JONATHAN, 12. A scribe

Jeremiah 37:15-20

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.

16. When Jeremiah was entered into the dungeon, and into the cabins, and Jeremiah had remained there many days;

17. Then Zedekiah the king sent, and took him out: and the king asked him secretly in his house, and said, Is there any word from the LORD? And Jeremiah said, There is: for, said he, thou shalt be delivered into the hand of the king of Babylon.

18. Moreover Jeremiah said unto king Zedekiah, What have I offended against thee, or against thy servants, or against this people, that ye have put me in prison?

19. Where are now your prophets which prophesied unto you, saying, The king of Babylon shall not come against you, nor against this land?

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.

Jeremiah 38:26

26. Then thou shalt say unto them, I presented my supplication before the king, that he would not cause me to return to JONATHAN's house, to die there.