King James Version
“Then Zedekiah the king sent, and took Jeremiah the prophet unto him into the third entry that is in the house of the LORD: and the king said unto Jeremiah, I will ask thee a thing; hide nothing from me. third: or, principal”
Jeremiah 38:14 · KJV
And Ebedmelech the Ethiopian said unto Jeremiah, Put now these old cast clouts and rotten rags under thine armholes under the cords. And Jeremiah did so.
So they drew up Jeremiah with cords, and took him up out of the dungeon: and Jeremiah remained in the court of the prison.
Then Zedekiah the king sent, and took Jeremiah the prophet unto him into the third entry that is in the house of the LORD: and the king said unto Jeremiah, I will ask thee a thing; hide nothing from me. third: or, principal
Then Jeremiah said unto Zedekiah, If I declare it unto thee, wilt thou not surely put me to death? and if I give thee counsel, wilt thou not hearken unto me?
So Zedekiah the king sware secretly unto Jeremiah, saying, As the LORD liveth, that made us this soul, I will not put thee to death, neither will I give thee into the hand of these men that seek thy life.
KJV Study — Public Domain
properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely)
“entry”
H3996an entrance (the place or the act); specifically sunset or the west; also (adverb with preposition) towards
“unto him into the third”
H7992third; feminine a third (part); by extension, a third (day, year or time); specifically, a third-story cell)
who, which, what, that; also (as an adverb and a conjunction) when, where, how, because, in order that, etc
“that is in the house”
H1004a house (in the greatest variation of applications, especially family, etc.)
“of the LORD”
H3068(the) self-existent or eternal; jeho-vah, jewish national name of god
properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely)
“thee a thing”
H1697a word; by implication, a matter (as spoken of) or thing; adverbially, a cause
not (the qualified negation, used as a deprecative); once (job 24:25) as a noun, nothing
“thee a thing”
H1697a word; by implication, a matter (as spoken of) or thing; adverbially, a cause
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