21. When King Jehoiakim and his soldiers and officials heard what Uriah had said, the king tried to have him killed. But Uriah heard about it; so he fled in terror and escaped to Egypt.
22. King Jehoiakim, however, sent Elnathan son of Achbor and some other men to Egypt to get Uriah.
23. They brought him back to King Jehoiakim, who had him killed and his body thrown into the public burial ground.)
24. But because I had the support of Ahikam son of Shaphan, I was not handed over to the people and killed.