Jeremiah 37
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Jeremiah 37:11-13

11The Babylonian army had retreated from Jerusalem because Pharaoh’s army was coming.

12So Jeremiah wanted to leave Jerusalem and go to the territory of Benjamin to take possession of his property there among the people.

13But when he came to Benjamin Gate, the captain of the guard there, whose name was Irijah, son of Shelemiah and grandson of Hananiah, arrested the prophet Jeremiah. He said, “You’re deserting to the Babylonians!”

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