Bible Explorer · Event · c. 605 BC
After hearing Jeremiah prophesy the desolation of Jerusalem in Topheth and the temple court, Pashhur the priest strikes Jeremiah and confines him in the stocks at the Upper Benjamin Gate; upon release, Jeremiah renames him Magor-missabib.
Date: c. 605 BC · Note: First physical persecution of Jeremiah by temple authorities in Jerusalem.
Jeremiah 20:1-6