Then took they Jeremiah, and cast him into the dungeon of Malchiah the son of Hammelech that was in the court of the prison] Or, They took Jeremiah, who was yet in the court of the prison, (Chap. 37. 21.) and cast him into the dungeon: that was, not in the prison court, but in some part of, or place belonging to the house of Malchiah; that so he might be privily made away; and no man know what was become of him. the dungeon] Heb. pit. or, hole. Genesis 37:22. Chap. 41. 7. of Hammelech] Or, of the king. Chap. 36. 26. the prison] Heb. custodie. Chap. 32. 2. they let down Jeremiah with cors] There being, it seemeth, no stairs, or ordinarie passage down into it. vers. 12, 13. in the dungeon there was no water, but mire] And consequently a very loathsome and noisome place, Zechariah 9:11.