Jeremiah 37:1-5

Zedekiah son of Josiah  reigned as king in the land of Judah  in place of Coniah  , son of Jehoiakim, for King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon made him king. He and his officers and the people of the land did not obey the words of the LORD   that he spoke through the prophet Jeremiah. Nevertheless, King Zedekiah sent Jehucal  son of Shelemiah and Zephaniah  son of Maaseiah, the priest, to the prophet Jeremiah, requesting, “Please pray to the LORD our God on our behalf! ” Jeremiah was going about his daily tasks  among the people, for he had not yet been put into the prison.  Pharaoh’s army had left Egypt,  and when the Chaldeans, who were besieging Jerusalem, heard the report, they withdrew from Jerusalem.