Neverthelesse, &c.] Though it fared so with Urijah, that fled; yet it went better with Jeremiah, that stood to his tackle: for God stirred up those that stood by him, and delivered him out of the hands of those, who else would have slain him; according to his promise, Chap. 15. 20, 21. the hand of Ahikam] The father of Gedaliah; whom the king of Babylon after the surprisall of Jerusalem made governour of those whom he left in Judea, 2 Kings 25:22. Chap. 39. 14. and 40. 5. that they should not give him into the hand of the people] Or, power. as Psalms 49:15. Chap. 22. 25.