History

1. Multiple choice: What was Jeremiah doing when he was arrested and charged with attempting to defect? (a) Going fishing; (b) checking on his property; or (c) encouraging disciples.

2. True or false? Zedekiah's officials wished  to execute Jeremiah  for undermining the will of the nation to war against Babylon.

3. Multiple choice: What nation, which would fall to Babylon, contained the cities of  Migdol, Noph, Tahpanhes, and No? (a) Judah; (b) Assyria; or (c) Egypt.

1. (b) Checking on his property in Benjamin, which he had purchased as a pledge of God's plan to restore Israel (Jer. 37:11-15; cf. 32:8-15 ).  The charge leveled against Jeremiah was that he was defecting to the Babylonian army, which had Jerusalem under siege (37:13).

2. True (Jer. 38:4 ).

3. (c) Egypt (Jer. 46:14,25). Migdol, Noph, Tahpanhes were cities where the Jews had fled for safety (41:1), and No was the seat of Amon the sun god.