Person

Jonathan

Gender:: Male
Verse mentions:: 2

The prophet Jeremiah was imprisoned in the house of Jonathan the scribe after his arrest at the gate of Benjamin, and he later begged King Zedekiah not to be sent back there, fearing he would die in its dungeon (Jeremiah 37:15, 37:20).

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Appears in 2

Reference	Verse
Jeremiah 37:15	Wherefore the princes were wroth with Jeremiah, and smote him, and put him in prison in the house of Jonathan the scribe: for they had made that the prison.
Jeremiah 37:20	Therefore hear now, I pray thee, O my lord the king: let my supplication, I pray thee, be accepted before thee; that thou cause me not to return to the house of Jonathan the scribe, lest I die there.

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