24. Then Zedekiah said to Jeremiah, “Don’t tell anyone you told me this, or you will die!
25. My officials may hear that I spoke to you, and they may say, ‘Tell us what you and the king were talking about. If you don’t tell us, we will kill you.’
26. If this happens, just tell them you begged me not to send you back to Jonathan’s dungeon, for fear you would die there.”