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King: Influenced by Popular Opinion: Zedekiah Jeremiah 38:19, 24–27

But King Zedekiah said to Jeremiah, “I am afraid of the Jews who have deserted to the Chaldeans, for the Chaldeans may deliver me into their hands to abuse me.” / Then Zedekiah warned Jeremiah, “Do not let anyone know about this conversation, or you will die. / When all the officials came to Jeremiah and questioned him, he relayed to them the exact words the king had commanded him to say. So they said no more to him, for no one had overheard the conversation.