Verse Jeremiah 37:15. And smote him] Without any proof of the alleged treachery, without any form of justice.

In prison to the house of Jonathan] In Asiatic countries there is an apartment in the houses of the officers of the law, to confine all the accused that are brought before them. Jonathan was a scribe or secretary, and had a prison of this kind in his house.

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