X. JONATHAN, a Scribe, and keeper Jer. xxxvii. 14, 15, 19.of the prisons in Jerusalem under king Zedekiah. He was very severe to the Prophet Jeremiah, who was put into the prison whereof he was keeper; this Prophet therefore earnestly desired king Zedekiah, by whose orders he was brought before him, that he would not suffer him to be sent back again into that dungeon, where his life was in such apparent danger.
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