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Jeremiah 20:1

Jeremiah 20:1 is verse 1 of Jeremiah chapter 20, shown here in the Berean Standard Bible.

Berean Standard Bible

When Pashhur the priest, the son of Immer and the chief official in the house of the LORD, heard Jeremiah prophesying these things,

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King James Version

Now Pashur the son of Immer the priest, who was also chief governor in the house of the LORD, heard that Jeremiah prophesied these things.

World English Bible

Now Pashhur, the son of Immer the priest, who was chief officer in Yahweh’s house, heard Jeremiah prophesying these things.

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Jeremiah 20:1–3 · Berean Standard Bible

1 When Pashhur the priest, the son of Immer and the chief official in the house of the LORD, heard Jeremiah prophesying these things,

2 he had Jeremiah the prophet beaten and put in the stocks at the Upper Gate of Benjamin, which was by the house of the LORD.

3 The next day, when Pashhur released Jeremiah from the stocks, Jeremiah said to him, “The LORD does not call you Pashhur, but Magor-missabib.

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Hebrew words

וַיִּשְׁמַ֤עand he heard פַּשְׁחוּר֙Pashhur בֶּן[the] son of אִמֵּ֣רImmer הַכֹּהֵ֔ןthe priest וְהֽוּאand he פָקִ֥יד[was] an officer נָגִ֖ידa chief בְּבֵ֣יתin [the] house of יְהוָ֑הYahweh אֶֽת<obj.>יִרְמְיָ֔הוּJeremiah נִבָּ֖אprophesying אֶת<obj.>הַדְּבָרִ֥יםthe words הָאֵֽלֶּה<the> these

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Cross-references

The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge lists these related verses. Scripture text comes from the Berean Standard Bible.

1 Chronicles 24:14
the fifteenth to Bilgah, the sixteenth to Immer,

Ezra 2:37
the descendants of Immer, 1,052;

Ezra 2:38
the descendants of Pashhur, 1,247;

Nehemiah 7:40
the descendants of Immer, 1,052;

Nehemiah 7:41
the descendants of Pashhur, 1,247;

2 Kings 25:18
The captain of the guard also took away Seraiah the chief priest, Zephaniah the priest of second rank, and the three doorkeepers.

2 Chronicles 35:8
His officials also contributed willingly to the people and priests and Levites. Hilkiah, Zechariah, and Jehiel, the administrators of the house of God, gave the priests 2,600 Passover offerings and 300 bulls.

Acts 4:1
While Peter and John were speaking to the people, the priests and the captain of the temple guard and the Sadducees came up to them,

Acts 5:24
When the captain of the temple guard and the chief priests heard this account, they were perplexed as to what was happening.

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