ninety-six pomegranate-shaped ornaments on the sides; in all there were one hundred pomegranate-shaped ornaments over the latticework that went around it.
Jeremiah 52:30
Context52:30 in Nebuchadnezzar’s twenty-third year, 13 Nebuzaradan, the captain of the royal guard, carried into exile 745 Judeans. In all 4,600 people went into exile.
1 tn Heb “dug and took.”
2 tn Heb “And behold.”
3 tn Heb “And Jeremiah entered from Topheth where the
4 tn The words “for Judah” are not in the text, but the absence of the preposition plus object as in the preceding verse suggests that this is a more general statement, i.e., “things went well for everyone.”
5 tn Heb “Is that not what it means to know me.” The question is rhetorical and expects a positive answer. It is translated in the light of the context.
sn Comparison of the usage of the words “know me” in their context in Jer 2:8; 9:3, 6, 24 and here will show that more than mere intellectual knowledge is involved. It involves also personal commitment to God and obedience to the demands of the agreements with him. The word “know” is used in ancient Near Eastern treaty contexts of submission to the will of the overlord. See further the notes on 9:3.
6 tn Heb “and Jehudi read it.” However, Jehudi has been the subject of the preceding; so it would be awkward in English to use the personal subject. The translation has chosen to bring out the idea that Jehudi himself read it by using the reflexive.
7 sn Mizpah. It is generally agreed that this is the Mizpah that was on the border between Benjamin and Judah. It was located approximately eight miles north of Jerusalem and had been an important military and religious center from the time of the judges on (cf., e.g., Judg 20:1-3; 1 Sam 7:5-14; 1 Sam 10:17; 1 Kgs 15:22). It was not far from Ramah which was approximately four miles north of Jerusalem.
8 tn Heb “So Jeremiah went to Gedaliah…and lived with him among the people who had been left in the land.” The long Hebrew sentence has been divided in two to better conform with contemporary English style.
9 tn Heb “he was weeping/crying.” The translation is intended to better reflect the situation.
10 tn Heb “Come to Gedaliah the son of Ahikam.” The words that are supplied in the translation are implicit to the situation and are added for clarity.
11 sn This would be 582
12 tn Heb “an officer of rest.”
13 sn This would be 581
