Go down. Not literally, for the royal palace was probably the highest building in the city (comp. Jeremiah 22:6); but because of the spiritual eminence of the temple (comp. Jeremiah 26:10, "They came up from the king's house unto the house of the Lord").
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Jeremiah 22:1
Jeremiah 22:1
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