Holy Scripture
Jeremiah 39:7
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“[Daniel 7:1] "In the first year of Belshazzar, King of Babylon, Daniel beheld a dream. And a vision of his head upon his bed. And when he wrote the dream down, he comprehended it in a few words and gave a brief summary of it, saying..." This section which we now undertake to explain, and also the subsequent section wh…”
Source: Septuagint
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7Behold, Hanamel the son of Shallum thy father’s brother is coming to thee, saying, Buy thee my field that is in Anathoth: for thou hast the right to take it as a purchase.
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5and Zedekiah shall go into Babylon, and dwell there?
6And the word of the Lord came to Jeremiah, saying,
— Jeremiah 39:7 —
8So Hanamel the son of Shallum my father’s brother came to me into the court of the prison, and said, Buy thee my field that is in the land of Benjamin, in Anathoth: for thou hast a right to buy it, and thou art the elder. So I knew that it was the word of the Lord.
9And I bought the field of Hanamel the son of my father’s brother, and I weighed him seventeen shekels of silver.