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The Babylonian record is not unique. KJV Jeremiah 38:6 says "Then took they Jeremiah, and cast him into the dungeon of Malchiah the son of Hammelech, that was in the court of the prison: and they let down Jeremiah with cords. And in the dungeon there was no water, but mire: so Jeremiah sunk in the mire." About ten years ago a personal seal was found in Israel whose owner was "Malkiyahu ben ha-Melek" or "Malchiah son of the King", the person referred to in this verse in Jeremiah. The original Hebrew explains this was a water storage cistern, not a "dungeon", thus the significance of "no water, but mire". It is not clear from the Bible that Malchiah was among the sons who were killed in front of their father Zedekiah. He may have escaped with other refugees to Egypt.
Peter Kirk
Posted: July 14, 2007 5:43 AM
Thank you for the link. But I didn't intend to gloat, only to point out that at this one place TNIV is based on better scholarship than ESV. For a balanced discussion which also shows how ridiculous Jim West's position is, see Christopher Heard's blog, http://www.heardworld.com/higgaion/?p=680 and http://www.heardworld.com/higgaion/?p=681.
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