en_tn/jer/37/03.md

# Jehukal

man's name (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/translate-names]])

# Shelemiah

See how you translated this man's name in [Jeremiah 36:14](../36/13.md). (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/translate-names]])

# Zephaniah son of Maaseiah the priest

See how you translated these men's names in [Jeremiah 21:1](../21/01.md).

# on our behalf

"for us" or "for our sake." The word "our" refers to King Zedekiah and the rest of the people of Judah.

# Now

This word is used here to mark a break in the main storyline. The narrator tells background information about what Jeremiah had been doing before Zedekiah sent the message. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/writing-background]])

# Jeremiah was coming and going among the people

Here "coming and going" is an idiom that means he was free to move about. AT: "Jeremiah was able to go wherever he wanted with everybody else" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-idiom]])

# for he had not yet been put in prison

This can be translated in active form. AT: "because no one had put him in prison" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-activepassive]])

# came out

"had set out"

# besieging

See how you translated this in [Jeremiah 32:2](../32/01.md).